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robinks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, and Racism
Moderate: Homophobia, Classism, Lesbophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Police brutality, Bullying, Rape, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Cancer, and Genocide
linguaphile412's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Racism, and Hate crime
Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Racial slurs
Minor: Colonisation, Cancer, Sexual violence, and Classism
kennedylamb's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Sexism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Racism, and Police brutality
sarah984's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Violence
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
4.25
not only does lorde get me nodding my head off in vigorous agreement, she also leaves me awed and astounded at times at how insightful and revealing her observations and truth-telling are, and her call to self-awareness and action are inspiring. she's also light years ahead of many others in her understanding and communication of the seemingly seamless blending of race, sex, sexual orientation, class, and other aspects of complex intersectionality, as well as her awareness of her own positionality, resulting in a startlingly non-western-centric work. this is def a book to keep and read then reread.
Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Homophobia
Minor: Cancer, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Infertility, and Rape
solitract13's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs
aishallnot's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny
Minor: Racial slurs
lucys_library's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Murder, Misogyny, and Sexism
now_booking's review against another edition
4.5
Every single word in this collection is laden with wisdom- from reminders of the mundane (and even the mundane here is insightful), to the mind-blowingly progressive. My favourite parts were the bits where Audre Lorde speaks of her life and lends us her stories and personal lived experience to illustrate the concepts she’s putting forth. The opening story where she narrates her experiences as a Black lesbian woman in socialist Russia, to the tidbits she drops about learning from practically babyhood the ranking of a dark-skinned Black woman in society, and about what that would mean for her lived experience as an American and moreover a Black feminist and intersectional activist. When in one of her most famous pieces from this collection, “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House,” she calls on us to acknowledge difference rather than fear it, to face intersectionality head on, to lean into the anger of injustice and the discomfort of speaking up and use it to drive change… chills. She’s everyone’s trusted Aunty in this book- the one that calls you out, tells you about yourself when necessary but also always has her arms open and inspires you.
I’m not much of a non-ficition reader typically but this collection was so rich with lessons and insights that are relevant to me as someone who is interested in inequality, but also as someone fearful of getting the fight wrong. This book is part instruction manual for understanding the genotype and phenotype of inequality and injustice in America (and to a lesser extent, globally), and part call you action for how all of us as a society can learn to see and acknowledge things and to do better.
Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia
kengiedamali's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia