"The shift away from an emphasis on Sisterhood has occurred because many women - angered by the insistence on common oppression, shared identity, sameness - criticized or dismissed or dismissed the feminist movement altogether. We are mistaken if we allow these distortions or the women who created them to lead us to devalue Sisterhood. Women are enriched when we bond with one another, but we cannot develop sustaining ties or political solidarity using the model of Sisterhood created by bourgeois women’s liberationists. Working together to expose, examine, and eliminate sexist and racist socialization within ourselves, women would strengthen and affirm one another and build a solid foundation for developing political solidarity."
— bell hooks, feminist theory: from margin to center. (via abbyjean) (via gauntlet)
