Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name Bell Hooks , was a social activist, cultural critic, femenist theorist, and an American author and social activist.
A veteran, she lives in Chicago with her family..
She is also the author of Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women\'s Fight for Their Rights and a co-editor of the Locus-nominated anthology Hidden Youth , as well as a part of the Hugo-nominated team of editors at Fireside Magazine .
She has discussed race, feminism, violence in Chicago, tech, pop culture, and social media on Good Morning Americ a, The Daily Show , NPR (among others), as well as at universities across the country.
Sept 25, 1952 - Dec 15, 2021 (Introduction) Mikki Kendall is a New York Times bestselling writer, speaker, and blogger whose work has appeared in The Washington Post , The Boston Globe , The Guardian , Time , Salon , Ebony , Essence , and elsewhere.
Celebrated as one of our nation\'s leading public intellectual by The Atlantic Monthly , as well as one of Utne Reader \'s 100 Visionaries Who Could Change Your Life, she was a charismatic speaker who divided her time among teaching, writing, and lecturing around the world.
Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name Bell Hooks , was a social activist, cultural critic, femenist theorist, and an American author and social activist
