bell hooks: Well, I respond to that quote by recognizing that names have power, and the name I was born with — Gloria Jean, given to me — really reflects how much my parents wanted me to be a ...

bell hooks – the beloved poet, author, feminist and professor – has died, announced Berea College, the university at which she taught, on Wednesday. She was 69.

But as bell hooks wrote in 1981’s “Ain’t I a Woman,” “Usually, when people talk about the ‘strength’ of black women they are referring to the way in which they perceive black women ...

More bell hooks: 27 things to read if you care about women of color Her first published work under bell hooks was a collection of poems "And There We Wept" which was released in 1978. In 1981 she ...

Since hooks' passing on December 15, social media has flooded with reflections on her public impact as an author and scholar. Here, her friends remember what she was like in private.

bell hooks, the 'All About Love' author and cultural critic who popularized intersectionality and whose legacy spanned decades, died Wednesday.

Writer, scholar, and trailblazing feminist bell hooks wrote these words in her 2002 book, All About Love. What a gift it is that they would later help us come to terms with her own early departure ...

Bell hooks' quotes are thought-provoking beliefs about love, justice, feminism, and overall oppression. They challenge traditional thinking and inspire a critical reexamination of the structures ...

So when I learned of bell hooks’ declining condition and held her hand in her last days, I thanked her for what she gave me — and us — before she transitioned in her pre-Kentucky-winter home.

bell hooks, a distinguished scholar, cultural critic, feminist theorist, and author, has profoundly impacted discussions on ...

Becoming bell hooks. Becoming bell hooks. Episode 1 | 58m 35s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose ...