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.

Quote by Audre Lorde

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When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of...

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of...

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a...

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a...

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we...

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we...

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all...

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all...

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of...

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of...

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to...

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to...

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever...

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever...

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

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

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

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies...

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies...

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are...

Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are...

There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties...

There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties...

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there...

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I...

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I...

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

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

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives...

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives...

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.