bell hooks
Known For
Acting
Born
1952-09-25 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
Died
2021-12-15
Biography
Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021) better known by her pen name as bell hooks, was a professor, social activist, public intellectual, cultural critic, feminist and author of 40 books, including Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, Black Looks: Race and Representation, Reel to Real, and All About Love: New Visions. In 2014, the bell hooks Center was founded at Berea College in Kentucky. In 2021, hooks died of kidney failure at her home, following a brief period of illness.
Most Known For
Hillbilly
as Self
Black Is… Black Ain’t
as Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
as Self
Becoming bell hooks
as Self
My Feminism
as Self
bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
as Self
bell hooks: Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice
as Self