Abstract

We begin this essay by sharing a bit about our entry points into Black, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous feminist solidarities before entering into conversation with Mikki Kendall whose work Hood Feminisms: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot inspired the title for this essay and offers important insights for Black and Indigenous feminist solidarities. Kendall’s words, alongside those of Monture-Angus, highlight the unique experiences that inspire many Black and Indigenous women on their journeys’ to university. Our work seeks to identify the tensions of “hood-in-g the ivory tower” in several ways. First, we weave in personal narrative to offer a reflection of what it means to engage in academic spaces from the hood. In this way, we explain what it means to literally bring the hood into the ivory tower. Second, we document the genealogies of feminist writings that shape our work. Third, by drawing on the sentiments of the “Hooding Ceremony” we present lessons to assert what it means to support our Lively-Hood within academic spaces. To document our understanding of Black, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous feminist solidarities, we will elaborate on the concept of “hood-in-g the ivory” throughout the article by offering reflections of our individual and shared positionalities in relation to activist practices in and out of classrooms.

摘要

在与米基·肯德尔（Mikki Kendall）进行对话之前，我们先分享一些关于我们进入黑人、土著和非洲土著女权主义团结的切入点开始这篇文章，他的著作《胡德女权主义：运动忘记的女性笔记》激发了这篇文章的标题和为黑人和土著女权主义团结提供重要见解。Kendall 的话，与 Monture-Angus 的话一样，强调了激励许多黑人和土著妇女上大学的独特经历。我们的工作旨在通过多种方式确定“象牙塔中的罩子”的张力。首先，我们编织个人叙述，以反映从引擎盖参与学术空间的意义。通过这种方式，我们解释了将引擎盖真正带入象牙塔的含义。第二，我们记录了塑造我们工作的女权主义著作的谱系。第三，通过借鉴“戴帽仪式”的情绪，我们提供课程来断言在学术空间内支持我们的活泼胡德意味着什么。为了记录我们对黑人、土著和非洲土著女权主义团结的理解，我们将在整篇文章中详细阐述“把象牙罩起来”的概念，通过反思我们个人和共同的立场与激进主义实践有关并走出教室。