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4.49 AVERAGE
4.49 AVERAGE
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Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma
challenging
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I read Lorde’s journals and think “you just write like that? even in your own diary?” … excellent reflection on confronting death without, as she says, “embracing” it. helped me think thru mortality.
and her insights on affect are unparalleled except maybe by Sara Ahmed.
some interesting thoughts on silence here. that was the strongest part of this book imo. in my own work I’m interested in how our silences can be generative + carry a productive friction. but I agree w her basic premise that our silence will not save us.
and her insights on affect are unparalleled except maybe by Sara Ahmed.
some interesting thoughts on silence here. that was the strongest part of this book imo. in my own work I’m interested in how our silences can be generative + carry a productive friction. but I agree w her basic premise that our silence will not save us.
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A beautiful reflection on transformation of one’s mind body and soul in the wake of a kind of death and rebirth. Lorde’s ability to move past her fears and face her mortality liberates her and leads her to question and critique how others can continue to live in the fear of it.
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It’s not often I read literature that changes my entire perspective on life and my experience as a Black Disabled woman. But man, this little book has gotten me through this last year like a comforting hug from a loved one.
Audre Lorde speaks so eloquently about her experience as a Black Queer woman while experiencing the effects of breast cancer and mastectomy. The way she creates the correlation between her lived experience and that of other Black women with similar stories. She showcases the need for women in their darkest moments to have community and the effects of community on the healing of the patient. Her ability to identify and highlight the issue of breast cancer survivors somehow losing their “femininity” while pointing out the lack of funding and care for those very same bodies is potent. Overall this is a read I would suggest to cancer patients, Disabled folks, friends, any and everyone really. This is a story that chips away at what it means to be human in this world. She leaves us with words of encouragement and a moment to reset our thoughts and ideas of self.
I’ve always held a special place in my heart for folks such as Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and Nikki Giovanni, and this book will be set along side the greats as well.
Don’t think about it, just read it.✨
Audre Lorde speaks so eloquently about her experience as a Black Queer woman while experiencing the effects of breast cancer and mastectomy. The way she creates the correlation between her lived experience and that of other Black women with similar stories. She showcases the need for women in their darkest moments to have community and the effects of community on the healing of the patient. Her ability to identify and highlight the issue of breast cancer survivors somehow losing their “femininity” while pointing out the lack of funding and care for those very same bodies is potent. Overall this is a read I would suggest to cancer patients, Disabled folks, friends, any and everyone really. This is a story that chips away at what it means to be human in this world. She leaves us with words of encouragement and a moment to reset our thoughts and ideas of self.
I’ve always held a special place in my heart for folks such as Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and Nikki Giovanni, and this book will be set along side the greats as well.
Don’t think about it, just read it.✨