In our Q&a series Last Call, we get down to the bottom of every last thing with some of our favorite celebs - from the last time they were starstruck to the last song they listened to. This week, Olive Gray takes our call.
Olive Gray is stepping into the world of Halo with their role on Paramount+'s highly anticipated video game adaption. In the series of the same name, Gray plays Unsc Commander Miranda Keyes. "She is a scientist. She's the head of xenological research development, which means that she basically researches and tries to understand the alien species that the Unsc are fighting," Gray tells Popsugar. "So yeah, she's pretty badass."
Gray was initially attracted to the show for a few reasons: the script, Miranda's character, and their "interesting relationship" with the video game. "I love conflicting elements within a script and within a character. And...
Olive Gray is stepping into the world of Halo with their role on Paramount+'s highly anticipated video game adaption. In the series of the same name, Gray plays Unsc Commander Miranda Keyes. "She is a scientist. She's the head of xenological research development, which means that she basically researches and tries to understand the alien species that the Unsc are fighting," Gray tells Popsugar. "So yeah, she's pretty badass."
Gray was initially attracted to the show for a few reasons: the script, Miranda's character, and their "interesting relationship" with the video game. "I love conflicting elements within a script and within a character. And...
- 4/12/2022
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
If you've ever taken a women's and gender studies class or looked to expand your knowledge of intersectional feminism, you've most likely heard the name bell hooks. bell hooks was a renowned professor, writer, and social activist, penning more than 34 pieces of literature that explored the intersections of capitalism, race, and gender and challenged the way readers interacted with those systems in society. Before her death, she received a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and founded the bell hooks Institute, which "documents the life and work" of its namesake. Ahead, we honor her work that changed the way we think about feminism; here are seven essential books you should read from bell hooks's massive, prolific collection of essays, poems, and literature.
- 12/16/2021
- by Madeleine Fournier
- Popsugar.com
bell hooks, the activist, poet, feminist and author, died December 15 at her home in Berea, Kentucky of an undisclosed illness. She was 69. She was surrounded by friends and family at the time of her death.
Born on September 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Ky. hooks is the fourth of seven siblings. She loved writing and eventually earned a masters degree in English at the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate degree in literature from the University of Santa Cruz. It was then that she adopted the pen name bell hooks–which was her great-grandmother’s name.
hooks released her first book in 1981, titled Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism. In her career she wrote over 30 books that included works of poetry, memoir and cultural criticism; five children’s books and chapters in various feminist texts. Her books spanned various topic to include feminism, racism, socio-politics, gender, and sexuality.
After her schooling,...
Born on September 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Ky. hooks is the fourth of seven siblings. She loved writing and eventually earned a masters degree in English at the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate degree in literature from the University of Santa Cruz. It was then that she adopted the pen name bell hooks–which was her great-grandmother’s name.
hooks released her first book in 1981, titled Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism. In her career she wrote over 30 books that included works of poetry, memoir and cultural criticism; five children’s books and chapters in various feminist texts. Her books spanned various topic to include feminism, racism, socio-politics, gender, and sexuality.
After her schooling,...
- 12/15/2021
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Towering feminist, author, poet, and critic bell hooks died on Dec. 14 at her home in Berea, Kentucky, the Lexington Herald Leader reports. She was 69.
Hooks’ family confirmed her death in a statement, saying they “honored her request to transition at home with family and friends by her side.” An exact cause of death was not revealed, but the family said hooks had been ill.
During her career, hooks published more than 40 books — from essay collections to children’s books — and worked as a professor at Yale, Oberlin, and the University of California,...
Hooks’ family confirmed her death in a statement, saying they “honored her request to transition at home with family and friends by her side.” An exact cause of death was not revealed, but the family said hooks had been ill.
During her career, hooks published more than 40 books — from essay collections to children’s books — and worked as a professor at Yale, Oberlin, and the University of California,...
- 12/15/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
bell hooks, the renowned author and social activist, died on Wednesday at her home in Berea, Ky., after an illness. She was 69.
Berea College, where hooks founded the bell hooks Institute, confirmed the news on Wednesday. hooks was known for writing about the intersectionality of race, gender, sexuality and class, and she published numerous novels and scholarly articles about the subject matter during her lifetime. She also appeared in several documentaries, gave lectures at several universities and was most recently a professor of Appalachian studies at Berea College.
hooks was born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Ky., on September 25, 1952. She received a bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University in 1973, a master’s in English from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976 and a doctorate in literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1983.
While she was teaching English and ethnic studies at the University of Southern California, she published her first book of poetry,...
Berea College, where hooks founded the bell hooks Institute, confirmed the news on Wednesday. hooks was known for writing about the intersectionality of race, gender, sexuality and class, and she published numerous novels and scholarly articles about the subject matter during her lifetime. She also appeared in several documentaries, gave lectures at several universities and was most recently a professor of Appalachian studies at Berea College.
hooks was born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Ky., on September 25, 1952. She received a bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University in 1973, a master’s in English from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976 and a doctorate in literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1983.
While she was teaching English and ethnic studies at the University of Southern California, she published her first book of poetry,...
- 12/15/2021
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Bette Midler says she tweeted a racially insensitive message without thinking because she was angry after the FBI only “briefly” investigated the sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
On Friday, the 72-year-old icon addressed criticism for tweeting, in part, “Women, are the n-word of the world'” — which she says is a Yoko Ono quote from 1972. (That year, Ono, 85, and her husband, the late John Lennon, made the same comparison in a song from their album Some Time in New York City.)
“The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh infuriated me,” Midler wrote in her apology. “Angrily...
On Friday, the 72-year-old icon addressed criticism for tweeting, in part, “Women, are the n-word of the world'” — which she says is a Yoko Ono quote from 1972. (That year, Ono, 85, and her husband, the late John Lennon, made the same comparison in a song from their album Some Time in New York City.)
“The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh infuriated me,” Midler wrote in her apology. “Angrily...
- 10/5/2018
- by Maura Hohman
- PEOPLE.com
Oscar Micheaux
Read some IMDb synopses of Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) films, and the filmmaker’s commitment to dealing with racial prejudice becomes clear. The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920): “Racists learn that the land a negro owns lies over a vast oil field, and threaten his life when he refuses to sell.” Murder in Harlem (1935): “A black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After he reports it, he finds himself accused of the murder.” God’s Step Children (1938): “A young light-skinned Negress struggles to find her place in both the black and the white worlds.”
Micheaux was the fifth of over ten children born of former slaves on a farm in Metropolis, Illinois. Soon after moving to Chicago at the age of 17, he took up a job in the stockyards, and, later, another at the steel mills. He established a...
Read some IMDb synopses of Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) films, and the filmmaker’s commitment to dealing with racial prejudice becomes clear. The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920): “Racists learn that the land a negro owns lies over a vast oil field, and threaten his life when he refuses to sell.” Murder in Harlem (1935): “A black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After he reports it, he finds himself accused of the murder.” God’s Step Children (1938): “A young light-skinned Negress struggles to find her place in both the black and the white worlds.”
Micheaux was the fifth of over ten children born of former slaves on a farm in Metropolis, Illinois. Soon after moving to Chicago at the age of 17, he took up a job in the stockyards, and, later, another at the steel mills. He established a...
- 7/17/2014
- by Michael Pattison
- MUBI
Washington, May 10: Beyonce has been labeled as "anti-feminist" and a "terrorist" on young girls by scholar bell hooks during a recent New School panel discussion about "liberating the black female body".
Fellow panelist Janet Mock said that the author took issues with certain things about the singer's image for example, the lyrics to 'Drunk in Love'.
But, she said that the author has also praised the entertainer for owning her body and claiming that space, Us Magazine reported.
hooks whose real name is Gloria Jean Watkins said that she actually felt like the major assault on feminism in their society had come from.
Fellow panelist Janet Mock said that the author took issues with certain things about the singer's image for example, the lyrics to 'Drunk in Love'.
But, she said that the author has also praised the entertainer for owning her body and claiming that space, Us Magazine reported.
hooks whose real name is Gloria Jean Watkins said that she actually felt like the major assault on feminism in their society had come from.
- 5/10/2014
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
Let's hope the Beygency doesn't get wind of this. During a panel discussion about "liberating the black female body" at the New School in New York City earlier this week, legendary feminist scholar bell hooks (real name: Gloria Jean Watkins) took aim at pop superstar Beyonce, branding her as "anti-feminist" and "a terrorist" on young girls. The conversation about Queen Bey unfolded when hooks' fellow panelist Janet Mock, a transgender activist and author, noted what an inspiration the singer was to her when she was writing her book. [...]...
- 5/9/2014
- Us Weekly
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