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While good, it wasn‘t on par with Sister, Outsider. The first essay, about S&M in the lesbian community, seemed an odd starting point. The latter part of the book is diary excerpts from when she was diagnosed with liver cancer metastasized from her earlier breast cancer. It was hard to read, as my mom has spent the last three years fighting metastasized BC from 24 years earlier 😡. She‘s good, but it makes it hard to read about.

Racism. Cancer. In both cases, to win the aggressor must conquer, but the resisters need only survive.

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This Week in Literary History: Audre Lorde Publishes “A Burst of Light,” Which Contains One of the Earliest References to Self-care as a Political Act

"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." -Audre Lorde
THE intersectional feminist. Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet."
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If this wasn‘t a library book, I️ would be highlighting all over. Wonderful read! Still very relevant

This was my first time reading Audre Lorde (finally!) and now I can't wait to devour everything she ever wrote. This was the kind of book that you end up highlighting so many great quotes, words you want to memorize, apply, breathe. Lorde shines a light on white feminism and shows us how to persist when the struggle never seems to end - not only as an intersectional feminist, an activist, but also as a person fighting cancer. Empowering read.

This is for all Littens who like me maybe are not great at self care and really should get better at it.
I heard this quote during a very difficult day yesterday when I was not valuing my health over work responsibilities and it hit me right at my core.
Message received, Universe.
Thank you.

I took this a few weeks ago and had never before taken a pic of a book. Guess I was waiting for this site :)