“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my … Continue reading I Want To Live…
Audre Lorde
I Am Not Free…
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” ―Audre Lorde
My Silences Had Not Protected Me
“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all … Continue reading My Silences Had Not Protected Me
Those of Us Who Stand Outside The Circle
“Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference - those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are black, who are older - know that survival is not an academic skill...For the master's tools … Continue reading Those of Us Who Stand Outside The Circle
There Is No Single…
“There is no single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” -Audre Lorde
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 