![]() ![]() I am unable to separate them or see social issues exclusively through the lens of a woman or a person of color. For example, as a woman of color, my experiences and the way I interact with the world are heavily influenced by both of these identities. We all have our identities, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, and class, that coexist within us and shape the way we see and are seen by society. ![]() hooks believed that “as long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.” ![]() Her work emphasized what would be later known as intersectional feminism. Her writing, which was mostly published in the ‘90s and ‘00s, addressed issues that were still not widely acknowledged at the time, such as societal injustices and the power structures within race, gender, class, and sexuality. She took this name to honor her grandmother and spelled it in lowercase in order to encourage people to focus on the content of her work, rather than her identity or personhood. Born Gloria Jean Watkins, she published over 40 books under the name bell hooks. Bell hooks, an influential feminist activist and author, passed away on December 15, 2021. ![]()
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