bell hooks Quotes
bell hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, was an American Black feminist philosopher, cultural critic, and the most widely read public writer of Black feminist thought in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, written when she was nineteen, mounted an early and enduring critique of the racial and class blind spots of mainstream American feminism, while Teaching to Transgress and All About Love made the practice of education and the work of love into central political categories. The quotes below are attributed to bell hooks, organized by topic.
bell hooks on Knowledge
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy.”
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“I have wanted them to have this simple definition to read again and again so they know: Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”
Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.XII -
“Today’s fashion magazines may carry an article about the dangers of anorexia while bombarding its readers with images of emaciated young bodies representing the height of beauty and desirability.”
As quoted in Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.34 -
“Creation spirituality replaced a patriarchal spirituality rooted in notions of fall and redemption.”
Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.106.
bell hooks on Love
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Love is an action, not a feeling.”
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Without justice there can be no love.”
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“All About Love: New Visions (2000)”
Open, honest , truth -telling individuals value privacy . We all need spaces where we can be alone with thoughts and feelings - where we can experience healthy psychological autonomy and can choose to share when we want to. -
“Communion: The Female Search for Love (2002) ISBN 0-06-093829-3”
Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against.
bell hooks on Nature
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“Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against.”
Communion: The Female Search for Love (2002) ISBN 0-06-093829-3
bell hooks on Politics
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Domination is upheld by silence; freedom begins in speech.”
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Patriarchy has no gender; women too can be its servants.”
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“Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.XII”
I have wanted them to have this simple definition to read again and again so they know: Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. -
“As quoted in Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.34”
Today’s fashion magazines may carry an article about the dangers of anorexia while bombarding its readers with images of emaciated young bodies representing the height of beauty and desirability. -
“Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.106.”
Creation spirituality replaced a patriarchal spirituality rooted in notions of fall and redemption.
bell hooks on Truth
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“Open, honest , truth -telling individuals value privacy . We all need spaces where we can be alone with thoughts and feelings - where we can experience healthy psychological autonomy and can choose to share when we want to.”
All About Love: New Visions (2000)