It was an extremely interesting experience reading the article by bell hooks.  Although a bit dated, her words/claims/writing spoke - essentially - about me.  I'm trying to figure out whether I possess this oppositional gaze - whether I would classify/express it in such a manner that she describes (and claims other women to have described).  I'm trying look inside myself and examine how I regard movies.  I think that I look at all movies with a fairly critical eye -- it's not necessarily active...more of a subconscious type of action that triggers a radar anytime I see something questionable.  I feel as if when I do notice things, my realizations are separate - either about race OR gender OR class, etc.  So when bell hooks combines these things (at least the first two, in this case), it's a bit jarring.  Yet I think it's interesting to think about the lack of intersectionality of my thoughts (when watching movies), I wonder whether there's a bigger implication to this.  What would bell hooks say about the black female having separated "oppositional gazes," not one singular 'all-encompassing' oppositional gaze?  What value/merit (if any) is there in these separations as compared to the all-encompassing one?