bell hooks

In this important essay, the late bell hooks inspires us to make her vision of a culture of love come true.

The practice of love, says bell hooks, is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.

A 1995 conversation between digital activist and lyricist John Perry Barlow — who died on February 7, 2018 — and social theorist bell hooks.

When the spirit moves into writing, shaping its direction, that is a moment of pure mystery.

The leading cultural critic and thinker bell hooks shares what Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh means to people of color.

Isn't that the kind of teaching we need these days, that difficult circumstances can be the path to liberation. That's news you can use.

Sharon Salzberg and bell hooks sit down with Lion's Roar's Melvin McLeod for a discussion on the power of love.

bell hooks meets with Thich Nhat Hanh to ask: how do we build a community of love?

bell hooks talks to Pema Chödrön about how to open your heart to life's most difficult challenges.

bell hooks argues that our erotic lives are enhanced when men and women can celebrate the penis in ways that don't uphold macho stereotypes.

Increasingly, patriarchy is offered as the solution to the crisis black men face. Black women face a culture where everyone wants us to stay in our place.

From childhood on I have had to struggle to break from the impositions of images that don’t represent me accurately or well.

The message is that it's fine for women to stray from sexist roles and play around with life on the other side, as long as we come back to our senses.

"When life is happening, design has meaning, and every design we encounter strengthens our recognition of the value of being alive."

"I walked further and further away from father and son," says bell hooks. But my steps always drew me closer to holy spirit."