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Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks (stylized in lowercase), [1] was an American author, theorist, educator, and social critic who was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. She was best known for her writings on race, feminism, and class.
- 1978–2018
- December 15, 2021 (aged 69), Berea, Kentucky, U.S.
- Gloria Jean Watkins, September 25, 1952, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S.
- Oppositional gaze
Learn about bell hooks, an American scholar and activist who examined the connections between race, gender, and class. Find out her pseudonym, her writings, her career, and her legacy.
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Dec 17, 2021 · Trailblazing feminist author, critic and activist bell hooks has died at 69. There are well-worn bell hooks books scattered throughout my library. She's in nearly every section – race,...
Dec 15, 2021 · bell hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, died Wednesday in her home, Berea College announced. Monica Almeida/The New York Times/Redux. CNN — bell hooks – the beloved poet, author, feminist and...
Dec 15, 2021 · bell hooks, whose incisive, wide-ranging writing on gender and race helped push feminism beyond its white, middle-class worldview to include the voices of Black and working-class women, died on...
Dec 15, 2021 · 15 December 2021. Getty Images. hooks' first book, Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism, was published in 1981. Acclaimed feminist author and activist bell hooks has died at the age of 69,...
Dec 15, 2021 · The prolific and trailblazing author, poet, feminist, cultural critic and professor bell hooks died Wednesday at age 69. Her death was first announced by her niece, Ebony Motley, who said that...
