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Gloria Jean Watkins, an author, poet and acclaimed feminist icon and academic best known by her pen name bell hooks, has died. She was 69.Her sisters announced the news Wednesday via a press release confirming hooks died at her home in Berea, Kentucky with her family and friends by her side.
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Tracee Ellis Ross was left feeling heartbroken on Thursday as news of the death of author and feminist bell hooks, whose penname was stylised in lower-case letters, spread.DISCOVER: Tracee Ellis Ross' stunning home is the ultimate zen den – a tourThe Girlfriends star showed two photos of bell on her social media feeds, and penned a moving tribute to the late campaigner, who died at the age of 69 from kidney failure. "bell hooks.
Ain’t I a Woman?, The Will to Change, and Feminism is for Everybody.Born Gloria Jean Watkins, she wrote under the pen name, bell hooks, which was her maternal great grandmother’s name.She explained this in an interview, saying, “Many of us took the names of our female ancestors—bell hooks is my maternal great grandmother—to honor them and debunk the notion that we were these unique, exceptional women.
Celebrated poet, professor, essayist, author, and activist Gloria Jean Watkins (bell hooks) passed away this morning at 69. According to a statement from her family, hooks transitioned peacefully in her Berea, Kentucky home.
bell hooks, the activist, poet, feminist and author, died December 15 at her home in Berea, Kentucky of an undisclosed illness. She was 69. She was surrounded by friends and family at the time of her death.
the college’s statement said.Born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on September 25, 1952, hooks adopted the pen name “bell hooks” from her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. She kept her name in lowercase letters to shift the attention from her identity to her ideas, while intentionally breaking culturally imposed grammar rules.She received a bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University in 1973, a master’s in English from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976
Acclaimed author and activist bell hooks died on Wednesday. She was 69.«The family of bell hooks is sad to announce the passing of our sister, aunt, great aunt and great great aunt,» hooks' family said in the statement.
NEW YORK -- bell hooks, the groundbreaking author, educator and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics and politics were intertwined made her among the most influential thinkers of her time, has died. She was 69.In a statement issued through William Morrow Publishers, hooks' family announced that she died Wednesday in Berea, Kentucky, home to the bell hooks center at Berea College.
Jordan Moreau bell hooks, the renowned author and social activist, died on Wednesday at her home in Berea, Ky., after an illness. She was 69.Berea College, where hooks founded the bell hooks Institute, confirmed the news on Wednesday.
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