Gloria Jean Watkins’ Pen Name, bell hooks, was Lowercase, but Her Impact Was All-Caps
Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her deliberately lowercase pen name “bell hooks,” was a groundbreaking author and intersectional feminist who deeply explored the connections between gender, race, sexual identity, and class. She wrote an estimated 40 books, with her most widely known being “Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism”..,