Patriarchy has no gender.
BELL HOOKSAs long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.
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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
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Love is really more of an interactive process. It’s about what we do not just what we feel. It’s a verb, not a noun.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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