Feminist thinking teaches us all, especially, how to love justice and freedom in ways that foster and affirm life.
Bell HooksOne of the greatest difficulties the left faces in reaching out to masses of people in America is its profound disrespect of spirituality and religious lifeโฆpeople on the left need to acknowledge โ we need to grapple with โ the question of religion.
Bell HooksWars make people rich - and they make a lot of people poor, and they take a lot of people's lives away from them.
Bell HooksYearning is the word that best describes a common psychological state shared by many of us, cutting across boundaries of race, class, gender, and sexual practice.
Bell HooksI mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing of her pain. I tell her, โGet a pen. Stop crying so you can write this down and start working on it tonight.โ My remedy is long. But the last item on the list says: โWhen you wake up and find yourself living someplace where there is nobody you love and trust, no community, it is time to leave town โ to pack up and go (you can even go tonight). And where you need to go is any place where there are arms that can hold you, that will not let you go.
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