"What is feminism? In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her characteristic clarity and directness, hooks encourages readers to see how feminism can touch and change their lives--to see that feminism is for everybody"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

1 --Feminist politics : where we stand -- 2 -- Consciousness-raising : a constant change of heart -- 3 -- Sisterhood is still powerful -- 4 -- Feminist education for critical consciousness -- 5 -- Our bodies, ourselves : reproductive rights -- 6 -- Beauty within and without -- 7 -- Feminist class struggle -- 8 -- Global feminism -- 9 -- Women at work -- 10 -- Race and gender -- 11 -- Ending violence -- 12 -- Feminist masculinity -- 13 -- Feminist parenting -- 14 -- Liberating marriage and partnership -- 15 -- A feminist sexual politic : an ethics of mutual freedom -- 16 -- Total bliss : lesbianism and feminism -- 17 -- To love again : the heart of feminism -- 18 -- Feminist spirituality -- 19 -- Visionary feminism.