Reclaim your agency with bell hooks’ Outlaw Culture. Repudiate systems of domination—race, class, and gender—to #decolonize your mind. True freedom begins when we choose love over oppression. #SelfTalkHeals #bellhooks #OutlawCulture #LoveEthic #DigitalAlchemist
"Sadly, many of our nation's citizens are proud to live in one of the most democratic countries in the world even as they are afraid to stand up for individuals who live under repressive and fascist governments. They are afraid to act on what they believe because it would mean challenging the conservative status quo. Refusal to stand up for what you believe in weakens individual morality and ethics as well as those of the culture. No wonder then that we are a nation of people, the majority of whom, across race, class, and gender, claim to be religious, claim to believe in the divine power of love, And yet collectively remain unable to embrace a love ethic and allow it to guide behavior, especially if doing so would mean supporting radical change...An overall cultural embrace of love ethic would mean that we would all oppose much of the public policy conservatives condone and support."
"To live our lives based on the principles of a love ethic (showing care, respect, knowledge, integrity, and the will to cooperate) we have to be courageous. Learning how to face our fears is one way we embrace love. Our fear may not go away, but it will not stand in the way. Those of us who have already chosen to embrace a love ethic, allowing it to govern and inform how we think and act, know that when we let our light shine, we draw to us and are drawn to other bearers of light. We are not alone."
Finished #allaboutlove by #bellhooks and 🤍 her writing about #loveethic as a practice in thinking about the issues and divisions that persist today. “When we let our light shine, we draw to us and are drawn to other bearers of light. We are not alone.” #booksky
“Cultures of domination rely on the cultivation of fear as a way to ensure obedience.” - bell hooks, “Values: Living by a Love Ethic” #bellhooks #loveethic
