Audre Lorde Project

Lesbian Feminism and the Politics of Difference in the 1970’s started off describing Audre Lorde, a truly pivotal character in the black, lesbian, and feminist movements of her time. The self-described “black, lesbian, feminist, poet, warrior, mother” was born to Caribbean immigrant parents in Harlem in 1934. Through her upbringing, Lorde thrived in poetry, a strength that would follow her into adulthood. She used his to her advantage as she progressed through the working class throughout her life. Lorde believed in “strength in difference”. Examples of this were shown prevalent, from lesbianism within 1950’s communities, interracial marriage and childbearing, lesbian marriage and childbearing, and being involved in an interracial lesbian relationship.…

I contributed a great amount of effort throughout this project. Throughout this semester, I have contributed to this project in group meetings and working on the project in my free time. A requirement that each group has was to have two mandatory work meetings. By the end of the semester, me group has met a total of four times. In the first meeting, I contributed by researching different topics we could do for the presentation. We knew we weren’t limited to a certain category, so we created a…

be who and do what is desired it gives more of a reason for woman to become oppressed within society. This is one of the reason why woman and man alike choose not to be defined it is a way to maintain possession of their power. Moreover, Diana L. Hayes, in her work Standing in the Shoes My Mother Made she speaks about the power of naming and when one is named or labeled as a particular thing you take power over them. Women allow themselves to remain free and empowered by taking away the means to…

In the course of their lives humans are always struggling to find their power. They try to find what they are talented at but it is not as easy as it seems. Finding one's true power is hard and one must be able to endure are the troubles that come with it. Furthermore people might face judgement from others or they might not feel understood. For humans to gain their own power they must look deep into their soul and endure judgment from others to find the power that they have hidden. As the…

They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. And this fact is only threatening to those women who still define the master 's house as their only source of support.” (Lorde) We must reform ourselves and Langston Hughes makes that point in his fictional poem in the following quote from Hughes: “We must take back our land again, America! O, yes I say it plain, America never was America to me, and yet I swear this oath—…

Lorde and Butler Society has a strange fixation with placing anything and everything into one category or another. Talking to any person today can show just how different and similar one can be to another. For instance, when you think of a writer, how many varying faces and personalities’ rushes through your head? Audre Lorde and Judith Butler are two such writers that share a connection through their craft and their meaning. Though they may have these general similarities, they have their…

In this essay, I will analyze Audre Lorde’s discussion on the importance of acknowledging the differences that exist between women in order to effectively move forward with positive social change for the feminist movement. I will begin by explaining Lorde’s position. Next, I will outline where I agree with Lorde, as well as two critiques. The setback for feminism, as outlined by Lorde, is not the vast diversity that exists within the female gender such as class, age, race, and sexual preference.…

physical ailments. My skin was just enriched by the sun. But I hated it. I prayed for winter when my skin could lighten and I would feel closer to what I knew to be as normal. I was not an ideal. Shy, smart black girl from small-town Virginia. It was hard. I was isolated. I was silenced. I was othered. Then, I went to the University of Virginia and I found a sisterhood, a likeness amongst my peers. I opened up to people with similar stories as my own, people that were on the outside looking…

In the essay “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power”, from the Sister Outsider (a book of essays and speeches), Audre Lorde (feminist writer) re-interprets the use of the word ‘erotic’ and highlights the importance that it has in empowering women; living within a male dominated world. By directing her analysis towards women, Lorde is able to build a commonality amongst herself and the audience. Furthermore, by stating including her personal identity and experience with eroticism, she can…

As we hear, we are white privilege people who get to do things maybe others don’t get to do. There are things that I, as a white person, have never even thought of that people of other races view as privileges to whites. A few examples of these privileges are dealing with cops more easily, can talk and teach race without it causing huge problems, higher chance of getting a job, English is the main language, the majority of people are white, band aids are flesh color to, and biggest thing overall…