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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)"I can no longer be a Clinton supporter in the name of Feminism" - bell hooks [View all]
Last edited Fri Apr 15, 2016, 03:57 PM - Edit history (1)
"Identity politics vs. Who are you and what do you stand for? That's why Baldwin says, 'It's not a question if your gay or straight or black or white, what do you stand for? who are you?' "
Regarding bell hooks not being capitalized:
As a writer, she chose the pseudonym, bell hooks, in tribute to her mother and great-grandmother. She decided not to capitalize her new name to place focus on her work rather than her name, on her ideas rather than her personality.
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"I can no longer be a Clinton supporter in the name of Feminism" - bell hooks [View all]
pantsonfire
Apr 2016
OP
This is what my fiancee said the day I made up my mind it was Bernie or Stein. nt
VulgarPoet
Apr 2016
#6
How much time do you have left? My neice just joined the Air Force, stationed in Omaha...
pantsonfire
Apr 2016
#20
hooks*.....she doesn't capitalize her name....I'm sure there's a reason behind it. n/t
pantsonfire
Apr 2016
#12
That point when she says how we always wanted a woman president... that hit me poignantly.
JudyM
Apr 2016
#17