Gloria Jean Watkins, the revolutionary Black feminist intellectual known as bell hooks, died on December 15, 2021. She was 69. In her time with us she wrote over 30 books and became a powerful voice in social criticism and commentary. Laverne and her friends, author and activist Darnell Moore and scholar and author Imani Perry, all had close personal relationships with Ms. hooks. In this loving tribute they discuss her impact, legacy, themes and teachings that have profoundly impacted each of them in different ways including her ideas centered around domination, arguing in community, and imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy. She was feminist-and-fly, a little shady, and fully human. Please rate, review, subscribe and share The Laverne Cox Show with everyone you know. You can find Laverne on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter @LaverneCox and on Facebook at @LaverneCoxForReal. As always, stay in the love. Links of Interest:
The Wide Angle Vision, and Legacy, of bell hooks (New York Times)
The bell hooks Center Gov. DeSantis Book Banning Push The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord AUDIO:
bell hooks & Cornell West Press Conference (1997, C-Span)
Million Man March Roberta Flack, Afro Blue bell hooks’ works mentioned:
Feminism is for Everybody Yearning Black Looks Real to Reel Other Episodes Mentioned:
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