The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
bell hooks
Feb 2020 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Janina Edwards
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From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, a timelessly necessary treatise on how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all, with a new introduction by poet Ross Gay.
Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men.
Everyone needs to love and be loved—including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding themselves. In The Will to Change, bell hooks provides a compassionate guide for men of all ages and identities to understand how to be in touch with their feelings, and how to express versus repress the emotions that are a fundamental part of who we are.
With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. The Will to Change “creates space for men to acknowledge their traumas and heal—not only for their sake, but for the sake of everyone in their lives” (BuzzFeed).
Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men.
Everyone needs to love and be loved—including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding themselves. In The Will to Change, bell hooks provides a compassionate guide for men of all ages and identities to understand how to be in touch with their feelings, and how to express versus repress the emotions that are a fundamental part of who we are.
With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. The Will to Change “creates space for men to acknowledge their traumas and heal—not only for their sake, but for the sake of everyone in their lives” (BuzzFeed).
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Jaareshiah Q
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April 15, 2023
Bell hooks does a lot of hypothesizing in this text and lot of it seems to extrapolate from potentially unrelated instances to create her own narrative Her overall premise makes sense. Men need to be better. Outside of that the work she think is required to get there is not in depth. Also, her understanding of men also seems to be lacking very lackluster book
Carlito 5Crazy
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September 30, 2022
an actual answer to every confusing and complexed reason as a boy to a man, why we did these things that didn't feel right for the masses of men and along that women as well. the in and outs of the structures that built us up to become good within that structure but in reality outside of that we are all fighting something that's only damaging Social work of just being human. wonderful book.
Monkey at Typewriter
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August 24, 2024
This is an absolute must read for men. Particularly those among us who've been trained poorly in the skills of emotional regulation and empathy.
About the author
bell hooks was a cultural critic, a feminist icon, and the renowned author of more than twenty books, including the enduring classic New York Times bestseller All About Love, Rock My Soul, The Will to Change, Sisters of the Yam, and When Angels Speak of Love. A charismatic speaker, she divided her time between teaching, writing, and lecturing around the world. She passed away in 2021.
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