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A review by gxcons
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Might come back to this later and give a more comprehensive review
Favorite chapters/essays
-Clarity: Give Love Words
-Justice: Childhood Love Lessons
-Honesty: Be True to Love
-Community: Loving Communion
-Loss: Loving into Life and Death
Possible downsides, off-putting things: heavy dose of Christianity in the last chapter, scant mention of certain oppressive systems, heterocentric and heavy on the gender binary (both based on author's lived experiences, latter as socialization not biological determinism), some WILD passages about Bill Clinton
I came into this already agreeing with many of hooks' ideas, but I think anyone can read this and find a thought to really chew on or an idea to apply to their living
Favorite chapters/essays
-Clarity: Give Love Words
-Justice: Childhood Love Lessons
-Honesty: Be True to Love
-Community: Loving Communion
-Loss: Loving into Life and Death
Possible downsides, off-putting things: heavy dose of Christianity in the last chapter, scant mention of certain oppressive systems, heterocentric and heavy on the gender binary (both based on author's lived experiences, latter as socialization not biological determinism), some WILD passages about Bill Clinton
I came into this already agreeing with many of hooks' ideas, but I think anyone can read this and find a thought to really chew on or an idea to apply to their living