You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they’re constantly repairing it. It’s as if they live in both elements. Audre Lorde Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men. Audre Lorde Read Quote
But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women. Audre Lorde Read Quote
Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism. Audre Lorde Read Quote
When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture. Audre Lorde Read Quote
I can’t really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? Audre Lorde Read Quote
