Audre Lorde

feminists. One of the books you’re going to read is going to show some of the challenges people who identify as women face in this world. It’s called Zami by Audre Lorde. I love her.” As the semester went along, I finally got the chance to read this book that my professor was so excited to teach us about. I fell in love with everything about it. Audre Lorde demonstrated what it was like growing up as a woman of color, struggling with her identity. From reading that book, I learned that…

organized plan for selecting students for this class. There are so many benefits for students enrolled in an inclusion class”. Inclusion is an influential tool, not only for students but for the parents of the students, and teachers. In the words of Audre Lorde “it is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences”. Inclusion teaches a sense of belonging, as well as acceptance not just…

They wanted to shy away from being seen as objectified women; instead, they wanted to be seen as erotic and independent. Audre Lorde claims that the power of the erotic “empowers [black women], becomes a lens through which [they] scrutinize all aspects of [their] existence, forcing [them] to evaluate those aspects honestly in their meaning within [their] lives (195).” TLC and…

better questions. I am grateful for my ability to give myself permission to take care of me. However, in this process of putting ousrselves first we will undoubteldy dissaponit some people in our lives. As self-doubt returns remember the advice of Audre Lorde, “I have come to believe that…

Audre Lorde once said, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” When I hear this quote, I think about diversity and how our society is filled with a wide range of divergence. The differences in society is so large, that we feel divided or like an outsider to those who may have dissimilar views, perceptions, and opinions. Truth is, Lorde is right. If we as a society are able to accept those difference, and accept the…

Oppression is the subjection of own group by another. The results are devastating to the group being oppressed, and are harmful to society. In United States history, the main group of people who have struggled against oppression are African Americans. This oppression resulted in the formation of the Civil Rights Movement, which fought for the equal rights for all citizens under the law. However, this struggle against oppression is not as one dimensional as it seems. Caroline or Change helps to…

In the past few years sexuality and the treatment of those who identify outside of heteronormative boundaries has become a prominent issue within the contemporary Civil Rights Movement. Recently there has been a huge debate regarding Transgender men and women's use of bathrooms. Some people and legislators believe that there should be gender neutral bathrooms, others believe that transgendered people should use the bathroom that corresponds with the sex they were assigned at birth, while others…

caused problems for both the Women's Rights movement and Civil Rights movements. The Women's Rights Movement was for the liberation of all women not just white women. While the civil rights movement was justice for all Blacks not just Black men. Audre Lorde writes in “The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House,” “Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference -- those of us…

For a logical response to Jerome’s androcentric criticism of women practicing free will and control over their own bodies, one could look to Beverly Harrison, a professor of Christian Ethics. Harrison defends women’s rights to their own bodies, stating that abortion could be considered not only “morally justifiable,” but “a moral good, because it is not rational to treat a newly fertilized ovum as though it had the same value as an existent, pregnant, female person.“ She goes on to say,…

also those words that are meaningful to us. But primarily for us all, it is necessary to teach by living and speaking those truths which we believe and know beyond understanding,” from “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” by Audre Lorde. Within our society women are viewed with a lower status than men just because of their use of indirect speech. This is mainly due to how children are brought up within their cultures and ultimately society. However in other cultures,…