“Being oppressed means the absence of choices.”.Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”…No woman has ever written enough.” “No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”.I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.” “I will not have my life narrowed down.When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving.“If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.”. 10 enlightening quotes by author bell hooks on Black feminism, writing, and love Close Search for:
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