All About Love

Bell Hooks’ All About Love is a powerful exploration of how our culture misunderstands love and how embracing a more truthful definition can transform our lives. hooks defines love as “the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth,” emphasizing that love is an active practice built on care, commitment, trust, respect, honesty, and responsibility. Through personal stories and cultural critique, she argues that many people desire love but lack the skills or models to practice it, and she calls for a collective return to a more intentional, ethical, and healing understanding of what it means to love.