ABSTRACT
In Yearning, bell hooks highlights the common “sentiments shared by folks across race, class, gender, and sexual practice.”2 Whether they be men or women, working class or privileged, many Americans now desire “the kind of revolutionary change that will end domination and oppression.”3 In particular, they long to live in a world without racism, sexism, homophobia, imperialism, and exploitation. Rather than dismiss this ideal condition as an unattainable dream, hooks lauds it as a necessary collective desire, because the “shared space and feeling” might function as a site of “common ground” and potential transformation.4 But, without love, this anticipated sociopolitical shift may prove elusive.
