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Related: Racial Justice Quotes. Best Audre Lorde Quotes. 1. “In a world of possibility for us all, our personal visions help lay the groundwork for political action.” ...
As the Note on the Text states, many of the essays in the collection were given as papers at conferences across the U.S. The essays were all previously published in Lorde's 1984 book Sister Outsider. Further, Lorde often revised early poems and re-published them, so many of the poems in this collection are the latest versions of Lorde's work. [4]
Audre Lorde (/ ˈ ɔː d r i ˈ l ɔːr d / AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934–November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" who dedicated her life and ...
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches is a collection of essential essays and speeches written by Audre Lorde, a writer who focuses on the particulars of her identity: Black woman, lesbian, poet, activist, cancer survivor, mother, and feminist. This collection, now considered a classic volume of Lorde's most influential works of non-fiction ...
The Kitchen Table became inactive soon after Audre Lorde's death in 1992. The motivation for starting a press run by and for women of color was that "as feminist and lesbian of color writers, we knew that we had no options for getting published, except at the mercy or whim of others, whether in the context of alternative or commercial ...
The most noteworthy trans-Atlantic diasporic connection to which Showing Our Colors speaks is that between black German women and black American women through the German women's contact with black, lesbian, womanist writer and activist Audre Lorde. Lorde's studies led her to engage with the black German experience as she furthered her ideology ...
Audre Lorde's work was also an important influence on the development of intersectionality. Lorde suggests that ignoring the multiple dimensions of identity perpetuates systems of oppression, and criticizes mainstream feminism for failing to address the specific experiences of marginalized women.
Audre Lorde 1980 Dallas, TX. Audre Lorde is another notable figure when it comes to intersectionality. Lorde was a black feminist, lesbian, poet, mother, and considered a warrior amongst her peers. [39] Through her work, Lorde challenged her peers to think about identity and political intersectionality.