Gloria Jean Watkins ( born September 25 , 1952 ) , better known by her pen name Bell Hooks ( stylized bell hooks ) , is an American author , feminist , and social activist .
Gloria Jean Watkins ( born September 25 , 1952 ) , better known by her pen name bell hooks is an award-winning African-American radical feminist writer and speaker . bell hooks takes her name from her great-grandmother Bell Blair Hooks .