WIST QuotationsJun 1

A quotation from Audre Lorde

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

Audre Lorde (1934-1992) American writer, feminist, civil rights activist
Essay (1983-10), “Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger,” Essence Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 6

More about this quote: wist.info/lorde-audre/49145/

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Lorde, Audre - Essay (1983-10), "Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger," Essence Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 6 | WIST Quotations

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. From the expanded version collected in Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984).

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Craig ConstantineSep 14, 2023

The future

To refuse to participate in the shaping of our future is to give it up. Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do.) Each of us must find our work and do it.

~ Audre Lorde

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#7ForSunday #AudreLorde #Optimism #Quotes
Craig Constantine

Presence, not pursuit.

Craig Constantine
Show threadWendyMay 18
"Your silence will not protect you." — Lorde, 1977. Today silence costs Tehran's hospitals, Brussels' 2040 target, three decades of queer lives. It sorts who gets buried first. https://twp.ai/9OWdVf #AudreLorde #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #Resistance #BlackQueerHistory #Witness #Solidarity
The Marginalian [Unofficial]May 12

The Enemy Outside and the Enemy Within: Audre Lorde’s Antidote to Despair

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/05/12/audre-lorde-despair/

Free as FolkMay 12

Social Revolutions of my Life – Anti-Capitalism & Class Consciousness

This post is Part 3 of a series on social revolutions of the past 30 years — where public consciousness has massively shifted in favor of liberation. My aim is to create space to pause and acknowledge how things have changed in ways that once felt impossible, remind us that things can always be otherwise. It is inspired in part by Rebecca Solnit’s 2016 edition of Hope in the Dark and David Graeber’s 2007 essay “The Shock of Victory.” Feel free to check out part 1 and part 2. [...]

https://write.as/free-as-folk/social-revolutions-of-my-life-anti-capitalism-and-class-consciousness

Larry-bobApr 30
Today, Thursday April 30, 6pm at main #SanFrancisco Public #Library: Free screening in honor of National Poetry Month The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde, a powerful documentary and moving tribute to legendary black lesbian feminist poet #AudreLorde.
https://sfpl.org/events/2026/04/30/film-edge-each-others-battles
Film: The Edge of Each Other's Battles | San Francisco Public Library

In honor of National Poetry Month we screen The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde, a powerful documentary and moving tribute to legendary black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde. 

Show threadWendyApr 29
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." — Audre Lorde, 1988 Today honors those who refused to wait to be invited: Rustin, Rivera, Lorde. #AudreLorde #QueerHistory #BlackHistory →

thistleandmoss.com
What Survives the Morning: Bondi Charged With Contempt, And I Already Feel Contempt For her

Bondi faces contempt charges while Wendy uncovers the political fallout. Plus: protect your digital privacy from the first click—encrypted email and essential OpsSec practices.

Wendy The Druid
Show threadwendythedruidApr 29

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."
— Audre Lorde, 1988

Today honors three who refused to wait to be invited: Rustin, Rivera, Lorde.

#AudreLorde #QueerHistory #BlackHistory #LGBTQHistory #Resistance → https://twp.ai/9OUj1C

What Survives the Morning: Bondi Charged With Contempt, And I Already Feel Contempt For her

Bondi faces contempt charges while Wendy uncovers the political fallout. Plus: protect your digital privacy from the first click—encrypted email and essential OpsSec practices.

Wendy The Druid
erikleuthaeuserApr 25

In Folge 319 von 7Tage1Song ist der Künstler des Songs mit in der Folge, das ist immer etwas besonderes. Erik Leuthäuser verbindet Jazz mit Pop mit deutschen Texten und sehr persönlichen Themen. Erik erzählt euch in dieser Folge wie sein Song entstanden ist. Er zeigt euch wie Liebe und Zartheit zusammenhängen, dabei beruft er sich auf Audre Lorde und Bell Hooks.

https://youtu.be/b0b_bGSeiG4?is=19pFkeS3i92GX2QC

#liebe #zartheit #revolution #audrelorde #podcast

Uehiro Oxford InstituteApr 23

This #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we would like to re-share our #WomeninEthics post about the legendary #AudreLorde: https://youtube.com/shorts/HqRPLMpmfpM?feature=share

She described herself as 'Black, lesbian, poet, mother, warrior' and her writings and speeches were of major influence worldwide.

#Ethics #PracticalEthics

#WomeninEthics Audre Lorde

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