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πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “Critical writing counts for very little when critics speak about ending domination… in our work without changing individual habits of being…” bell hooks, remenbered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “The point is not to render ideas less complexβ€”the point is to make the complex clear.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “I write with the intent to share ideas in a manner that makes them accessible to the widest possible audience.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “All academics write but not all see themselves as writers.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “No woman is writing too much. Women need to write more. We need to know what it feels like to be submerged in language, carried away by the passion of writing words.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “…we must not let the commercial success of writing by women lead us to believe that the struggle to create and maintain a culture where women’s words will be heard and valued is over. That struggle continues.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “Even in academic circles it has become much more fashionable to do work on gender than work that is distinctly feminist in outlook.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “…we all should feel utterly free to write as much as time, grace, and the imagination allow.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “Since I have never tried to make a living as a writer, I have had the extreme good fortune to be able to write only what I want to write when I want to write it.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work

πŸ“šπŸ’¬πŸ“ “No writer writes often or well if they despair of ever having an audience for their work.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work