There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.

Quote by Audre Lorde

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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...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure...

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...

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be...

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be...

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our...

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our...

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is...

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is...

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...

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of...

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of...

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part...

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part...

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues:...

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues:...

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes...

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes...

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies...

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies...

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...

Your silence will not protect you.

Your silence will not protect you.

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...

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the...

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the...

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

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...

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason...

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason...