Hi MUC Bookworms,
Join us for a group conversation about the book All about love, by bell hooks. We want to learn what lessons and questions you took from the book, and make the solitary process of reading a bit more social! The underlying goal is to construct masculinity together to fit our needs and understandings.
You will be expected to have read the book, but no other knowledge or expertise is necessary to take part in the conversation! If you have not read the book, feel free to join, but please leave space for in depth discussion and consciously step back when necessary.
Who is this for? These book clubs are open for everyone, join us!
The conversation will be hybrid (both in person and online). We will meet at the Atelier d’innovation sociale (95 Clegg St, Ottawa), but we will have the option for folks to join digitally as well. Please register for this event to receive the link. There is a max amount of people who can join in person, so let us know if you want to join in person!
Introduction of All about love from Goodreads:
“All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our private and public lives. In eleven concise chapters, hooks explains how our everyday notions of what it means to give and receive love often fail us, and how these ideals are established in early childhood. She offers a rethinking of self-love (without narcissism) that will bring peace and compassion to our personal and professional lives, and asserts the place of love to end struggles between individuals, in communities, and among societies. Moving from the cultural to the intimate, hooks notes the ties between love and loss and challenges the prevailing notion that romantic love is the most important love of all. Visionary and original, hooks shows how love heals the wounds we bear as individuals and as a nation, for it is the cornerstone of compassion and forgiveness and holds the power to overcome shame. For readers who have found ongoing delight and wisdom in bell hooks’s life and work, and for those who are just now discovering her, All About Love is essential reading and a brilliant book that will change how we think about love, our culture-and one another.”
Accessibility information:
Sensory/cognitive: The conversation will be in oral English, there will be a screen for the online participants.
Mental: This conversation will discuss the content of the book, incl topics like racism, misogyny and violence. No graphic descriptions. This space is okay with folks expressing non-aggressive emotional responses and the facilitator will do a check-in and check-out. If one needs to take a break and do self care, this is encouraged.
The perspective is masculine centered, to analyze masculine experiences as a form of introspection and participation. The discussion will also take place from a perspective of critical self reflection and increase of understanding by white folks.
For further questions on accessibility, please contact Jan: Jan@masculinities.info.