bell hooks and Laverne Cox in a Public Dialogue at The New School
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2014
- A Public Dialogue between bell hooks & Laverne Cox hosted by Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts (www.newschool.edu/lang)
Laverne Cox is a critically acclaimed actress who currently appears in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, playing the groundbreaking role of “Sophia Burset,” an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Laverne is the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on a mainstream scripted television show. Time Magazine named Sophia Burset the 4th most influential fictional character of 2013.
bell hooks (née Gloria Watkins) is among the leading public intellectuals of her generation. Her writings cover a broad range of topics including gender, race, teaching, and contemporary culture. This fall marks the 20th Anniversary of the publication of Teaching to Transgress: Education as a Practice of Freedom, Dr. hooks’ seminal book on educational practices. This weeklong residency is an opportunity for The New School community to directly engage with Dr. hooks and her commitment to education and learning as a place “where paradise can be created”.
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I don't blame Laverne Cox for choosing the safe way, the blond hair and high heels. She has enough struggle with being a trans woman and I don't think she has an obligation to be subversive on all fronts. But it's fair to tell it how it is.
I think the point where bell hooks brings the question of blonde hair and representation into the discussion is really quite great, and Laverne handles it really well.... I don't see any hostility or aggression? I don't know what people in this comment section are up in arms about tbh. If you've read bell hooks work and know who she is I don't think that line of questioning is at all surprising, and what's more I think it is very relevant to have an honest discussion about it, regardless of the generation gap and what you think is polite and appropriate.
bell hooks needed to stop rushing laverne n criticizing her "not making eye contact" ??? wth... every time laverne speaks i want to hear more
I was a little disappointed with bell hooks, i felt as if she was attacking Laverne a little.
it looks like bell hooks is wearing lipstick. if she can wear lipstick than let Laverne wear her shoes.
It interesting to see how hook's consistent acknowledgment on the fear of criticism is played out in the reception of her remarks within the comments. There can be space for her to question choices of Laverne that need not be received as an "attack". If that persists, and we safeguard respectful dialog to this end, then we will forever be in a space of gray, where truths are hidden in fear of projected aggression.
i love what bell hooks said about personal accountability in the context of communal solidarity... i think this is a concept that liberal feminism has largely butchered, unfortunately, by making the new gold standard the idea that the only person any woman needs to be accountable to is herself... while i think it's true that nobody NEEDS to do anything, in the realm of feminism this becomes untrue, if the goal of feminism is the betterment of women as a whole.
oh Laverne..wear what you want and have your hair the way you want and more power to you. I used to feel guilty for being blond and dyed my hair black and stayed out of the sun so I wouldn't like like a tan Barbie. it wasn't my fault but the people in the activist world I was in always looked at me in a certain way and treated me in a certain way that I didn't like. now I regret it and I leave my hair blond and wear what I want regardless of what I look like.
bell hooks doesn't disappoint. I appreciate her comments about safety, the orange TV show, working as a slave for money and finding a role in the framework that you can live with...
The "Safe Space" critique was such a good moment. I fear the stifling lack of conversation in topics that involve traumas, and to hear an alternative in the form of cultivating courage is incredibly promising. Safe Spaces and Trigger Warnings can be terrible deterrents to conversation (offered almost exclusively by white cis-gendered feminists), and more often than not reinforce the power and tyranny of violence.
wonderful, important conversation. thanks for sharing.
Truly amazing conversation. Taking away so much about militancy, courage, and spirituality from these ladies.
Love, love, love! And it is funny what one can learn through friendly debate. People do not debate--they tend to attack. And even though hooks took some aggressive stances, she and Cox were able to tease out quite nuanced points. Well done, my sistas!
Amazing duo.
"gurl get your money straight" thanks for coming back to Earth...
This is everything! !!!!!
bell hooks runs court on Q&A!
I don't think Hooks understood what Laverne meant by the word "risks" or safety.
Awesome!!!!
in the portion i'm seeing, bell hooks is taking ABOUT laverne, instead of TO laverne, and also not making eye contact with Laverne. >:(