![]() ![]() Women were organizing in the dorms, women were resisting biased curriculum, all of those things. ![]() For example, when I was coming to feminist consciousness-as one aspect of my political consciousness-at Stanford University, there was a tremendous buzz about feminism throughout the campus. ![]() What differences do you see in the political and cultural climate that young progressive activists face today, compared to when you were formulating your own politics? BELL HOOKS: One of the major differences I see in the political climate today is that there is less collective support for coming to critical consciousness-in communities, in institutions, among friends. An Interview with bell hooks, author of Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics SOUTH END PRESS: Your work on radical black feminism has been an inspiration for many young feminists of color, and you yourself were in your early 20s when you wrote your first book, Ain't I a Woman. ![]()
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