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What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?
bell hooks
Born: September 25, 1952
Died: December 15, 2021 (aged 69)
Bio: Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American author, feminist, and social activist. The name "bell hooks" is derived from that of her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.
Known for:
- All About Love: New Visions (2000)
- Feminism Is for Everybody (2000)
- Ain't I a Woman? (1981)
- Teaching to transgress (1994)
- Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)
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