bell hooks has passed away at the age of 69. It’s a tragic loss to the world and she will be sorely missed but her work in writing, feminism, and activism lives on. I remember reading her essay ‘Plantation Mistress or Soul Sister‘ for my dissertation and how it changed a lot of my perspectives on Black music, Madonna, and Blackness as well as giving me new ones.
Below are some links to obituaries, dedications, and essential reading for those unfamiliar with her work. In the words of Raquel Willis:
If you’re just learning about bell hooks, there’s no shame. You can always read her words and meet her on the page.
Articles and papers
- ‘bell hooks on How We Raise Men’ from New Yorker
- ‘bell hooks, Influential Black Feminist and Writer, Dead at 69’ from Vulture
- ‘bell hooks, Feminist Scholar and Cultural Critic, Dies at 69’ from Pitchfork
- ‘Groundbreaking Feminist Theorist bell hooks Has Died’ from The Cut
- ‘bell hooks’ from JSTOR Daily
- ‘bell hooks on education’ from infed.org
- bell hooks and the Politics of Literacy: A Conversation
- bell hooks on Critical Thinking
- Agent of Change: An Interview with bell hooks
- “She was our life instructor”: remembering bell hooks’ impact on a generation of Black women by Magdalene Abraha
- bell hooks Left Behind a Legacy of Scholarship on Art and Love by Zoe Guy
- ‘She taught me the meaning of love’: five writers on what bell hooks’ work meant to them from gal-dem
- Re-reading bell hooks as a ritual of radical mourning by Tao Leigh Goffe
- Here’s what bell hooks’ friends and colleagues want you to remember about her from NPR
- Loving Ourselves Free: Radical Acceptance in bell hooks’ ‘All About Love: New Visions’ by Shakeelah Ismail
- ‘Unapologetic in the Prioritization of Black Women’: bell hooks Remembered by Loved Ones by Jireh Deng
Videos
- bell hooks: “This ain’t no pussy shit”
- Speaking Freely: Bell Hooks
- A Conversation with bell hooks
- bell hooks and Laverne Cox in a Public Dialogue at The New School
- bell hooks: Beyonce Is A Terrorist
- Bell Hooks interview (1995)
- A Public Dialogue Between bell hooks and Cornel West
- bell hooks: Moving from Pain to Power I The New School