#bell-hooks — Public Fediverse posts

Is it possible to apply bell hooks' idea of "excitement" in the classroom to the Italian state school context?

Here are my ideas on how to try:

https://giuliabrazzale.eu/2026/05/12/the-classroom-as-a-place-of-excitement/

@scuola

#scuolaitaliana #scuolapubblica #insegnanti #insegnamento #teaching #bellhooks #teachingtotransgress

A Place for Intimacy: bell hooks on Language and Desire

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/04/21/bell-hooks-language-desire/

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 -

This hooks masterpiece should be required reading. Not simply, there is nothing objective or neutral about any act of educating. Our active awareness here can only make us better at our craft.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #bellhooks #teachingtotransgress #nonfiction #education #pedagogy

My new blog post: a reflection on the role of a teacher and on my hopes for the future, starting from a quote by bell hooks.

Teaching as an act of resistance

https://giuliabrazzale.eu/2026/03/15/teaching-as-an-act-of-resistance/

#blogging #blogpost #teaching #resistance #teachingtotransgress #bellhooks

My new #blogpost: a reflection on the role of a #teacher and on my hopes for the future, starting from a quote of bell hooks' Teaching to Transgress.

https://giuliabrazzale.eu/2026/03/15/teaching-as-an-act-of-resistance/

#bellhooks #teaching #school

> The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.

—#bellhooks, the will to change

bell hooks - intersectional feminist, 2026
Oil on Wood, 4.5” sq.

I highly recommend her book All About Love, and she has a book specifically speaking to men I’ve heard great things about The Will To Change: Men Masculinity, and Love.

“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.”—bell hooks

#BlackWomen #bellhooks #portrait #art #mastoart #oilpainting #feminism #love

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ONE OF THE BEST GUIDES FOR LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES IS TO GIVE OURSELVES THE LOVE WE WISH TO RECEIVE FROM OTHERS.
L’UN DES MEILLEURS GUIDES POUR APPRENDRE À S’AIMER EST DE SE DONNER SOI-MÊME L’AMOUR QUE L'ON SOUHAITE RECEVOIR DES AUTRES.
bell hooks (1952 - 2021)
#bellhooks #march82026 #8mars2026 #aintiawoman #feminisme #blackfeminism #selflove #5dollars #fivedollars #dollar #culturewar #guerreculturelle #pasteup #streetart

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L’UN DES MEILLEURS GUIDES POUR APPRENDRE À S’AIMER EST DE SE DONNER SOI-MÊME L’AMOUR QUE L'ON SOUHAITE RECEVOIR DES AUTRES.
bell hooks (1952 - 2021)
#bellhooks #8mars2026 #aintiawoman #feminisme #blackfeminism #estimedesoi #5dollars #fivedollars #dollar #guerreculturelle #collage #streetart

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ONE OF THE BEST GUIDES FOR LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES IS TO GIVE OURSELVES THE LOVE WE WISH TO RECEIVE FROM OTHERS.
bell hooks (1952 - 2021)
#bellhooks #march82026 #aintiawoman #feminism #blackfeminism #selflove #5dollars #fivedollars #dollar #culturewar #pasteup #streetart

"Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist." – #BellHooks #BlackHistory

#rant and a question

I don't understand why so many books use completely unhelpful headings on each page?

E.g. I'm just reading #bellhooks "the will to change" (which is a good book i can recommend)
On even pages the heading is the title, on odd pages the heading is the author.
This is completely unhelpful and really bad #UX
I know which book I'm reading and usually also the author (and during reading both is actually mostly irrelevant).
I would rather have the section or chapter information on the heading.

Why are these headings so common in books? Is this a convention or has a reason i don't see?

#books

As 2025 comes to an end, I am reflecting on my research experiences over the years. Some of the most profound research I have done was working with the bell hooks digital archive. Over 200 artifacts from the late, globally recognized feminist writer/human, bell hooks. There, I uncovered CDs, unreleased manuscripts, and letter correspondence spanning decades. I will never forget it!

The project is ongoing and expanded here

https://bellhooksarchive.com/project-team

#research #bellhooks #OpenAccess #MalayaWonders

"Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used―and is still used―to convince Black viewers, and everyone else, of Black inferiority." ― #BellHooks #BlackHistory

~Stem voor de mogelijkheid om de organisatie en massale uiting van afschaffing voort te zetten.
~Angst voor radicale verandering zorgt er voor dat velen hun verstand en hart verraden.
~Niet stemmen betekent geen zitting nemen. We hebben niets te verliezen
~Ik ben niet vrij zolang welke vrouw dan ook onvrij is.
Anti Commerciële Actie Beweging

See video ► https://youtu.be/9LiMOThNpxU?si=wtVEQ9ew9-3VXk4p&t=984

#stemvegan #stemopeenvrouw #verkiezingen #whiteprivilege #devrijestem #acab #angeladavis #bellhooks #audrelorde #assatashakur #johnlewis #stateviolence #genderviolence #vote #stemrecht
#feminist #feminism #antiracist #antifascisme @PSRF @doorbraak #anticommercieleactiebeweging

Avui, 25 de setembre, #bellhooks compliria 73 anys.

L'escriptora i activista feminista va néixer el 1952 a Kentucky, Estats Units. En les seves memòries 'Negre d'ossos. Records d'infantesa', hooks narra experiències íntimes —la relació amb la mare i les germanes, els silencis del pare, la tendresa d’algunes àvies, les pors i els descobriments— alhora que assenyala com la classe, el gènere i la raça modelen la vida quotidiana.

📖 Disponible en català i castellà: https://descontrol.cat/portfolio/negre-dossos/

The possibility of liberation, for men, and for everyone harmed by your harm.

This is the work of Facilitated Conversations in the PWO Community: unlearning, reflecting, and rebuilding. Together, we’re asking: What becomes possible when we no longer accept violence as the cost of belonging?

#ProfitWithoutOppression #FacilitatedConversations #WhiteWomenGetReady #BellHooks #Patriarchy #RethinkingMasculinity #LiberationWork #EmotionalFreedom #EquityAndJustice #Whiteness #PWOCommunity #KimCrayton

Untitled (“You construct intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men.”), sometimes referred to as “intricate rituals,” by Barbara Kruger, 1981.

#patriarchy #masculinity #barbarakruger #art #feminism #feministart #anarchafeminism #anarchy #anarchist #anarchism #bellhooks

In which I muse on personal canon, grief, love and its intersection with a 90's rock band

https://aleemshaun.com/posts/when-lightning-crashes

#grief #bellhooks #LightningCrashes

Gisteren #Sapiens uitgeluisterd. Vandaag begonnen aan Hoe Migratie Echt Werkt van #HeinDeHaas. Van Spotify mag je niet zoveel uren per maand boeken luisteren zonder bijbetaling. De komende tien dagen mag ik gemiddeld slechts een half uur per dag luisteren. Dat is dan wel los van alle podcasts die ik sowieso al beluister en los van het lezen in de fysieke boeken die hier ook nog rondslingeren. Ondertussen ook wel benieuwd naar #bellhooks. Bekende naam. Nooit iets van gelezen.