All posts tagged "Audre Lorde"
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Audre Lorde at 80
By Cheryl Clarke Editors note: Since this is a special 80th birthday anniversary forum in celebration of one of our ancestor heroines, and Cheryl Clarke...
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Dismantling the Master’s House
By Nancy K. Bereano Audre Lorde’s powerful presence and visionary words made her iconic, one of the most influential thinkers and writers of the culturally...
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To Hell With The Goddess: In Celebration of the Human Person Audre Lorde
By Thomas Glave Even as I write these words I myself feel some ambivalence in regard to the “To hell with” in this work’s title. ...
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The Lorde Works in Mysterious and Magical Ways: An Introduction to TFW’s Audre Lorde Forum
I write libation to all those known and unknown ancestors across lifetimes that have gone before me and upon whose shoulders I literally stand. Tuesday,...
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Medicines for Our Survival: The Continuation of the Life of Audre Lorde
By M. Jacqui Alexander A Libation: Omi Tútù Ó Mì Tútù Ile Tútù Ona Tútù Tútù Laróyè Tútù Egún Tútù Irúnmalè Cool water It effects...
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Prologue: Audre Lorde – Word and Action
By Jewelle Gomez I’ve been thinking about Audre more than usual because I recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the publication of my black, feminist,...
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lovesong from the daughters of your pen
By Evie Shockley lovesong from the daughters of your pen . big and complex...
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Personal is Political: Accepting, Nurturing, Celebrating the Black Mother Within
By Ness white “The Black mother who is the poet in every one of us…that back place where we keep those unnamed, untamed longings for...
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Personal is Political: Audre Lorde: Sister Insider
By Pratibha Parmar My own trajectory as a queer, feminist activist and filmmaker has roots in the 1980s when I first came across the writings...
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The difference between poetry…
A Collective Love Poem by The Audre Lorde Project The . difference between poetry and...
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The Reception of Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 – Voices From Around The World
By Dagmar Schultz With this contribution I want to relate a few of the many voices that illuminated Audre Lorde’s impact after viewing the film“Audre Lorde...
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Poem for Audre Lorde
By asha bandele Author’s note: Audre Lorde was my teacher and my mentor. This poem, written two years after her transition into the Spirit world,...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Continuation in Death: Generous Inspiration from the Warrior Poet
By Morgen Snowadzky It may seem incorrect to talk about death for a birthday celebration. I believe that we must embrace death to appreciate life....
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Let Your Anger Consume the World, Not You
By Samantha Pevear I lie on my bed with my legs against the wall, feet arched towards the ceiling. I begin banging my heels into...
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Op-Ed: Black Men, are we doing enough to stand with Black women? Feminism is for Black Men too.
By Aaron Talley Compared to the bulk of my intellectual trajectory, I have spent very little time engaging directly with Black feminism. Through much of...
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We Can’t Afford to Hate: A Conclusion to the “Love as a Radical Act” Forum
“Darnell, I don’t know if I can do this.” It was July 13. The Zimmerman verdict had just been read. Not guilty. My heart, body,...
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Rashida Harrison on Love as a Radical Act
By Rashida Harrison To be a feminist, for me, is a work of love. However, it was not until I wrote my dissertation, drawing on...
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An Open Love Note to My Son: On Mourning, Love, and Black Motherhood
By Christen Smith Raising Black children – female and male – in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If...
