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Quote by Audre Lorde
Theres always someone asking you to underline one piece of yoursel

Theres always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself – whether its Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. – because thats the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. – Audre Lorde

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Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat. – Audre Lorde

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Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests. – Audre Lorde

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