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Quote by bell hooks
The issue is not freeing ourselves from representation.
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The speaker says that the main problem is not escaping representation altogether. The focus should be on understanding or dealing with representation, rather than treating freedom from it as the goal.
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- Media Education Foundation, “bell hooks: Cultural Criticism and Transformation” transcript
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