I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
AUDRE LORDESome problems we share as women, some we do not.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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You need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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