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as females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing-- yearning for a master who will set us free and claim us because we cannot claim ourselves
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Feminist effort to end patriarchal domination should be of primary concern precisely because it insists on the eradication of exploitation and oppression in the family context and in all other intima … ▶
We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic. ✨ bell hooks, Amalia Mesa-Bains (2017). Homegrown: … ▶
Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radical thinkers who participated in movements for soci … ▶
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People with healthy self-esteem do not need to create pretend identities. ✨ bell hooks (2003). Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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