Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men.
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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
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
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
Audre Lorde
Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.
Audre Lorde
If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from the other side.
Audre Lorde
Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.
Audre Lorde
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