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Your Silence Will Not Protect You is a 2017 posthumous collection of essays, speeches, and poems by African American author and poet Audre Lorde.It is the first time a British publisher collected Lorde's work into one volume.
Also in Sister Outsider is the essay, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action". Lorde discusses the importance of speaking, even when afraid, because otherwise silence immobilizes and chokes us. Many people fear to speak the truth because of the real risks of retaliation, but Lorde warns, "Your silence does not protect you."
“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” 38. “Women are powerful and dangerous.” Related: Anti-Racist Starter Pack. 39. “As Black women we have the right ...
It asserts that poetry is a valuable tool for social and personal interrogation and transformation, and acts as a bridge from unnamed feelings to words to action. [11] "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action;" talk delivered at the Modern Language Association's "Lesbian Literature Panel" in Chicago, Illinois, December 28, 1977.
Your silence will not protect you.” — Audre Lorde "I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia. You're not scared. You're an a**hole." — Morgan Freeman
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts: A whirligig festooned with flower seeds [79] 25 November 2012: Edmund de Waal: The collected poems of Wallace Stevens: An espresso machine [80] 2 December 2012: Dustin Hoffman: The complete works of Charles Dickens: An endless bar [81] 9 December 2012: Eric Pickles: If This Is a ...
Lorde is legally blind from a very young age, isolating her even further from her surroundings and a family from which she does not receive much warmth or affection. Her two older sisters, Phyllis and Helen, are very close, but are rarely mentioned in Zami and Lorde spends little time with them. Her parents and other adults, especially her ...
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