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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
Powerful, and should be considered required reading for all people. As relevant today as it was almost 40 years ago when first published.
informative
slow-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Frequently, when speaking with men and white women, I am reminded of how difficult and time-consuming it is to have to reinvent the pencil every time you want to send a message
This is my first time reading Audre Lorde and man..... I am kicking myself for not getting to her essays sooner. I learned so much, she speak of things that frustates me that I can't seem to put into word, and I'm shocked and not really surprised that the things she wrote about now are still plaguing us today.... *sigh*
I particularly LOVED the essay about Moscow and Grenada- I feel a lot of people don't know about what was done to Grenada and I am so happy to see it written down a documented.
This is my first time reading Audre Lorde and man..... I am kicking myself for not getting to her essays sooner. I learned so much, she speak of things that frustates me that I can't seem to put into word, and I'm shocked and not really surprised that the things she wrote about now are still plaguing us today.... *sigh*
I particularly LOVED the essay about Moscow and Grenada- I feel a lot of people don't know about what was done to Grenada and I am so happy to see it written down a documented.
“Why don’t we meet each other’s eyes? Do we expect betrayal in each other’s gaze, or recognition?” p. 155, Eye to Eye.
I couldn’t put it down. It was so challenging and informative that I’m sure I’ll dip into it again and again in future. For all it’s polarizing descriptors I found it much less niche than I’d judged superficially. A classic.
"The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power" blew my mind and still does every time I read. It's my go-to when I need a little centering.
I feel like you can’t read an anti-racist book without the author crediting Lorde at some point so this read was long overdue for me. Many of the essays felt incredibly contemporary for me even though this collection is a couple of decades old.