I think there is a great sadness when you read how insightfully Lorde, writing 40 years ago, speaks to some many contemporary issues – the struggles seem the same, have we really made so little progress?
She writes a lot about the impact of intersectionality, before the term was coined, particularly from the experience of being Black, queer, and female. And about the ways that for example within the feminist movement non-White experience was being rendered invisible, often under the false belief that strength and unity of a movement would be put at risk if diversity was acknowledged.
It is an inspirational collection – you are left with a renewed sense of passion to be active in breaking down the barriers and the structures that hold so many lives back.
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