Gloria Jean Watkins, better known as Bell Hooks, is a writer whose topics are focused on intersectional feminism, race/racism, gender, and capitalism. Bell Hooks has written many books that have inspired me to look at the world I live in with more critical eyes. She constantly explores what is never even touched by the mainstream; she examines the intricacies of gender, the color of your skin, and how you are perceived because of them in society. Hooks' book Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism has several of my favorite quotes that are brutally honest and would ring true for any black woman in America in modern times. Bell Hooks has taught me to love myself through her works, she has been instrumental in my evolution as a black woman
