Professors rarely speak of the place of eros or the erotic in our classrooms. Trained in the philosophical context of Western metaphysical… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In our young minds houses belonged to women were their special domain, not as property, but as places where all that truly… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Representation is a crucial location of struggle for any exploited and oppressed people asserting subjectivity and decolonization of the mind. — 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
I think inequality is in our minds. I think this is what we learn through practice... The bridge of illusion must be… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
We are rarely able to interact only with folks like ourselves, who think as we do. No matter how much some of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
My hope emerges from those places of struggle where I witness individuals positively transforming their lives and the world around them. Educating… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
. . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Any black person who clings to the misguided notion that white people represent the embodiment of all that is evil and black… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The classroom, with all its limitations, remains a location of possibility. In that field of possibility we have the opportunity to labor… — 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
