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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

bell hooks, trailblazing feminist scholar and activist, has died at age 69 The prolific author, poet, cultural critic, feminist and professor, who wrote more than three dozen wide-ranging books ...

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 vs. Beyoncé: What this feminist scholarly critique gets wrong about “Lemonade” and liberation This battle over black women's feminism does more to box us in than Beyoncé's ...

Author bell hooks has died at the age of 69, her family and publisher said in a statement Wednesday. Born Gloria Jean Watkins, hooks was best known for her writing on Black identity, feminism and ...