## Description [[bell hooks]] mentioned Barbara Deming in the preface to [[The Will to Change|the will to change]]. hooks recounts Deming's anecdote about Deming's father's health complications and her relationship with her father. Deming mourns her [[patriarchal]] father and how he did not love her in a healthy way. Instead he oppressed her and caused her to hate her father--a terrible feeling because Deming advocated for non-violent social change. ## References - [Barbara Deming - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Deming) - [Barbara Deming Quotes - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8JphjEJ5OM) - [Barbara Deming Interview - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBaayCj08vE)