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(8,155 posts) Sun May 11, 2014, 10:36 PM May 2014

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I encourage everyone to watch the entire discussion with bell hooks before saying anything... [View all]

I watched it a few days ago and it was overall very, very good. I was at The New School last summer for a menstruation conference and I am very pleased with what the school chooses to host in general.

I'm not sure I agree with hooks on the specific claim that Beyonce is a terrorist. I think that may have been hyperbolic. And you will note that the other participants in the round table discussion take issue with it. However, the context of her argument is what is more important. She is arguing that Beyonce is not utilizing her power to counter--and in fact is complicit in furthering--the capitalist, patriarchal, white power structure.

Anyway, watch the video. Even if you don't like that one comment she made, the rest is worth seeing.

http://new.livestream.com/TheNewSchool/Slave

http://new.livestream.com/TheNewSchool/Slave/videos/50178872

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I encourage everyone to watch the entire discussion with bell hooks before saying anything... [View all] Gravitycollapse May 2014 OP

The one who bashes Beyonce as a terrorist? LittleBlue May 2014 #1

bell hooks is a Marxist. Although she may protest against such a label... Gravitycollapse May 2014 #2

Thanks for posting! bell was the commencement speaker for my graduation. adirondacker May 2014 #3

That hooks is a major African American feminist and intellectual BainsBane May 2014 #4

That's not at all what she asserted. Gormy Cuss May 2014 #5

reducing her argument to that one superficial observation= didn't bother listening KittyWampus May 2014 #6

Not that this is new to hooks, I'm sure. She's an incendiary figure even among many feminists. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #7

A discussion of Beyonc� at a menstruation conference? jberryhill May 2014 #8

You misread. I was at The New School last summer for a menstruation conference... Gravitycollapse May 2014 #9

I gather "Bell Hooks" is a person... jberryhill May 2014 #10

Her name is not capitalized at her own request. Something I very often forget about, actually. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #11

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