Dec. 21, 2021

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

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:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/16/bell-hooks-remembered-she-reminded-us-of-the-better-world-we-were-working-towards

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

http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/gustafson/FILM%20165A.W11/film%20165A%5BW11%5D%20readings%20/hooksparis.pdf

https://www.uwyo.edu/aded5050/5050unit12/theory%20as%20liberatory%20prac.pdf

https://savedbythe-bellhooks.tumblr.com

Cover image by. James Keyser, 1992

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