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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

3 reviews

introverted_reads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Cancer

Moderate: Police brutality, Classism, Infertility, Colonisation, Hate crime, and Lesbophobia

yaoipaddle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Very very very good. My copy is full of annotations for quotes I liked, inspiration I found, facts and stories I wanted to look up further, facts I wanted to pull for reference when speaking with others. 

Definitely not a book to just read and put away without Audre's words tying themselves into your brain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexism, Colonisation, Medical content, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Slavery, War, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Racism, Infertility, Police brutality, and Sexual content

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

a work much deserving of its classic status, sister outsider is raw, incisive, deep, and searing; its soul-searching, reclaiming of self and space, and examination into the sinister nooks and crevices of american society in all its -isms and complex intersectionality are cloaked w/ righteous (and relatable) rage, all succinctly yet effectivively articulated in a mix of prose, poems, and interviews, among others, though the last chapter kinda throws me off in its placement and seeming detour from content presented earlier in the book.

not only does lorde get me nodding my head off in vigorous agreement, she also leaves me awed and astounded at times at how insightful and revealing her observations and truth-telling are, and her call to self-awareness and action are inspiring. she's also light years ahead of many others in her understanding and communication of the seemingly seamless blending of race, sex, sexual orientation, class, and other aspects of complex intersectionality, as well as her awareness of her own positionality, resulting in a startlingly non-western-centric work. this is def a book to keep and read then reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Infertility, and Rape