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Powerful and relevant essays from Audre Lorde. Definitely worth a reread.
Two words: f*cking amazing.
I had to stop so many times to digest the harrowing arguments I was confronted with throughout these moving essays; many of those times, to hold back tears of discomfort for my unbeknownst and ignorant privilege, or anger at the unaltered state of affairs.
Audre Lorde dared to be her true self in a world that hated everything she represented - a human being that didn't resign to a single label, and chose to live at the intersection of everything she knew and dared to discover herself to be. The society she dreamed for herself and for her children is the same I dream for myself: one in which our birthplace, skin color, sexuality or sense of identity are not determinant of the opportunities we want to pursue.
I couldn't recommend it more :)
"Each one of us must look clearly and closely at the genuine particulars (conditions) of his or her life and decide where action and energy is needed and where it can be effective. Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.", retrieved from her 1982 Harvard University speech "Learning from the 60's"
I had to stop so many times to digest the harrowing arguments I was confronted with throughout these moving essays; many of those times, to hold back tears of discomfort for my unbeknownst and ignorant privilege, or anger at the unaltered state of affairs.
Audre Lorde dared to be her true self in a world that hated everything she represented - a human being that didn't resign to a single label, and chose to live at the intersection of everything she knew and dared to discover herself to be. The society she dreamed for herself and for her children is the same I dream for myself: one in which our birthplace, skin color, sexuality or sense of identity are not determinant of the opportunities we want to pursue.
I couldn't recommend it more :)
"Each one of us must look clearly and closely at the genuine particulars (conditions) of his or her life and decide where action and energy is needed and where it can be effective. Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.", retrieved from her 1982 Harvard University speech "Learning from the 60's"
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though i had already read some of her essays in “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house”, i can’t keep but fall in love all over again with audres’ words.
her every line is filled with deep intent and it carries over so well through the years that it’s both earnest and bittersweet. her themes are ever present and i think what keeps on captivating me is how her poetry-packed writing turns into her prose, her ideals moving and humane experiences so enriched by the years that in turn transform her paragraphs into the voice of generations.
can’t wait to get into her poems.
“but i remind myself that i have lived through it all already, and survived.”
her every line is filled with deep intent and it carries over so well through the years that it’s both earnest and bittersweet. her themes are ever present and i think what keeps on captivating me is how her poetry-packed writing turns into her prose, her ideals moving and humane experiences so enriched by the years that in turn transform her paragraphs into the voice of generations.
can’t wait to get into her poems.
“but i remind myself that i have lived through it all already, and survived.”
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finally got around to finish this book i started half a year ago! highly recommended! the book is a collection of essays mainly addressing racism but, more than that, it focuses on intersectionality and the complexity of different types of oppression. the book also contains the famous essay “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house”, which is one of the best essays in the collection!
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Sister Outsider shook me to my very core unlike anything else i’ve ever read. i was stunned speechless and brought to tears by how Audre Lorde managed to pack so much nuance and truth within the span of a relatively short collections of essays.
i will need to come back and read Sister Outsider again many, many times to properly understand and analyze the depths of everything Lorde was addressing, which ranged everything from intersectional feminism, racism within white feminist communities, homophobia within communities of colour, to american imperialism and systemic racism. but for now, i can express my awe for this collection and say that it is easily amongst the most important and influential works i have ever read.
i really wish i could’ve shared some passages but i cannot choose which one.
i will need to come back and read Sister Outsider again many, many times to properly understand and analyze the depths of everything Lorde was addressing, which ranged everything from intersectional feminism, racism within white feminist communities, homophobia within communities of colour, to american imperialism and systemic racism. but for now, i can express my awe for this collection and say that it is easily amongst the most important and influential works i have ever read.
i really wish i could’ve shared some passages but i cannot choose which one.