Her definition of feminism, in Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, as a “movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression” equipped feminists with an accessible response for students and naysayers who felt alienated from the “F” word. Since then, the famously lowercased hooks has published more than 30 books, ranging from feminist film criticism and studies of Black masculinity to essays on teaching and community to works of memoir and poetry. In 1981, Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism introduced us to bell hooks. In this prescient conversation, hooks frankly shares her bold takes on the past, present and future of feminism. 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Ky., hooks went on to become one of the 20th century’s foremost critical voices on feminism, race, class, culture and sexual politics.īelow you’ll find a beloved interview from the Spring 2011 issue of Ms.
Editor’s note: We were devastated to hear bell hooks-scholar, writer, activist and feminist legend- died on Wednesday, Dec.
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