Sister outsider
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Audre LORDE. Sister outsider. [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, 2020, xv, 183p.
"At once a searing indictment of a racist, patriarchal society, and a manual for claiming an intersectional identity, this book is a comprehensive collection of the lauded poet and writer Audre Lorde's most famous and influential works of nonfiction prose. This book depicts the idea of "difference" - whether through race, gender, or sexuality - as a powerful tool for empowerment that can be used as a catalyst for change. Throughout the fifteen essays and speeches that comprise the volume, Lorde asserts that because she is a Black, queer woman, she is considered an outsider - but that it is precisely her outsider perspective that allows her to see the various layers of identity-based oppression. A pioneer of intersectional feminism, the author encourages the reader to embrace their difference and weaponize it for change, a once-radical 20th-century idea that has become a full-blown movement."
"At once a searing indictment of a racist, patriarchal society, and a manual for claiming an intersectional identity, this book is a comprehensive collection of the lauded poet and writer Audre Lorde's most famous and influential works of nonfiction prose. This book depicts the idea of "difference" - whether through race, gender, or sexuality - as a powerful tool for empowerment that can be used as a catalyst for change. Throughout the fifteen essays and speeches that comprise the volume, Lorde asserts that because she is a Black, queer woman, she is considered an outsider - but that it is precisely her outsider perspective that allows her to see the various layers of identity-based oppression. A pioneer of intersectional feminism, the author encourages the reader to embrace their difference and weaponize it for change, a once-radical 20th-century idea that has become a full-blown movement."