– Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, 2003 Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, reveling in our differences this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community.”

“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity.This Black History Month, we honor bell hooks by recommitting ourselves to her instructions for the feminist movement: In a culture that tries to convince us love has no value outside the home, rejecting love as our movement’s North Star means conceding to the very forces that oppress us in the first place.īell hooks reminded us, the love that leads our movement for change must include self-love, the most radical exercise of anti-oppression a woman can practice. We cannot reject love as feminism’s cornerstone because we are afraid we won’t be taken seriously. ”īell hooks showed us, love must drive our movement - our goals, our priorities, and how we do our work. “bell hooks told us…our movement must reject a fear-based scarcity mindset of white supremacy that tries to fool us into seeing a limited number of seats at the table. All forms of oppression have joined forces to keep us down, so we too must all join forces to achieve true freedom. Our movement must reject a fear-based scarcity mindset of white supremacy that tries to fool us into seeing a limited number of seats at the table, that tries to divide us with the lie that we must choose our battles.īell hooks taught us, we must do our work with the recognition that sexism, racism, homophobia, and all forms of oppression overlap to create women’s daily experiences of economic insecurity, gender-based violence, professional and creative stifling, and the devaluing of our lives and contributions. We must commit to finding solutions for people of all genders. ”īell hooks told us, feminism must center the needs of Black women and others who are most oppressed by society and culture. “bell hooks taught us, love must drive our movement - our goals, our priorities, and how we do our work. These are the tenets Equal Rights Advocates lives and works by. They are as relevant today as when she wrote them 30 years ago. How to best honor a mother and creator of feminism, bell hooks: follow the instructions she provided for our movement.

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