Feminist author and activist bell hooks dies at 69
Born as Gloria Jean Watkins, she gave herself the pen name after her great grandmother. She spelled the words in lower case to establish her own identity.
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Born as Gloria Jean Watkins, she gave herself the pen name after her great grandmother. She spelled the words in lower case to establish her own identity.
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The prolific author, poet, cultural critic, feminist and professor, who wrote more than three dozen wide-ranging books, died Wednesday at her home in Berea, Ky.
The prolific American writer shaped a generation of discourse around Black feminism and intersectionality