The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
BELL HOOKSSometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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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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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it’s not unfamiliar to you. It’s always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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Feminism is for everybody.
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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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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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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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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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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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