Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.12k reviews for:
Sister Outsider - Essais et propos sur la poésie, l'érotisme, le racisme, le sexisme...
Audre Lorde
4.59 AVERAGE
3.12k reviews for:
Sister Outsider - Essais et propos sur la poésie, l'érotisme, le racisme, le sexisme...
Audre Lorde
4.59 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
I cannot describe how much I loved this book. I paused to hold my face and yell "IT'S SO GOOD" repeatedly. I listened to some essays multiple times. I can't believe I've gone 30 years without reading this. I feel like this book spoke directly to my soul. As a Black woman, read it. As someone who cares about a Black woman, read it. As someone who wants to fight for collective liberation, read it. Absolutely unreal it's so good.
waanzinnig!! jullie moeten dit echt allemaal lezen maar dat weten jullie natuurlijk al. ik vond vooral Poetry is Not a Luxury en Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference heel erg mooi en sterk maar eigenlijk vond ik vrijwel alles inspirerend en verhelderend.
“For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it. For others, it is to share and spread those words that are meaningful to us. […] And it is never without fear - of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through all of those already, in silence, except death.”
“For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it. For others, it is to share and spread those words that are meaningful to us. […] And it is never without fear - of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through all of those already, in silence, except death.”
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
My defining myself is not an attack upon yourself.
You will always learn by observing. You have to pick things up nonverbally because people will never tell you what you are supposed to know."
You will always learn by observing. You have to pick things up nonverbally because people will never tell you what you are supposed to know."
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Loved this. I would consider this mandatory reading for feminists and queer people, but only to more seasoned readers. It is a little dense at times, but Lorde still has such a way with words and is all-around just an interesting person. She deserves a better review than this, but this is all I have right now. It gives you a lot to think about.
its so sad that everything in this is still just as relevant as iit was in the 70ies
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
I wavered back and forth for a good minute, trying to figure out if I would give this a four star rating or a five star rating. I resolved for five, just because I liked some of the essays more than others. All of them were stunning, but I especially liked Eye to Eye and her account on Moscow, Grenada and raising a black son as a black lesbian.
Audre Lorde has been like a haunt to me in some ways. A name I never felt I could pronounce properly. A name I heard but never read. A book written by a woman with *taboo* identities. A black lesbian woman. It is not a book I would have thought to pick up when I was younger...what would that have to do with me? Why would I read such a thing, so bold in its naturalness and so stunning in its defiance. I have no words to begin to describe the things I felt while reading Lorde. I know for one thing that the regalness that characterizes her name can certainly be backed up by every single word she penned over the years that found its way into Sister Outsider. And what's so amazing about that is Lorde is a poet by trade, and yet her poetic essays are probably some of the best I've ever read. This book is written by a black lesbian, of which she reminds the reader constantly. And this identity is embedded into every word in a way that you cannot forget - which is for the better. Lorde said it best about defining herself and indeed, the way she do so in these essays spoke through so clearly that it may be of relative inconsequence that one may not immediately identify with all her aspects of identity. How precious and life changing a book this is.
Audre Lorde has been like a haunt to me in some ways. A name I never felt I could pronounce properly. A name I heard but never read. A book written by a woman with *taboo* identities. A black lesbian woman. It is not a book I would have thought to pick up when I was younger...what would that have to do with me? Why would I read such a thing, so bold in its naturalness and so stunning in its defiance. I have no words to begin to describe the things I felt while reading Lorde. I know for one thing that the regalness that characterizes her name can certainly be backed up by every single word she penned over the years that found its way into Sister Outsider. And what's so amazing about that is Lorde is a poet by trade, and yet her poetic essays are probably some of the best I've ever read. This book is written by a black lesbian, of which she reminds the reader constantly. And this identity is embedded into every word in a way that you cannot forget - which is for the better. Lorde said it best about defining herself and indeed, the way she do so in these essays spoke through so clearly that it may be of relative inconsequence that one may not immediately identify with all her aspects of identity. How precious and life changing a book this is.