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.

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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:

Beauty as Capital w/ Kimberly Foster

CREDITS:

Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins

Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell

Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight

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:
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/books/bell-hooks-black-women-feminism.html">The Wide Angle Vision, and Legacy, of bell hooks</a> (New York Times)
<a href="https://www.berea.edu/centers/the-bell-hooks-center">The bell hooks Center</a>
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republican-2024-hopeful-ron-desantis-is-blazing-a-trail-on-school-book-bans">Gov. DeSantis Book Banning Push</a>
<a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780942299793/the-society-of-the-spectacle">The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord</a> 
AUDIO: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N66HJNb38Hc">bell hooks &amp; Cornell West Press Conference</a> (1997, C-Span)
<a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/million-man-march-1995">Million Man March</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozOm2jhuz1E">Roberta Flack, Afro Blue</a>
 
bell hooks’ works mentioned:
<a href="https://bellhooksbooks.com/product/feminism-is-for-everybody/">Feminism is for Everybody</a>
<a href="https://bellhooksbooks.com/product/yearning/">Yearning</a>
<a href="https://bellhooksbooks.com/product/black-looks-race-and-representation/">Black Looks</a>
<a href="https://bellhooksbooks.com/product/reel-to-real-race-sex-and-class-at-the-movies/">Real to Reel</a> 
Other Episodes Mentioned:
<a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-laverne-cox-show-76844261/episode/beauty-as-capital-w-kimberly-foster-79502608/">Beauty as Capital w/ Kimberly Foster</a>
CREDITS:
Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang &amp; Gabrielle Collins
Producer &amp; Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell
Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight

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Laverne and bell hooks’ friends explore the legacy and work of the revolutionary Black feminist intellectual who shifted Laverne’s molecules.

The Work and Legacy of bell hooks w/ Imani Perry & Darnell Moore

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