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If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue.

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue.

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Littles, Chance, Language
Bell Hooks (1989). “Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black”, p.78, South End Press

Like desire, language disrupts, refuses to be contained within boundaries.

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Sex, Desire, Language
Bell Hooks (2014). “Teaching To Transgress”, p.175, Routledge

Language is also a place of struggle.

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Struggle, Language
bell hooks (2014). “Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black”, p.40, Routledge

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