Black feminist author and intellectual bell hooks, whose pioneering work took on new urgency amid the racial justice protests in US, dies
Gloria Jean Watkins, aka bell hooks, published her first book of poems in 1978, and by the end of her life had written 40 books that have been translated into 15 languages [File]
Black feminist author and intellectual bell hooks, whose pioneering work took on new urgency amid the racial justice protests that swept the United States in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, has died at her home in Berea, Kentucky. "The family of Gloria Jean Watkins is deeply saddened at the passing of our beloved sister," sisters Gwenda Motley and Valeria Watkins said in a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday.
Hooks was the pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins, who used the lower case moniker to honor her grandmother.The Washington Post reported that the cause of death was end-stage renal failure, citing her family. The passing of bell hooks hurts, deeply. At the same time, as a human being I feel so grateful she gave humanity so many gifts. AIN’T I A WOMAN: BLACK WOMEN AND FEMINISM is one of her many classics. And ALL ABOUT LOVE changed me. Thank you, bell hooks. Rest in our love. 1/4
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