Saturday, October 09, 2004

who knew how cool I was?

bell hooks
You are bell hooks (no capital letters)! You were
one of the first black wymyn to discuss in
public spaces the differences between being a
black womyn and being a black man or a white
womyn. You are the mother of intersectionality
and you couldn't care less about identity
politics. Thanks for making feminism accessible
and calling the white, middle class wymyn on
their bullshit!

I'm bell hooks! I'm bell hooks! You know, except for the actually being bell hooks part...

I was very excited to get this result, since I met her this year and she was very, very nice. She flirted with my boyfriend (I have the pictures to prove it) and seemed genuinely interested in everyone. Can you imagine how hard that must be when 90% of the people you talk to are thinking something like "Oh my god, I'm talking to bell hooks right now!" How would you remain a reasonable human being? She rocks.

I like quizilla a lot, too, although I have to confess I was confused about how positively Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon were portrayed in this quiz. They were waaaaay harder on Gloria Steinem who, while not my personal hero, has never to my knowledge cooperated with the religious right to pass anti-porn legislation that would primarily get used against queer and feminist communities.

I want to see Patrick Califia listed as a Western feminist icon.

Which Western feminist icon are you?
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1 comment:

Adam said...

I wanted to be bell hooks too, but only col's that cool. Still, my feminist avatar went to jail and shit.

You are Angela Davis! You were the THIRD WOMYN IN HISTORY to appear on the FBI's Most Wanted List. You are a communinist, black power-lovin' lady who shook up the United States when you refused to lie down quietly to oppression. You WENT TO JAIL! Wow. You kick so much more ass than Foxxy Brown.