Be thinking of the answers to these questions as you prepare for tomorrow's discussion of the article by bell hooks.
1) Why do you think she might she have decided to use the pseudonym bell hooks (nee Gloria Watson). By the way, bell hooks is the name of Watson's grandmother?
2) What are some of the value differences she says exist between Black, working-class Southern culture and the affluent, White culture she experienced at Stanford?
3) Why do you think she asserts, "It is crucial that those among us who resist and rebel, who survive and succeed, speak openly and honestly about our lives and the nature of our personal struggles?"
4) Why does she choose to speak (write) simply with language that is accessible? What is the counter-argument she hears?
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maybe Waston chose to use the name Bell Hooks so that the readers wouldn't be 100% sure that she is a male or female
Or it was her way of combining her family with her academic life. Using the name of her grandmother for her intellectual writing could be an attempt to bridge the gap between her educational values and her family values. Also, I'm not so sure a male writer would choose the name Bell Hooks but this is all kind of speculation anyway.
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