![]() ![]() ![]() Regardless, hooks argues that feminism is essential in all relationships whether or not you have a degree and can understand the jargon or not. ![]() bell hooks attributes some of the fall out from feminism in having to do with the fact that after the 70’s feminism was taken out of the streets and held exclusively by the privileged few in academia. While the effort to combat racism within oneself is becoming more commonplace in today’s society, addressing sexism within oneself is not as prominent. The threat, the enemy, is sexist thought and behavior.” The enemy within must be transformed before we can confront the enemy outside. It remains the necessary step for anyone choosing feminist politics. “Significantly, the most powerful intervention made by consciousness-raising groups was the demand that all females confront their internalized sexism, their allegiance to patriarchal thinking and action, and their commitment to feminist conversion. In Feminism is for Everyone, hooks breaks down basic feminist theory, and how it has changed over time. hooks chooses not the capitalize her name so that people focus on her words and ideas, not herself personally. Bell hooks writes about passionate politicsīell hooks is an American academic and writer born in 1952 whose work focuses on the intersectionality of race, capitalism and gender. ![]()
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