All efforts at self-transformation challenge us to engage in on-going, critical self-examination and reflection about feminist practice, and about how we live… — 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
When I write provocative social and cultural criticism that causes readers to stretch their minds, to think beyond set paradigms, I think… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
We live in a world with serious class complexes. It is one thing to be a college student with loan debts and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
All too often we think of community in terms of being with folks like ourselves: the same class, same race, same ethnicity,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
This rule of silence is upheld when the culture refuses everyone easy access even to the word “patriarchy.” Most children do not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Fame is fun, money is useful, celebrity can be exciting, but finally life is about optimal well-being and how we achieve that… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The challenge these days, is to be somewhere, to belong to some particular place, invest oneself in it, draw strength and courage… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness. — 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 Image
“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 Image
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
