bell hooks

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Born September 25, 1952·Died December 15, 2021 (at 69)·Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA·Female

Biography

Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021) better known by her pen name as bell hooks, was a professor, social activist, public intellectual, cultural critic, feminist and author of 40 books, including Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, Black Looks: Race and Representation, Reel to Real, and All About Love: New Visions.

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In 2014, the bell hooks Center was founded at Berea College in Kentucky. In 2021, hooks died of kidney failure at her home, following a brief period of illness.

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