Audre Lorde

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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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

#different #doing #down #into #just

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#black #bored #each #get #hand

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? ↗

— Audre Lorde

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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. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#community #dealing #fiction #gay #gay community

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#black #charge #discussions #easily #faculty

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. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#another #color #exist #generation #history

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#life #must #now #short #very

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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