This week: a celebration of the life and work of bell hooks, who died last week at the age of 69. bell was an unparalleled writer, poet, and theorist, and was incredibly influential in the feminist movement. In this episode, Eva & Emma discuss some of their favourite pieces by bell.
Please read the following pieces of writing about bell, written by Black folks and people of colour.
Hua Hsu: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-revolutionary-writing-of-bell-hooks
Arabelle Sicardi: https://arabellesicardi.substack.com/p/bell-hooks-will-live-forever
Maiysha Kai: https://www.theroot.com/bell-hooks-author-educator-and-feminist-icon-dead-at-1848220902
Tao Leigh Goffe: https://www.vulture.com/2021/12/bell-hooks-books-essays-to-read.html
Lynnée Denise:https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-12-19/appreciation-bell-hooks
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés: https://twitter.com/CeciliaMilanes/status/1471238070653657096
A compilation of people:
Read full books and articles by bell hooks online. Please consider donating to Bilphena’s library! https://www.bilphenaslibrary.com/books
Show notes:
https://blackrosefed.org/intersectionalism-bell-hooks-interview/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLMVqnyTo_0
https://www.uwyo.edu/aded5050/5050unit12/theory%20as%20liberatory%20prac.pdf
https://savedbythe-bellhooks.tumblr.com
Cover image by. James Keyser, 1992