The significance of feminist movement (when it is not co-opted by opportunistic, reactionary forces) is that it offers a new ideological meeting ground for the sexes, a space for criticism, struggle, and transformation.
Bell HooksKnowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know.
Bell HooksWidespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love
Bell HooksThe one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
Bell HooksThe fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.
Bell HooksIt is no accident that this homeplace, as fragile and as transitional as it may be, a makeshift shed, a small bit of earth where one rests, is always subject to violation and destruction. For when a people no longer have the space to construct homeplace, we cannot build a meaningful community of resistance.
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