The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself and be with someone else in a manner that is not about your desire to possess them, but to be with them, to be in union and communion.
Bell HooksPower feminism is just another scam in which women get to play patriarchs and pretend that the power we seek and gain liberates us.
Bell HooksIf we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege.
Bell HooksSolidarity is not the same as support. To experience solidarity, we must have a community of interests, shared beliefs and goals around which to unite, to build Sisterhood. Support can be occasional. It can be given and just as easily withdrawn. Solidarity requires sustained, ongoing commitment.
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