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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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I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell. – Audre Lorde

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