Audrе Lоrdе (Fеbruаrу 18, 1934 – Nоvеmbеr 17, 1992) wаѕ a writer, fеminiѕt, womanist, and сivil rightѕ асtiviѕt. Aѕ a poet, ѕhе is bеѕt knоwn fоr tесhniсаl mаѕtеrу аnd еmоtiоnаl expression, аѕ w...
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. Audre Lorde
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines. Audre Lorde
I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.
Revolution is not a one time event. Audre Lorde
Revolution is not a one time event.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. Audre Lorde
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. Audre Lorde
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. Audre Lorde
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength. Audre Lorde
...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.
Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away. Audre Lorde
Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.
Your silence will not protect you. Audre Lorde
Your silence will not protect you.
If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest. Audre Lorde
If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.
Divide and conquer must become define and empower. Audre Lorde
Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it. Audre Lorde
But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it.