The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Imagine living in a world where there is no domination, where females and males are not alike or even always equal, but… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
As more people of color raise our consciousness and refuse to be pitted against one another, the forces of neo-colonial white supremacist… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are - to live lives where we love justice,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Feminism is a struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I guess I wish we could talk about: what does it mean to have a politics of intersectionality that also privileges what… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Sexism has always been a political stance mediating social domination, enabling white men and black men to share a common sensibility about… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
When women and men understand that working to eradicate patriarchal domination is a struggle rooted in the longing to make a world… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If you're in a domestic situation where the man is violent, patriarchy and male domination - even though you understand it intersectionally… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In order for me to engage in a revolutionary struggle for collective Black self-determination, I have to engage feminism because that becomes… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Reviewing the literature on love I noticed how few writers, male or female, talk about the impact of patriarchy, the way in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Within the new self-help books for women, patriarachy and male domination are rarely identified as forces that lead to the oppression, exploitation,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I want there to be a place in the world where people can engage in one another’s differences in a way that… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
... feminist solidarity rooted in a commitment to progressive politics must include a space for rigorous critique, for dissent, orwe are doomed… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Dominator culture teaches all of us that the core of our identity is defined by the will to dominate and control others.… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Dare I speak ,to oppressed and opressor in the same voice? Dare I speak to you in a language that will move… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Feminist effort to end patriarchal domination should be of primary concern precisely because it insists on the eradication of exploitation and oppression… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice. Men and women who cannot be just… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It is necessary to remember, as we think critically about domination, that we all have the capacity to act in ways that… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love, we begin… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If Black women stand strong and our commitment is to ending domination I know that I'm supporting Black males, Black children male… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I write these words to bear witness to the primacy of resistance struggle in any situation of domination (even within family life);… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
..the struggle to end sexist oppression that focuses on destroying the cultural basis for such domination strengthens other liberation struggles. Individuals who… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the… — bell hooks Copy Share
It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class… — bell hooks Copy Share
You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Often emphasis on identity and lifestyle is appealing because it creates a false sense that one is engaged in praxis. However, praxis within any… — bell hooks Copy Share
