This was not as profound as social media led me to believe.

I actually love a lot of the writing of bell hooks. ain't i a woman is one of my all-time favorite essay collections, but this one missed the mark for me. I liked what she had to say about love and abuse, but the section on greed fell flat. There didn't seem to be much nuance or acknowledgement of gender and class power dynamics. It was such a surface-level analysis that it pulled me out for much of the rest. The spirituality aspects reminded me of church sermons in a way that didn't provide anything new. Much of this is covered in a Sunday sermon across the nation at least once a month.