bell hooks: becoming, being, beyond (Part 1)

Who was bell hooks? On this episode of bell hooks…

An episode of the Think Humanities podcast, hosted by Think Humanities, titled "bell hooks: becoming, being, beyond (Part 1)" was published on November 30, 2022 and runs 21 minutes.

November 30, 2022 ·21m · Think Humanities

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Who was bell hooks? On this episode of bell hooks: becoming, being, beyond, we hear from her younger sister, Gwenda Watkins Motley, about bell’s youth in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and the Watkins family dynamics. Colleagues Silas House and Beth Feagan examine bell’s relationships to community, reading, and writing as she grew up and made the decision to move to California.

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Who was bell hooks? On this episode of bell hooks: becoming, being, beyond, we hear from her younger sister, Gwenda Watkins Motley, about bell’s youth in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and the Watkins family dynamics. Colleagues Silas House and Beth Feagan examine bell’s relationships to community, reading, and writing as she grew up and made the decision to move to California.

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