In Praise of bell hooks

"The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love" is the most revelatory book I've read, I think ever. It discusses the ways power- and domination-based roles for men negatively affect both men and women, starting in boyhood. It felt like every page held a connection to my experiences.

I really love bell hook's work. Feminism is for Everybody was a clear and concise discussion of the issues of race, class, sex, and gender and I truly wish more critical theory books were up to that standard.

for any sociology fans, I&#x27;ve always loved hook&#x27;s idea of living on the margin as a site of resistance<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pzacad.pitzer.edu&#x2F;~mma&#x2F;teaching&#x2F;MS80&#x2F;readings&#x2F;hooks.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pzacad.pitzer.edu&#x2F;~mma&#x2F;teaching&#x2F;MS80&#x2F;readings&#x2F;hooks.p...</a>

I really like what I&#x27;ve read of bell hooks&#x27; work. I&#x27;m interested to see what the hackernews crowd makes of it.

Great read. Somewhat of an off-topic question, but here goes:<p>&gt; Watkins wanted her pen name to be spelled in lowercase to shift the attention from her identity to her ideas.<p>I’m sure what I’m about to say has been discussed before — but wouldn’t this accomplish the opposite effect? I feel her “unconventional” name makes me focus more on it, not less (especially when her name is used at the beginning of a sentence, where we are trained to expect a capital letter no matter what). Do other people with lowercase names have similar justifications?