bell hooks notably preferred for her name not to be capitalized while there is a multitude of reasons cited for this decision, ranging from bell hooks wanting people to focus on her work, to the decapitalization serving as a reminder of the oppression faced by black women, to the decision being a tribute to her great-grandmother whose name was Bell Hooks, in women's studies, Black studies, and gender studies spaces the author bell books name is kept decapitalized when citing and discussing her work.