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Outlaw Culture
Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations | bell hooks
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According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore bell hooks' electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As hooks herself notes, interrogations of popular culture can be a powerful site for intervention, challenge and change. And intervene, challenge and change is what hooks does best.
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batsy
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"#Freeyourmind, and the rest will follow... " ?? I read Outlaw Culture in my twenties & it made me feel like my mind was being switched on for the first time?

A big thank you to all of you who joined in for #FierceFeb! I wish I could give you all a hug. I know a lot of us are introverts here, so ? I loved seeing all of your posts! I had so much fun & I hope you did, too ? @Cinfhen was right, you made my TBR explode ??

Cathythoughts 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 7y
Reggie Thanks for being a great host @batsy!!!!! The songs were so fun and challenging. 7y
BarbaraBB Thank you for hosting this challenging and fierce month 💜 7y
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LeahBergen It was fun!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
batsy @LeahBergen It truly was 😘 7y
Tanisha_A It was so fun being the spectator here. Path to enlightenment! 😀🙌 7y
batsy Ahahaha I love that @Tanisha_A ❤️ 7y
rockpools Awkward hug right back! It was a fun month 😊 7y
batsy @RachelO 😊❤️ 7y
CarolynM Awkward hug to you too, they're the only kind I give 😉💙 7y
batsy @CarolynM 😆💙 7y
RohitSawant I need to read this! I saw a vid where she was in conversation with Hari Kondabolu awhile back & absolutely loved it. Feb was indeed fierce & fun 🤘🏼💜 7y
Cathythoughts An extrovert friend of mine is trying to teach me the hug , I never know whether to put my arms up or down 😂. I‘m starting to get the hang of it .... @CarolynM (edited) 7y
batsy @rohit-sawant Thank you! 😊 You guys made it a blast. And I need to go watch this video, she is awesome!! 7y
erzascarletbookgasm I‘ll send you a virtual hug 😂. I still do the social hug/kiss awkwardly and not properly @Cathythoughts , 🤷‍♀️. Great playlist, @batsy , great month and you‘ve raised the bar high. 😊 7y
CarolynM @Cathythoughts keep practising! 7y
batsy Thank you @erzascarletbookgasm you guys are the best 💜 I gotta say the leaning in for a social kiss on the cheek thing is very perplexing, much stress about timing 😂 7y
Cinfhen Such a great month~ you were awesome 😎 so glad you agreed to cohost💕💕 7y
Cinfhen Now I NEED @Reggie @rohit-sawant to join me....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 7y
batsy Thank you @Cinfhen 😘 Hats off to you for the effort and time you put into it 💜 7y
batsy @Cinfhen Yessssss!!! That would be awesome @Reggie @rohit-sawant 🤘🏽🎸 7y
RohitSawant @batsy A resounding yes for @Reggie!! 😃 And so touched that you thought of me, too, @Cinfhen❣I'd be more than delighted! 7y
GripLitGrl Thank you @batsy & @Cinfhen for putting togeather a fun month of #FierceFeb👏❤👏💚👏💜👏💙 I really enjoyed participating 7y
batsy @GripLitGrl Thank you for your fabulous posts... Loved them ❤️❤️ 7y
TrishB Thanks to you and @Cinfhen it‘s been a great month 😁I‘m still thinking about today‘s! And I always run away from hugs......💕 7y
batsy @TrishB Hahaha, you're too funny! I won't chase after you with hugs 😁😘 Thank you for making this such a fun month ❤️ 7y
Billypar This was an excellent month of fierce literature and awesome music- very well done! 😃 🙌 7y
batsy Thank you @Billypar you guys rock 👊🏽 Enjoyed seeing your posts and hope work isn't too stressful. 7y
Centique Thank you so much for this month @batsy @Cinfhen Sorry I disappeared for a few days! @Cathythoughts I hear you about hugs my friend! I needed lessons too - I couldn‘t figure out how you know when to stop 😂😂😂 7y
batsy Thank you @Centique for playing, your posts were fab ❤️ And nothing to apologise for at all, this is meant to be fun and low key 😎 Timing is crucial in these social huggy-kissy situations, isn't it 😂 7y
rubyslippersreads Best part of Litsy for introverts—virtual hugs! 😄 #FierceFeb was fun! 7y
batsy @rubyslippersreads Definitely 😁 Thank you for joining in! ❤️ 7y
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Thanks for the tag @Moray_Reads! My #5fordinner, all rebels in their own way: Mary Shelley, Anne Brontë, bell hooks, Angela Carter, & Arundhati Roy. This could be the best meal ever or a disaster. Someone will be running to the bathroom to take deep breaths, in addition to monopolising the wine bottle(s). (Me)

If you feel like playing, @Leftcoastzen @Billypar @BarbaraBB @Lindy @Izai.Amorim and anyone else, would love to see yours ☺️

Cathythoughts Sounds great ! I think a good supply of wine will be essential for all these interesting dinner parties soon to take place on Litsy. The selfies ( group selfies) will be especially interesting 😉 (edited) 7y
batsy @Cathythoughts Hahaha, I forgot about the selfies! Ideally blurry ones, indicating we're all having too much of a good time 😉 7y
Cathythoughts Yes! And we will have to wake some people up ( who have been asleep or in some other realm). That's ok. 😊 7y
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JoeStalksBeck Oh I could see mine either being the most intellectual dinner ever or someone is going to jail 😂 7y
BarbaraBB Great play. I‘ll think of my dinner guests! 7y
saresmoore Ahaha! Love this. I imagine Mary Shelley playing devil‘s advocate just to provoke Arundhati Roy. 7y
Izai.Amorim Thanks for tagging me. I'll do my best. 7y
Kalalalatja If there's enough wine, then I would love being a part of this dinner party 😄🍷🍷 7y
batsy @JoeStalksBeck Signs of a great party 😁 7y
batsy @saresmoore And I think Angela Carter would have fun provoking everyone 😈 7y
batsy @Kalalalatja I am having this at my imaginary Gothic castle summer home in Europe that has an entire cellar of essential wines and spirits. You are more than welcome, there will be plenty 😁 7y
Kalalalatja Count me in! Castles, wine and authors provoking each other - what more could you want! 😂 7y
Ms_T A ladies night! Great choices 👍🏻 7y
LeahBergen I'm coming over! 😉 7y
diovival Oops! Ignore my super late tag. Those party sounds awesome though. 😂 7y
batsy @Ms_T I know, I forgot about the men! 😁 *throws another dinner party* 7y
batsy @LeahBergen you definitely should 😘 7y
readordierachel What a dinner this would be! Great choices! 7y
batsy @ReadOrDieRachel Thanks ☺️ It's so fun dreaming these up, eh 😉 7y
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nomierosie
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Having a book shop next door from your work and an hour for lunch is not a good combination #bookaddict #books #culture #race #politics #feminism

Msmithbooks Hey! I'm a book blogger and I'd love it if you would check out my blog and follow it if you like ☺️ https://bibliobakes.com 7y
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I don't have a camera capable of taking a picture of ALL of my #tbr but here are some recent stacks I made for various reading purposes. #savethefloorjoists @Liberty

whatthelog This is a brilliant tbr 😍 8y
LauraKath 😱😱wow! 8y
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I braved a windy road in the rain today to visit a few bookstores in Santa Cruz. Here is my #bookhaul for the day.

LindsayReads 💗💗💗 8y
kathyellendavis Logos? 8y
SuperPunkNinja @kathyellendavis A couple of them. I hit Logos, Bookshop SC and Literary Guillotine. 8y
kathyellendavis You got all the bookstores then :) nice work! 8y
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"Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books." - bell hooks
at the most charming bookstore/bar in Biddeford, Maine. Elements books coffee beer.

Suet624 Shoot. I was in Biddeford for a short time this fall. Never looked for the bookstore. 8y
charl08 Love that display. 8y
snacksinthestacks @Suet624 and @charl08 you will have go check it out, its fantastic! 8y
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