Comments | sokyinator: uses of the erotic

sokyinator

uses of the erotic - by audre lorde

Jun 14, 2007 23:44

this passage struck me when i first read it almost a decade ago ( Read more... )

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loudestyeller June 15 2007, 05:43:54 UTC

I love that Audre Lorde essay. And today I was wearing a t-shirt that my friend Clare gave me yesterday with a different selection printed on the back!

Sometimes I think that we should focus as much on what she says about anger as we do on what she says about the erotic.

what does she say about anger sokyinator June 21 2007, 02:52:46 UTC

that you like? (is it in the same essay?... sorry i just dug up my margarine quote and didn't pay attention to the rest)

Re: what does she say about anger loudestyeller June 21 2007, 03:39:24 UTC

There are two really great essays in that same collection - Sister Outsider about anger and rage and fury. The first one is "Uses of Anger," in which she goes through a bunch of different ways that race and anger are threaded together. Two quotes ( ... )