#audrelorde

[goodblacknews]

“Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society’s definition of acceptable women. . . those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are Black, who are older—know that survival is not an academic skill. It is learning how to take our differences and make them strengths. For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” —Audre Lorde, poet, activist, and essayist, from Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984) #audrelorde #womenshistorymonth #goodblacknewscalendar https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0DtFuraw0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#audrelorde #womenshistorymonth #goodblacknewscalendar

[blacklifescience]

“In the gallery today, everywhere offered ugly images of women offering up distorted bodies for whatever fantasy passes in the name of male art”( Audre Lorde, Cancer Journals pg 3)

Wangechi Mutu, Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors, edition 14/25, 2006; Collage on found medical illustration paper, portfolio of 12 prints, each 23 x 17 in.; Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation; Photo by Strode Photographic LLC, courtesy of the artist

-MS

#BLACKLIFESCIENCE #audrelorde #wangechi mutu #cancer journals

[cartermagazine]

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid… I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” - Audre Lorde CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #audrelorde #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CiulzheLd2W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #audrelorde #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke

[cowshorsesandgardenias]

This Month for the first time, I am going to do my best to post about Caribbean Americans who contributed Black American History in the USA. Please Enjoy. I encourage all of the African Diaspora in the USA to post about their contributions to the beautiful tapestry, mosaic known as Black History. Audre Lorde was born in New York City on February 18, 1934 to Caribbean immigrants. Her father, hailed from Barbados and her mother, was Grenadian and was born on the island of Carriacou. As a poet, she is well known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as well as her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. As a spoken word artist, her delivery has been called powerful, melodic, and intense by the Poetry Foundation. Her poems and prose largely deal with issues related to civil rights, feminism, lesbianism, illness and disability, and the exploration of black female identity. #audrelorde #barbados #grenada #usa #caribbeanamerican #caribbeamericanheritage #caribbeanamericanhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackhistory #poetry #poet (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIIF9wuQoE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#audrelorde #barbados #grenada #usa #caribbeanamerican #caribbeamericanheritage #caribbeanamericanhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackhistory #poetry #poet

[mixdgrlproblems]

#LesbianVisibilityWeek is coming to an end so here are some #mixed #lesbian public figures. #JasminSavoyBrown (Actress) - "I never #cameout. I just started posting pics of my girl & I a few years ago. I knew when I did it would hinder opportunities & it was scary, but I thought, “Do I want to work with those jerks anyway?" No! So if I miss out on that job, that's ok. Ill get better ones. I'll never know who's passed over me & discarded me for being me but that's ok. I'm in great company. Everything is double-edged, positive & negative, but me being comfortable in my skin as a #biracial #queer woman, being happy, that's most important. I know being true to myself inspired others. I'd prefer that over a stupid job." #AudreLorde (ICON - writer, feminist, librarian & activist) - "Frances & I began living together when the kids were 6 & 7; so we raised them together & we decided very early on that we had to arm them the same way we armed ourselves. We lived in Staten Island which is probably the most regressive borough of New York City. It was green, had a lot of space which are things we needed. But we decided that the position of strength was one of knowledge & so we spoke to them about what they could expect. About the fact that we were #lesbians, what it meant & what they could expect. We spoke about what it meant to be an #interracial family too.” #Kehlani (Singer, Songwriter, Dancer) - "I finally know I’m a lesbian.” She knows she carries “privilege” as someone who passes as “cisgender presenting”in the industry. "It’s tougher for #trans artists. Black #gay men. Black masculine gay women. I'm lucky. I don’t walk down the street & people go, ‘She's into women’ because of the way I present. That’s privilege. There are many artists who were at the forefront but weren’t able to make the strides that I have, being 100% myself, because of the way they present, the biases & phobias of society. All the beautiful Black trans women in my life that I’m able to witness, not only living their true power, but be courageous, fearless, fiercely educate everybody around them. They do it so effortlessly, it comes off easy to people who don’t know them. But I know its hard." https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc_JuyKOD7W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lesbianvisibilityweek #mixed #lesbian #jasminsavoybrown #cameout #biracial #queer #audrelorde #lesbians #interracial #kehlani #trans #gay

[when-the-cities-burn]

#QuoteOfTheDay: #AudreLorde

[mauswohnstuff]

Aesthetic fashion, art and gifts for sale 🙂💯

#mauswohn #redbubble #worldwomensday #weltfrauentag #audrelorde #shirt #sale #wearing #streetstyle #fashion #mode #moda #trendy #chic #aesthetic #fashionlover #fashioninspo #lifestyle

[ug47]

Transform the world, all the time.

#art #angeladavis #mayaangelou #malcolmx #blackhistory #assatashakur #blacklivesmatter #marcusgarvey #hueypnewton #fredhampton #jamesbaldwin #bellhooks #bobbyseale #blacklove #michelleobama #alicewalker #audrelorde #feminist #blackwallstreet #feminism #blackpanther

[lizloveswords]

A better question is -- how do I want to live the rest of my life and what am I going to do to ensure that I get to do it exactly or as close as possible to how I want that living to be?

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 my ears, my eyes, my noseholes --everywhere. Until it's every breath I breathe. I am going to go out like a fucking meteor!

---

Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light

#audrelorde #essay #life #sweetness #work #light #living

[epicforwards]

"A woman is like a tea bag: You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#eleanorroosevelt #michelleobama #simonedebeauvoir #mayaangelou #feminism #feminist #sherylsandberg #audrelorde #oprahwinfrey #angeladavis #malalayousafzai #thesuffragettes #marlenedietrich #gloriasteinem #bellhooks #meghanmarkle #bettyfriedan #chimamandangoziadichie #roxanegay #dianevonfurstenberg #corettascottking #barbarawalters #patrissecullors #amalclooney #alicewalker #taranaburke #ruthbaderginsburg #serenawilliams #janetmock #yokoono

[kanisemarshallofficial]

Celebrate Women's History Month with us as we showcase and highlight wonderful women everyday!

#WomensHistoryMonth #KaniseMarshallOfficial #AudreLorde

[lonewolfe]

Happy Birthday #ToniMorrison & #AudreLorde ✍🏾📖📚🤎🤎🤎 https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0bSsXPLgv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tonimorrison #audrelorde

[belascoainyneptuno]

#DiversionismoIdeológico, mi columna en @14ymedio, ya salió. En este ciclo de #espinelas, mantengo mi #política —mi #poética— de ni contar una mentira ni dejar títere con cabeza. Aquí —y en todas partes—, lo personal es político. Voy más lejos: mi niñez demuestra el rotundo fracaso del régimen #cubano en promover e implementar la justicia e igualdad racial en esa isla de la que escapé, como escapan miles de mis compatriotas por estas fechas. Ya sé que el Estado es un sistema y en mis versos me refiero a individuos. Pero el engranaje de una sociedad funciona —o deja de funcionar— porque hay gente que lo ejecuta. Esas criaturas y su #racismo enfermizo pasaron por mi vida. Y todas apoyaban abiertamente a la “Revolución”, mientras me repetían que en la dictadura previa yo “no sería ni persona”. Por tanto, este ajuste de cuentas en el ágora se lo debía a mi infancia. Lo dedico a #racistas —de todos los géneros y las latitudes— que han defendido —¡y me han explicado!— la “Revolución”. La #patria se aprende en la familia. El #racismo también. Edúcate y educa a ru descendencia. No olvides que “los trapos sucios se lavan en casa” es un modo muy eficaz de proteger a quien te oprime. Di tu verdad. Recuerda, con #AudreLorde, que “tu silencio no te protegerá”. Aquí te dejo algunas fotos del niño que fui en aquella #Habana. También incluyo una de las #décimas y el enlace en el que te esperan las otras seis. Toma, lee. Tuve un padre tan pendejo:  un mulato que pasaba  por blanco mientras pensaba,  al mirarse en el espejo,  que era un #poeta complejo.  Hoy sólo habita en mi olvido.  Fue jerarca del Partido.  Fue más: ¡fue hasta embajador  de ese estado de terror!  Yo me quité su apellido.  https://www.14ymedio.com/opinion/Ajuste-cuentas_0_3450854881.html #Cuba 🇨🇺 #SOSCuba 🇨🇺 #PatriaYVida 🇨🇺 #DPEPDPE #CubaEsUnaDictadura 🇨🇺 #CubaEstadoFallido https://www.instagram.com/p/CmyuqwIO5Xb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#diversionismoideológico #espinelas #política #poética #cubano #racismo #racistas #patria #audrelorde #habana #décimas #poeta #cuba #soscuba #patriayvida #dpepdpe #cubaesunadictadura #cubaestadofallido

[unfoldingnarratives]

Because we were always celebrating something, a new job, a new poem, a new love, a new dream #AudreLorde #celebrate #goodcompany #aventurasdeamigos #koreanfood #Madrid https://www.instagram.com/p/CluYKdqskOb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#audrelorde #celebrate #goodcompany #aventurasdeamigos #koreanfood #madrid

[spider-dan2006]

In this #WomensHistoryMonth Cover by #JanBazaldua #Shulkie honours #RuthBaderGinsberg #SheHulkCoverOfTheDay #SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw  #SMASHTheSubscribeButton @MsTonyaTodd @ComicsinMotionP https://pod.fo/e/143eaf • • • #rbg #notoriousrbg #feminist #feminism #supremecourt #womensrights #michelleobama #malalayousafzai #corettascottking #angeladavis #mayaangelou #gloriasteinem #audrelorde #dianevonfurstenberg #eleanorroosevelt #serenawilliams #simonedebeauvoir #bellhooks #amalclooney #barbarawalters #sherylsandberg #oprahwinfrey #chimamandangoziadichie (at Supreme Court) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjfsdwdMXun/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#womenshistorymonth #janbazaldua #shulkie #ruthbaderginsberg #shehulkcoveroftheday #shehulkattorneyatlaw #smashthesubscribebutton #rbg #notoriousrbg #feminist #feminism #supremecourt #womensrights #michelleobama #malalayousafzai #corettascottking #angeladavis #mayaangelou #gloriasteinem #audrelorde #dianevonfurstenberg #eleanorroosevelt #serenawilliams #simonedebeauvoir #bellhooks #amalclooney #barbarawalters #sherylsandberg #oprahwinfrey #chimamandangoziadichie

[intellectures]

Vom Verbrechen namens Leben

Die US-amerikanische Kulturhistorikerin Saidiya Hartman erzählt in ihrem Band »Aufsässige Leben, schöne Experimente« fulminant von der geächteten Rebellion schwarzer Queers zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Diese Studie verändert nachhaltig den Blick auf die Selbstbehauptung des Schwarzen Lebens in den USA. Read the full article

#AnnPetry #AnneJäger #AudreLorde #bellhooks #BlancheDunn #featured #FranRoss #GaylJones #GladysBentley #JackieMabley #JamesBaldwin #KatyClayton #MabelHampton #MattieNelson #MayaAngelou #NellaLarsen #PiekeBiermann #SaidiyaHartman #UdaSträtling #W.E.B.duBois #WallaceThurman #YaseminDinçer #ZoraNealHurston