The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, agai…

Bell Hooks
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The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others. ✨ Bell Hooks (1994). Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, p.298, Routledge
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The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others. ✨ Bell Hooks (1994). Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, p.298, Routledge

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