Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that's feminism. — 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
I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I get so tired of people acting like, you know, black men and women never help each other, never support each other. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It is no accident that this homeplace, as fragile and as transitional as it may be, a makeshift shed, a small bit… — 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
“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
“Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“Visionary feminism is a wise and loving politics. It is rooted in the love of male and female being, refusing to privilege… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“Usually adult males who are unable to make emotional connections with the women they choose to be intimate with are frozen in… — 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
