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
To be changed by ideas was pure pleasure. But to learn ideas that ran counter to values and beliefs learned at home… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
We must continually remind students in the classroom that expression of different opinions and dissenting ideas affirms the intellectual process. We should… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In patriarchal culture men are especially inclined to see love as something they should receive without expending effort. More often than not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
None of us, irrespective of our sexual preference and/or practice, imagine that we can have an intimate relationship with a partner and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
None of us should be ashamed to speak of our class power or lack of it. Overcoming fear, even the fear of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Feminist education — the feminist classroom — is and should be a place where there is a sense of struggle, where there… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white… — 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
