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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.
Feminism Is for Everybody
In this inspirational and accessible book, renowned cultural critic bell hooks presents an open-hearted and inviting picture of gender, sexuality, and society. Bell Hooks provides a popular feminist theory based on common sense and the wisdom of experience in an entertaining and challenging way. Her vision of a valued community appeals to everyone who believes in equality, mutual respect, and fairness.
Hooks brings her critical analysis to some of today's most divisive and difficult problems for feminists, such as reproductive rights, violence, race, class, and labor. Hooks argues for a feminism free of obstacles but rich in robust discussion, with her usual insight and unflinching honesty. Hooks pushes us to demand alternatives to patriarchal, racist, and homophobic culture, as well as to anticipate a better future, in a language that is both eye-opening and hopeful.
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.
