Black women share what bell hooks taught them about feminism
The definition of feminism that hooks offered was simple: It is “the struggle to end sexist oppression,” not “a lifestyle nor a ready-made identity or role.”
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The definition of feminism that hooks offered was simple: It is “the struggle to end sexist oppression,” not “a lifestyle nor a ready-made identity or role.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) -- The prolific and trailblazing author, poet, feminist, cultural critic and professor bell hooks died Wednesday at age 69. Her death was first announced by her niece, Ebony Mot
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 author, poet, cultural critic, feminist and professor, who wrote more than three dozen wide-ranging books, died Wednesday at her home in Berea, Ky.
By imploring feminism to be something other than thin and white, she forced America to take a look in the mirror at how it treats the most vulnerable part of its population.