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Outstanding. Gorgeous. Uncomprising. Audre Lorde, this is a proposal.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Hate crime, Infertility, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Classism
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This book is a collection of essays, speeches, and letters by Audra Lorde, ranging from topics like feminism, race, class, and sexuality, and the intersectionality between all these issues.
I knew about Audre Lorde before reading this. I knew she was a poet and socialist. I knew she was a Black lesbian, who talked about the intersectionality of all her identities, but I had never read her work until now. I feel this book was a great introduction to her work and how she thinks. It seriously left me wanting to finally start reading her poetry.
There were times it was a bit hard to read, but since most of the essays or speeches were from the late '70s and early '80s, and English is my second language, I attested this to being not used to some of the language. It was still a great read and made me reflect on how oftentimes I still had to remind white women and white queer people how their feminism and/or their activism often ignored us BIPOC people. Sometimes it's sad to think how much things have not changed. But similarly to Freedom is a Constant Struggle, I don't see that as discouragement, instead, I see that as a sign to keep going.
I knew about Audre Lorde before reading this. I knew she was a poet and socialist. I knew she was a Black lesbian, who talked about the intersectionality of all her identities, but I had never read her work until now. I feel this book was a great introduction to her work and how she thinks. It seriously left me wanting to finally start reading her poetry.
There were times it was a bit hard to read, but since most of the essays or speeches were from the late '70s and early '80s, and English is my second language, I attested this to being not used to some of the language. It was still a great read and made me reflect on how oftentimes I still had to remind white women and white queer people how their feminism and/or their activism often ignored us BIPOC people. Sometimes it's sad to think how much things have not changed. But similarly to Freedom is a Constant Struggle, I don't see that as discouragement, instead, I see that as a sign to keep going.
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Essential reading for all human beings. A brilliant exploration of feminism and its intersectionality with race. Personally, three of these essays put words to feelings, thoughts, and experiences that I had not fully engaged before.
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