March 2012
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Activism. Poetry. Audre. Oh My!
In my path to self discovery and perspective, one of the people I cite as being an invisible shoulder that I lean on and regard as a literary papaya among others , has been Audre Lorde.
The beauty of Audre Lorde is her courageous written truths and Intoxicating ability to be a vivid writer of life’s various realities.
She’s inspired me personally as writer, black woman, and queer.
I think one of...
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Artist: Les Nubians
Song: Makeda
BLOGGING FOR BROWN GURLS: LITANIES TO MY HEAVENLY... →
calloutqueen:
BLESSED ARE THE SISSIES
BLESSED ARE THE BOI DYKES
BLESSED ARE THE PEOPLE OF COLOR MY BELOVED KITH AND KIN
BLESSED ARE THE TRANS
BLESSED ARE THE HIGH FEMMES
BLESSED ARE THE SEX WORKERS
BLESSED ARE THE AUTHENTIC
BLESSED ARE THE DIS-IDENTIFIERS
BLESSED ARE THE GENDER ILLUSIONISTS
BLESSED ARE THE NON-NORMATIVE
BLESSED ARE THE GENDERQUEERS
BLESSED ARE THE KINKSTERS
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Chello to ALL you followers! Femme Pride. Queer...
“As a Black lesbian feminist comfortable with the many different ingredients of...”
– — Audre Lorde, from her essay Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference
(A) Audre Lorde is kind of a supreme boss. I credit (E) with introducing me to her excellence.
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mind the filth: Tupac Shakur on women →
mindthefilth:
And since we all came from a woman Got our name from a woman
And our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women Why we rape our women
Do we hate our women?
I think it’s time to kill for our women Time to heal our women
Be real to our women
And if we don’t we’ll have…
“When feminists ‘call-out’ other feminists for their racism, transphobia,...”
– Shaunga Tagore, a contributor to Feminism for Real, a REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT BOOK for all feminists, allies, PEOPLE interested in social justice and changing the world.
More on this written in a DOPE article by Jessica Yee over at Racialicious.
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I need this book. NEEEED.
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