The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
AUDRE LORDESome problems we share as women, some we do not.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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