Class and Politics of Writing

The struggle to write and present your ideas on a piece of paper, to a random individual is alone hard enough to do. But to publish a book, to a book publishing company that likes the 'message' or 'theme' of your own masterwork is another task to overcome. On top of that, being a female having to go this large publishing cite, trying to convince the publisher to publish your work. Even when you know that your book is more than capable of making them huge profits because of the beauty of the work. On top of that, being a women in the 70s-80s trying to sell your ideas is an obstacle in itself. All of this takes a certain kind of perseverance and even mental endurance to outlast all of these politics in the writing industry. Given the time period, given the fact that women didn't really have an opportunity to show that they can be just as and even better writers than men. The struggle was definitely real, now add up all the odds stacked against female writers in the 80s and add one more restriction to writers. Being a black female in the 80s trying to become a writer, and having these white business men in a publish industry to publish your works. Now, that in itself deserves a round of applause just for trying. But being able to succeed and defeat the system, and make all the publishers that said your work wasn't good enough deserves a standing ovation. Bell Hooks I would want to personally applaud your efforts because I could only imagine the struggle you went through.