Today is about honoring the life and legacy of #BellHooks. In her path to write towards freedom, we are encouraging young scholars to not only read her works but radically include them (cite them) in your scholarship. This is a thread dedicated to just some of her work.
Teaching to Transgress:
a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for hooks, the teacher's most important goal. routledge.com/Teaching-to-Tr…
All About Love:
A revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces.
Ain't I a Woman:
Examining the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the black woman's involvement with feminism.
Feminism Is for Everybody:
What is feminism? This is an exploration of the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center:
Called “the blueprint for feminist movement” Feminist Theory embodies the hope that feminists can find a common language to spread the word and create a mass, global feminist movement routledge.com/Feminist-Theor…
Talking Back.
Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black:
A collection of essays reflecting on issues of racism and feminism, politics and pedagogy. Moving from silence into speech is for the oppressed.
Killing Rage:
Twenty-three essays written from a black and feminist perspective, and tackling the bitter difficulties of racism by envisioning a world without it. They address a spectrum of topics having to do with race and racism in the United States us.macmillan.com/books/97808050…
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