Speaking Freely: Bell Hooks

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  • čas přidán 28. 03. 2016
  • S03 E25
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Komentáře • 332

  • @kellesalle9878
    @kellesalle9878 Před 2 lety +282

    I've just finished reading All About Love and I've decided to start watching as many bell hooks videos as I can. What a woman, what a legacy she's left behind!

    • @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX
      @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX Před rokem +4

      Would you recommend it for a male? I'm reading one of the other books in the series that I got for my little sister and might read this one in the future

    • @kellesalle9878
      @kellesalle9878 Před rokem +6

      @@BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX I think it's a great book for a man to read. It's been a while since I last read it but I think she even mentions the fact that the majority of relationship books out there are for women. It would be good if there were more relationship books aimed at men.

    • @Gentleintense
      @Gentleintense Před rokem +2

      I’m in the same boat rn. What a beautifully well spoken human. She’s inspiring and powerful. I feel entirely grateful to have access to her words! Spotify has a few good lectures of hers, too. ❤❤

    • @ribbrascal1065
      @ribbrascal1065 Před rokem

      "Intersectionality" is an ideology for the intellectually dull and emotionally weak
      /anti-woke ex-Democrat

    • @t00bgazer
      @t00bgazer Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX I would also recommend males read the will to change.

  • @nono9543
    @nono9543 Před rokem +121

    I threw away my kindness all for the gratification of being seen as a real man by my peers and it was foolish and idiotic. If I could take it back I would. But it's lovely to see that this revelation has already been known by people far smarter than me. I hope more people listen to Bell Hooks before they even consider listening to Andrew Tate.

    • @alecrimzito
      @alecrimzito Před 2 měsíci +1

      ty for leaving this comment, made me cry. i was needing something like this.

    • @fune4266
      @fune4266 Před 2 měsíci +1

      very powerful message thank you for sharing

    • @Zombiezay
      @Zombiezay Před 2 měsíci +1

      I applauding you for facing that ! Most of us cause harm, and yet can't bare to face it at all !

    • @oliviaspaceee
      @oliviaspaceee Před měsícem +1

      thank you for sharing your experience. your comment alone gives me hope for the men of this generation. love.

  • @moniquezarate7956
    @moniquezarate7956 Před 3 lety +207

    Who’s listening in 2020

  • @demacmama
    @demacmama Před 8 měsíci +36

    I just adore bell hooks. I’m sorry she’s no longer with us in body, but so very grateful for her work, thoughts, courage and teaching. Ever grateful.

  • @The313literarylounge
    @The313literarylounge Před 5 lety +275

    “In our deeply anti-intellectual society...”😂😭😭

    • @Polychromedreams
      @Polychromedreams Před 4 lety +5

      Jossyology this had me screaming hahahaa

    • @The313literarylounge
      @The313literarylounge Před 4 lety +5

      Polychromedreams *re-watches this gem* for the first time in a long time...to be reminded of her depth😂✊🏽

    • @lisewagnac3623
      @lisewagnac3623 Před 3 lety +9

      Lol the shade 😂 😂

    • @chicanagitana
      @chicanagitana Před 3 lety +7

      She is always spot on.

    • @Bigdre-ws3pd
      @Bigdre-ws3pd Před 2 lety

      This is Ridiculous I am only a minute she was a trader of our community but rip

  • @leonardogenghini9073
    @leonardogenghini9073 Před 5 lety +106

    To truly choose to love is a heroic act!

    • @madnietzschean
      @madnietzschean Před 3 lety +2

      AGREED!!!

    • @BluntBrazenCurt_Evolved
      @BluntBrazenCurt_Evolved Před 7 dny

      This is a life shattering truth. Nowadays so much aggression, conservatism and even corruption. Change must come 🔥 😔

  • @marssimilien8335
    @marssimilien8335 Před 2 lety +170

    “When you live in a country that makes truth something that is associated with the painful, that should not be spoken, it becomes hard to get people to value speaking freely because there are things that we have to say that will be wounding.” A whole word, yes.

  • @praywithourfeet
    @praywithourfeet Před 2 lety +115

    Sitting with the power and depth of her words always: "The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others."
    - Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, 1994

    • @blackapples4744
      @blackapples4744 Před 2 lety +2

      That was Beautiful. 🌱

    • @princeofserendip2572
      @princeofserendip2572 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Zenos174 Platitudes they may seem from the mentality of constant competition and cynicism that doesn't yet know love beyond our selfish aims.

  • @robertsontirado4478
    @robertsontirado4478 Před 2 lety +10

    She speaks gentle but her words are powerful like a prophet.

  • @louiseoh
    @louiseoh Před 3 lety +55

    Listening in 2021. This should get more views.

  • @BorisLeChat
    @BorisLeChat Před měsícem +1

    What an inspiration. As a woman, it is already such a thing to speak up, let alone speak freely. I carry her in my heart.

  • @thebarbaryghostsf
    @thebarbaryghostsf Před 2 lety +151

    Damn, my friend just sent this to me. Never heard of her before today. RIP Bell Hooks, today's youth needs to listen to this.

    • @praywithourfeet
      @praywithourfeet Před 2 lety +5

      Such an amazing writer and thinker! Def. peep her books when you can...

    • @happyclappy1805
      @happyclappy1805 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Zenos174 because racist, white supremist ,far right ideolgues are so much better?

    • @babybeardreamsllc6635
      @babybeardreamsllc6635 Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed

    • @johneta7665
      @johneta7665 Před 2 lety

      No the hell they don’t.

    • @johneta7665
      @johneta7665 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Zenos174 her ideology is poisonous garbage

  • @91ramal
    @91ramal Před 2 lety +76

    May her voice be heard for many generations to come! Sad to see her go but happy that she came into this world! 🙏🏾 Rest beautiful soul

  • @v.i.lenin.
    @v.i.lenin. Před 2 lety +65

    What a tragedy; the world is less without her. Rest in peace bell hooks.

  • @nataliechill
    @nataliechill Před 2 dny

    Her intellect and intelligence is a fresh wind of calm🌠

  • @h.patriciablackshire6003
    @h.patriciablackshire6003 Před 2 lety +18

    I will never forget a meeting in New York with a perfect stranger of another race discussing her books with me for hours in the mid early hours. He saw me with the book, Salvation and invited himself into my private world of solitude. It was a great conversation! He and I were great admirers of this great writer. Thank you bell hooks. The world will never forget you. You taught us so much about ourselves. For that, you are engraved in our hearts, soul and MIND!!!❤

  • @leejankowski6608
    @leejankowski6608 Před rokem +2

    We live through stories, in stories and based on stories... very few of the stories I have ever experienced, had no healthy example of love. Give us stories of healthy love and then live those stories, give them breath and a heartbeat with your breath and your heartbeats.

  • @mar-yh5lr
    @mar-yh5lr Před 3 lety +35

    She is love, such an understanding human being. I'm completely inspired by bell hooks.

  • @clarawasserstein99
    @clarawasserstein99 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Love this so deeply. Appreciate a lot that this is available to listen to & watch freely here on YT. I think it’s needed now more than ever

  • @gabrielpolley671
    @gabrielpolley671 Před 2 lety +21

    Rest in Power, bell. Love and solidarity to all watching this at this sad time.

  • @yvetteneal6431
    @yvetteneal6431 Před 2 lety +17

    It's the emergence of exposing the inner nature of people and revealing the layers of domination to keep people from being truly happy. Her description of Life is on point

  • @sanp6092
    @sanp6092 Před 6 lety +142

    I don't believe that everyone will enjoy the teachings of Bell Hooks, but my hope is that her message touches as many people as possible. I believe that Bell Hooks is modest, but she is also confident, positive and hopeful for the future. There is nothing wrong with that. I have read quite a few of her books and they have a lot to teach us. Read on people, read on.

  • @withlove312
    @withlove312 Před 7 lety +193

    God, I wish modern radicals and the Left took after her philosophy more. Because there is censorship and close-mindedness and binary thinking galore on both sides of the political spectrum nowadays that I find very concerning.

    • @benjammin4840
      @benjammin4840 Před 5 lety +1

      agree!

    • @noirsynapse
      @noirsynapse Před 4 lety +27

      Black feminists have been for decades, in the US and Europe, but the white Left long resisted to the ideas and perspectives of bell hooks, Angela Davis and other black feminist thinkers.

    • @MariPosadeNochis
      @MariPosadeNochis Před 4 lety +2

      Shatarupa why do you generalize? Republicans, especially under Chump, have been moving closer and closer to fascism. Maybe you should consider that as a general problem of people who are in power, whether right or left

    • @tobiasolds5669
      @tobiasolds5669 Před 4 lety +3

      I hear a lot about censorship from the left - but what would be instances of censorship on the right? Would love to hear what you think are the most pernitent examples of right-wing censorship going on.

    • @edektivitao2235
      @edektivitao2235 Před 3 lety

      Take a good and peaceful idea and use it for political agenda. That's what happening. Just what happend with jesus ideas.

  • @jenniferalvarado1745
    @jenniferalvarado1745 Před 4 lety +93

    Now I know why her name is Bell. She is the melodic alarm that sounds to all of us, that our right to free speech and dissent is being stripped silently, from all sides. Critical thought is becoming the scapegoat of political agenda. Silence is the death knell of democracy. Grateful to hear her thoughts.

    • @guavajellyjam
      @guavajellyjam Před 2 lety +18

      Her name was bell - lower case . It’s vital to remember that

    • @tajr.2650
      @tajr.2650 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I believe it’s an ode to her grandmother. Possibly her name.

  • @tedd_not3482
    @tedd_not3482 Před 3 lety +4

    This. This. This. This will heal so many black men if they listen.

  • @eedwardsftw
    @eedwardsftw Před rokem +4

    I'm just getting into her work and listening to this just makes me think. Wow she was just a beautiful human being.

  • @TigerPrawn_
    @TigerPrawn_ Před 3 lety +31

    The problem is when people no longer know how to think critically.

  • @happispaces
    @happispaces Před 3 lety +46

    Never heard of Bell Hooks here in the UK and I wonder why that is? This female feels like the kind of women that should be in the mainstream and I want to know more about her. Her education feels huge just from this one video and the host is doing a great job of allowing her to talk, we don't have much of that today. She came to my attention through Brene Brown and look forward to reading more about her teaching.

  • @twobeeblacknative7081
    @twobeeblacknative7081 Před 2 lety +7

    She is so inspiring to the culture. How did we ever allow her to leave this earth without many many flowers?????? So sad.......RIP Sis!!!!

    • @Bigdre-ws3pd
      @Bigdre-ws3pd Před 2 lety

      What flowers does someone deserve by hurting the black community

  • @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX

    When she said she reads a book a day my jaw dropped. Lol Oh how I wish I had the time to read everything I want to read and balance writing

  • @Jacqueline888
    @Jacqueline888 Před 10 měsíci +4

    all the andrew tate, bro culture, sexism resurgence going on these days has me feeling so disconnected. i’ve been turning to Bell Hooks to remind me that men do in fact have a softer side, no matter how much deny it

  • @PiaAmorin
    @PiaAmorin Před 4 lety +24

    Very eloquent and precise. Enlightened. What a wonderful woman.

  • @bellethomas9411
    @bellethomas9411 Před 5 lety +26

    Her ideologies are so beautiful to absorb. Love Bell, and her voice too!

  • @justjarod7440
    @justjarod7440 Před 3 lety +9

    this is ASMR for me 😭

  • @juliaraeleigh
    @juliaraeleigh Před 2 lety +7

    We need to make one of your books into a movie now 🥺🙏🏼 Rest In Peace beautiful.

  • @Kennikus
    @Kennikus Před 3 lety +14

    I mean, on top of everything--her mind, her Iearnedness, etc., she's *adorabIe.*

  • @damali4ever
    @damali4ever Před 2 lety +1

    "...diverse ways of knowing..." I miss you immensely, bell hooks. R.I.E.P... LOVE...😍😍😍😍😍

  • @veram2635
    @veram2635 Před rokem +1

    what a very intelligent, warm-hearted and beautiful woman. extraordinary ❤

  • @valentinatoth7897
    @valentinatoth7897 Před 2 lety +33

    Just finished her book “all about love”. It really widened my horizon. I had the feeling that there were a lot of things I might not have fully understood (not a native English speaker!) but after reading her book, I admire bell hooks for sure!

    • @marysem
      @marysem Před 2 lety +6

      I had to stop reading it for a while because it was too powerful..I'm picking it up again soon...Rest well Ms hooks.

    • @kylaelira
      @kylaelira Před 2 lety +3

      heavy on the too powerful sometimes! it hits so hard! its amazing, gnna miss her, i just started getting into her writing 🥺😢💗

  • @fortruth8236
    @fortruth8236 Před 5 lety +5

    Very enlightening. Thank you.

  • @home0421
    @home0421 Před 8 lety +64

    what a beautiful mind

  • @josie_posie808
    @josie_posie808 Před 2 lety +9

    Thankful that voices such as hers have gone before me as a writer and thinker. She's been on my periphery but I'm finally getting acquainted with her work. Thanks for sharing!!

  • @NotesByMoi
    @NotesByMoi Před 7 lety +16

    I am so touched as a black female Bell Hooks and her books has greatly inspired me when I listen to this clearly educated speaker I feel a sense of hope and a sense of I'm not crazy she say's the things that I've had thought about having a voice is so important.

  • @marcek9910
    @marcek9910 Před 4 lety +10

    I need to hear her more. I need to read her books!

  • @carlaa3416
    @carlaa3416 Před 8 lety +42

    bell hooks,as usual, thank you again for this life lesson.

  • @acenull0
    @acenull0 Před 5 lety +16

    YES MA’AM !!! YOU BETTA COME CORRECT! I love that phrase too lmao

  • @keithwatkins6465
    @keithwatkins6465 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank You bell hooks. Your Work Is Helping Me.

  • @biancaturner6111
    @biancaturner6111 Před 3 lety +11

    Well before her time. Discussing censorship prior to even being a thing in our present society. Her concern was well warranted.

  • @lauramarieriver
    @lauramarieriver Před 2 lety +4

    brilliant, how she says critical gaze can illuminate, so different from dismissive trashing. i love her! truth is so important!

  • @dittoisdone
    @dittoisdone Před rokem +1

    asking people to think critically nowadays feels like such a monumental task.

  • @SOULarLioness
    @SOULarLioness Před 2 lety +3

    May you RISE IN POWER. Àṣẹ

  • @danielleaurora9828
    @danielleaurora9828 Před 2 lety +4

    Sleep in peace, beloved. 😢

  • @gloriamitchell3518
    @gloriamitchell3518 Před 2 lety +1

    Rest in sweet Peace. So grateful for your body of work.

  • @lorimangold2890
    @lorimangold2890 Před 3 lety +2

    I like that ,"People are Hungry for Truth", Yes, and a language that identifies it, we can't change it, until we can name what we are feeling, and LOVE IS TRUTH, I just found these, Bell Hooks interviews, in 2020, my friend sent 1 to me

  • @royamoshiri1238
    @royamoshiri1238 Před 5 lety +3

    Life lesson and .....listen. hearing each other without get angry or upset. Thank you 🙏 ❤️

  • @sweetpeasbackyardgarden1236

    I've read much of bell hooks' work. But, never watched her on youtube. I was really late getting on the youtube train. Thankfully, I can now hear her voice. The tragedy is the market place. So, you can't always say what you want to say.

  • @lizzieleigh
    @lizzieleigh Před 2 lety +2

    Greatly enjoyed this and - like many other commentators - wish her voice had rung in these ears before today!

  • @monharris28
    @monharris28 Před rokem

    I just started reading her books love her

  • @lorimangold2890
    @lorimangold2890 Před 3 lety +11

    Jesus said," Its Easy to Love the People we Love, can you Love those you disagree with? Presumably that's what he said, Thank you Bell Hooks

  • @Onewith24
    @Onewith24 Před 2 lety +3

    Rest in power and peace bell hooks 💜💔

  • @asmrcity3147
    @asmrcity3147 Před 3 lety +11

    She’s dynamic. Learned of her through ForHarriet (Kim)

  • @8088I
    @8088I Před 2 lety +1

    Wow! . . .
    So prophetically on point
    and meaningful for today?

  • @charlesbuckingham3467
    @charlesbuckingham3467 Před 7 lety +38

    Students (people) have become commodities to serve the current market needs.

  • @natashabohorquez862
    @natashabohorquez862 Před 8 lety +5

    great quotes :)

  • @choicore
    @choicore Před měsícem

    she was so fucking smart, thinking of love as heroic is brilliant such a tragedy to never be able to hear hooks speak in real life 💔

  • @abribaker-lawrence908
    @abribaker-lawrence908 Před 2 lety +1

    May she rest in love and light...

  • @OneTrueLivingHighness

    🕊 She has an extraordinary smile. Rest in Eternal Peace ♥

  • @ama2065
    @ama2065 Před 2 lety

    this is my first time seeing her speak..and today I definitely learned something

  • @johndalynarmstrong7800
    @johndalynarmstrong7800 Před 2 lety +3

    Rest in Power, bell...

  • @dipbukpanchal70
    @dipbukpanchal70 Před rokem

    Thank you for uploading this interview, your work in disseminating the work of hooks is much appreciated. I feel like this interview could have been conducted today. The 'culture of dominance' struck a chord with me as I think about the larger events currently taking place in many parts of the world. I wonder if there could be more work by hooks that can be relevant to the sociology of criminology.

  • @UmasPapa
    @UmasPapa Před 2 lety

    Such a beautiful mind

  • @noahdyedotcom
    @noahdyedotcom Před 7 měsíci +1

    Smartest critical thinker in American history.

  • @yesreneau
    @yesreneau Před rokem

    I can’t believe I just learned about her for the first time. She is AMAZING

  • @pgraceful
    @pgraceful Před 2 lety +6

    Rest In Paradise Queen.

  • @Kitanaisback
    @Kitanaisback Před 2 lety +1

    What a profound speaker

  • @Twyisup
    @Twyisup Před 2 lety

    Incredible person.

  • @gooseberristic
    @gooseberristic Před 7 měsíci +1

    Bloody hell, I've just discovered I'm Bell Hooks' fan girl :)

  • @joelmaqueira4851
    @joelmaqueira4851 Před 2 lety +1

    R.I.P to the legendary Bell Hooks.

  • @rocnradio
    @rocnradio Před 7 měsíci +1

    I’d love the details of this interview so I can cite it

  • @artosbear
    @artosbear Před rokem +1

    rev. angel Kyodo Williams has a speech where she talks about "it's not all about love" and speaks about Bell Hooks a little. But it isn't a "Bell Hooks is wrong" thing, what she's talking about is what Ms Hooks says here "care is only one ingredient of love." "If someone is hurting you/abusing you they are not loving you." And she speaks also to the widespread abuse in our society. In that talk she names what Ms Hooks speaks about often in many of her books about one of those other ingredients. It's Justice. If we don't give justice there isn't room for love. If we don't have justice in our hearts we cannot really love.

  • @salemsaid5621
    @salemsaid5621 Před 4 lety +8

    she is very modest when she says she embodies the classical idea of the intellectual. thanks bell !!

  • @jazdux6651
    @jazdux6651 Před 6 lety +6

    Brilliant.

  • @AudioPervert1
    @AudioPervert1 Před 2 lety

    Great lady .. her vision travelled to places where the dominant culture never could get to ...

  • @Kay-zv3lr
    @Kay-zv3lr Před 2 lety +2

    rest in power

  • @robinkess6226
    @robinkess6226 Před 2 lety +2

    Avoiding conflict…as a nation we are lying more and more, I think we have to connect that to an absence of free speech, because when you live in a country that makes truth something that is associated with a painful that should not be spoken, it becomes hard to get people to value speaking freely….

  • @usa_ajummas_in_loveorletme415

    The most brilliant intellectual of our modern times. Period. Prescient in her comments about culture of domination, pre-Trump election. You must watch.

  • @bridgetthornton8292
    @bridgetthornton8292 Před 2 lety

    Rest in Peace bell hook and thank you

  • @rastaman39
    @rastaman39 Před 5 lety +6

    Much respect for Bell Hooks

  • @syneedapenland6441
    @syneedapenland6441 Před 2 lety +2

    Rest in Power Queen!!! May your legacy inspire future generations to come!!

  • @maifolau6996
    @maifolau6996 Před 2 lety +1

    rest in power

  • @freedom3856
    @freedom3856 Před 3 lety +1

    Word to bell.

  • @ginaclayton682
    @ginaclayton682 Před 3 lety +1

    Very interesting 🤫

  • @audreyh6628
    @audreyh6628 Před 7 lety +28

    It is very sad to watch Bell discuss people being hungry for truth after Trump's election. Apparently people think they want the truth, but what they actually want is only a version of their own truth...I hope Bell's vision comes true regardless

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 Před 4 lety +2

      @Audrey. That is mostly true however nothing related to the truth is associated with the Trump administration given the documented evidence that Trump has lied over 10,000 times. This means that Trump is lying and/or putting out distorted information several times per day every day!!

  • @Kitanaisback
    @Kitanaisback Před 2 lety +2

    Wow I’m so sad I haven’t got acquainted with her sooner 🥺

  • @GoddesssofMind
    @GoddesssofMind Před 2 lety +1

    Rest in Paradise

  • @megancarroll
    @megancarroll Před 6 lety +10

    Damn, I love her!

  • @rodadafortuna1704
    @rodadafortuna1704 Před 2 lety +2

    rip ❤️

  • @fringeofsocietydotcom1705
    @fringeofsocietydotcom1705 Před 7 lety +23

    since i first "discovered" her at chrone's harvest, age 12, the now non-existent lesbian bookstore lol. i used to ride my bike there with my bumper sticker on my bag "a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle"...i thought that was so cool. :)

    • @noless
      @noless Před 5 lety +3

      You just sound like a manhater. That's never cool.

    • @aoifghfbrbeaubidjksn3533
      @aoifghfbrbeaubidjksn3533 Před 3 lety +3

      @@noless Yes it is, it's cool and fun and subversive

  • @veronicarodriguez8094
    @veronicarodriguez8094 Před 2 lety

    i ❤ bell hooks 😍

  • @nicoleleonard8757
    @nicoleleonard8757 Před 2 lety +1

    RIP bell