Karen MardahlSara Ahmed wrote what I think is a beautiful ode to bell hooks: https://feministkilljoys.com/2022/09/20/feminism-as-lifework-a-dedication-to-bell-hooks/ Reading this is a great inspiration to end 2022 and begin 2023. I have "Ain't I a Woman" by bell hooks ready to read soon on my tablet. My anti-racist teachers have taught me that bell hooks is all about love, and what's not to like about that. Beautiful activism sounds like a good theme to take into 2023. #SaraAhmed #FeministKilljoy #bellhooks #FeministMovement #AntiRacism #BlackAuthors #books #bookstodon /1
That #SaraAhmed ode has a brilliant quote from page 21 in bell hooks' "Black Looks: Race and Representation":
“The commodification of Otherness has been so successful because it is offered as a new delight, more intense, more satisfying than normal ways of doing and feeling. Within commodity culture, ethnicity becomes spice, seasoning that can liven up the dull dish that is mainstream white culture.” /2 #FeministKilljoy #bellhooks #FeministMovement #AntiRacism #BlackAuthors #books #bookstodon