But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
AUDRE LORDEI am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
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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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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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