Quotes by : bell hooks

Critical interventions around race did not destroy the women's movement; it became stronger . . . It....

True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it.

As a black woman interested in feminist movement, I am often asked whether being black is more important....

No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No....

Feminist politics is losing momentum because feminist movement has lost clear definitions. We have those....

All the romantic lore of our culture has told us when we find true love with a partner it will continue.....

A vision of cultural homogeneity that seeks to deflect attention away from or even excuse the oppressive,....

Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent,....

Whether they regard themselves as pro- or antifeminist, most women want men to do more of the emotional....

To critique sexist images without offering alternatives is an incomplete intervention. Critique in and....