Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 18. Februar 1934 |
Geburtsort | New York City, U.S. |
Todesort | United_States_Virgin_Islands |
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Beschreibung | Audre Lorde (/ˈɔːdri ˈlɔːrd/; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, womanist, radical feminist, professor, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who "dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia." |
The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.
I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
Poetry is not only dream and vision it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.
It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.
