An Oriki Tribute to bell hooks: In Memoriam
Gloria Jean of House Watkins.
THEE bell hooks.
Second of her name (Bell Blair Hooks was her great-grandmother).
Stupendous Scribe.
Fearless Feminist.
Conscious Critic of Culture.
Sage of Social Activism.
Towering Thinker.
Prodigious Professor.
Originator of The Oppositional Gaze.
Author of “Ain’t I A Woman”.
“To be oppressed means to be deprived of your ability to choose.” You had the audacity to radically speak truth to power when the voices of Black women were not only muted, but considered valueless ✊🏾.
Your work at the intersection of race, gender, and capitalism invited us into revolutionary thinking 💡that stretched us and grew us.
Thank you for making us Give a Damn Again and reminding us to move against fear with love. A TRUE #ProfessionalTroublemaker 📕.
The world got less brilliant today. Rest in Radical Peace.🕊❤️
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