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Article: Feminism is for Everybody.
- Article from:
- Women in Action
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Written by bell hooks
For third wave generation feminists, who are unfortunately deprived of a walking and talking feminism, bell hooks' Feminism is for Everybody could not have come at a better time.
Many of today's feminists come face to face with feminism only in the classrooms. While the movement has been infused with new blood, it helps that there are seasoned guards like hooks, whose theory of feminism is rooted in common sense and imbued with the wisdom of experience.
Hooks' Feminism is for Everybody is the book that she always wanted to have in her hand whenever she was asked "What is feminism?" More than 10 years ago, she offered this ...