Getty Imageshooks' first book, Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism, was published in 1981Acclaimed feminist author and activist bell hooks has died at the age of 69, her family has confirmed.
She died on Wednesday at her home in Kentucky "surrounded by her family and friends", according to a statement.
hooks was considered a trailblazer within the intersectional feminism movement, and published some 40 books during her life. Read More...
#Fact1She worked with her third cousin Crispin Bonham-Carter in Howards End (1992).2She played Claire Bloom's daughter in Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and her daughter-in-law in The King's Speech (2010).3Is one of 9 actresses who have received an Academy Award nomination for portraying a real-life queen. The others in chronological order are Norma Shearer for Marie Antoinette (1938), Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter (1968), Geneviève Bujold for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Vanessa Redgrave for Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Janet Suzman for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Helen Mirren for The Madness of King George (1994) and The Queen (2006), Judi Dench for Mrs Brown (1997) and Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). Read More...
Q: I have a tiny bathroom with a huge claw-foot tub, which is a problem as I work on aging in place. The tub is too big to remove, and financing a major renovation is unrealistic. How can I make the tub safer for a senior?
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A: You’re smart to be concerned. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 4 Americans 65 and older fall each year. Read More...
