Though often seen as a controlled piece of oneself, identity is an unbound formation which is formulated by racial construction and gender construction within an individual’s society. People usually do not have a hard time describing themselves to others. For example, poet Audre Lorde described herself in three words: black, mother, and lesbian. This does not mean that these were the only roles that she fulfilled while existing in this society; she was also a poet, activist, and feminist. Lorde’s description of herself had matured over time since she was not always a mother and since she was not born with a label on her forehead that read “LESBIAN”. Our identities of ourselves change as we move along as members of a society and as mentioned
