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Two years ago today American author, feminist, educator, theorist, and social critic Gloria Jean Watkins better known by her pen name Bell Hooks died at the age of 69. Hook's writing focused on the intersectionality of race, capitalism and gender and the way that they perpetuate class domination and oppression. She published around 40 books including essays, poems, and children's books while also giving numerous public lectures and appearing in documentaries. Her writing also addressed a wide range of other topics such as love, art, history, and the mass media.
Born to a working-class African American family in the segregated Kentucky town of Hopkinsville in September 1952, she was educated in racially segregated public schools before moving to an integrated school in the late 1960s which influenced her own perspective as an educator. An avid reader, Hooks gained a BA in English from Stanford University in 1973 followed by an MA in English from the University of Wisconsin in 1976 and a doctorate in English from the University of California Santa Cruz in 1983.
Hooks began her academic career in 1976 teaching English and ethnic studies at the University of Southern California and went on to teach at Stanford, Yale, New College of Florida, The City College of New York, and Berea College in Kentucky. Her work was influenced by abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth, Brazilian educator Paulo Freire Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, and African-American writer James Baldwin.
In Ain't I a Woman (1981) Hooks discussed the historical impact of racism and sexism on Black women and the idea of a white- supremacist -capitalist patriarchy that marginalizes Black women. In Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center(1984) she was critical of white feminist racism in second-wave feminism which undermined feminist solidarity across racial lines. She also became a prominent leftist and postmodern thinker.
#BlackHistory #BellHooks #QueerHistory
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