The bell hooks Hotline: For When You’d Rather Not Give Out Your Number

An anonymous angel from New York delivered a wonderful public service today: “a phone line that automatically reads quotations from bell hooks.” From our savior, via email:

The idea came to me after the NYPost printed bikini photos of the woman who “spurned” Elliot Rodgers. Despite the fact that she was only 10 years old at the time they met, she was portrayed as having romantically rejected Rodgers.

The idea is to pass that off as one’s own number if you’re in a dicey situation, afraid to give out your personal cell phone number or outright reject somebody. The number is 669–221–6251. (We originally wanted 669/UGH-ASIF, but it was taken…)

It will automatically respond to text messages as well as calls! That way, you don’t have to deal with a threatening person, *and* they get some free feminist lessons thrown in.

We are thinking of putting up a gmail account too, which would automatically respond with “Thank you for your note. However, I am away on vacation — from the patriarchy.”

Give it a try, and then promptly memorize the number: 669–221–6251. [Feminist Phone Intervention, screengrab via Bitch Media]