This entry is in response to Audre Lorde's Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference. This was an incredible read. Lorde's essay reads like a critique of contemporary Hollywood. Lorde touches on the subject of age which is interesting, because although intersectionality has been a significant part of this class all the other authors including Davis seem to omit the importance of age. I really would like to know why that is, as women are discriminated against on the bases of age far more than men are. This made me think of the actress Helen Mirren, who stated that producers in Hollywood were encouraging her to dye her grey hair and undergo plastic surgery in order to be more competitive for roles. When I read the line where
