For those seeking to better understand the US healthcare system, national healthcare consultant Dr. Jonathan Burroughs suggests playing a game of "follow the money." He asserts that whenever healthcare appears illogical, following the money will make it all rational and clear. The U.S. spends 2x as much money as the rest of the industrialized world, yet its citizens do not live … [Read more...]
bell hooks in an Open Dialogue with New School Students – Whose Booty Is This?
An open conversation for students with bell hooks, Anna Czarnik-Neimeyer (assistant director of the Cassandra Voss Center, St. Norbert College), Lynnee Denise (Founder & Vision Director, WildSeed Cultural Group), and Stephanie Troutman (assistant professor of Leadership & Educational Studies; Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies, Appalachian State University). Hosted by Eugene … [Read more...]
bell hooks and Gloria Steinem on Feminist Transgression and Resistance | The New School
Lang scholar-in-residence (http://www.newschool.edu/lang/) and leading public intellectual bell hooks discusses with long-time activist Gloria Steinem about how feminism encourages transgression and what it has done to resist male violence and domination. This is an excerpt from their full conversation, "Forever Young," available here: … [Read more...]
Teaching to Transgress Today: Theory and Practice In and Outside the Classroom
A lecture by Imani Perry (Professor, Center for African American Studies, and Faculty Associate, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University) followed by a dialogue with bell hooks, Karlyn Crowley (Director of the Cassandra Voss Center & Professor of English, St. Norbert College), Zillah Eisenstein (Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence & Professor of Political Theory … [Read more...]
bell hooks Hosts an Open Dialogue on Transgressive Sexual Practice at The New School
An open dialogue hosted by Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) on sexuality with bell hooks, Marci Blackman (Author of Tradition), Samuel “Chip” Delany (Director, Creative Writing (Fiction), College of Liberal Arts, Temple University), and M. Lamar (video artist and sculptor). bell hooks (née Gloria Watkins) is among the leading … [Read more...]
bell hooks and Arthur Jafa Discuss Transgression in Public Spaces at The New School
An open conversation hosted by Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) between bell hooks and Arthur Jafa. bell hooks (née Gloria Watkins) is among the leading public intellectuals of her generation. Her writings cover a broad range of topics including gender, race, teaching, and contemporary culture. This fall marks the 20th … [Read more...]
bell hooks & Gloria Steinem at Eugene Lang College
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) invites you to join bell hooks and Gloria Steinem in a discussion about how feminism encourages transgression, or not. Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist. She travels in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of … [Read more...]
bell hooks and Laverne Cox Discuss “What is Feminism?” I The New School
Leading public intellectual bell hooks engages in inspiring dialogue with Laverne Cox, critically acclaimed actress and the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on television. What are the politics of transgender women? What exactly does contemporary feminism look like? These questions inform their provocative conversation, part of bell hook's week-long residency … [Read more...]
A Public Dialogue Between bell hooks and Cornel West
A public dialogue between bell hooks & Cornel West hosted by Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang). Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He has taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale, Harvard and the University of Paris. He has written 19 books and edited 13 books. He appears frequently on the … [Read more...]
bell hooks and Laverne Cox in a Public Dialogue at The New School
A Public Dialogue between bell hooks & Laverne Cox hosted by Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) Laverne Cox is a critically acclaimed actress who currently appears in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, playing the groundbreaking role of “Sophia Burset,” an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Laverne is the first … [Read more...]