Sublime

Dada nossa obsessão precoce por seduzir e agradar aos outros para afirmar nosso valor, nos perdemos de nós mesmas na busca por sermos aceitas, incluídas, desejadas.

Then bell hooks stepped forward in 1981, writing in Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism: ‘The process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that . . . women, without exception, are socialized to be racist, classist and sexist, in varying degrees, and that labelling ourselves feminists does not change the fact that

o primeiro grande gesto de comunhão foi o da própria hooks, essa intelectual brilhante que nos ensinou, entre tantas coisas, que a teoria deve ser libertadora.

bell hooks evidencia em toda a sua obra que o pessoal é político,

In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and value, spreading love wherever we went, letting our light shine. If we did not learn self-love in our youth, there is still hope. The light of love is always in us, no matter how cold the flame. It is always present, waiting for the

hooks cautioned readers to “avoid using the phrase ‘I am a feminist’” and opt instead for “I advocate feminism,” explaining that unlike the “I am” label, which triggers the listener’s prior beliefs about what and who is a feminist,

women are encouraged by sexist socialization to pretend and manipulate, to lie as a way to please.

Embracing a love ethic means that we utilize all the dimensions of love—“care, commitment, trust, responsibility, respect, and knowledge”—in our everyday lives.