Audre Lorde’s The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power offers powerful new ways to think about eroticisms and how they are enacted in everyday life to empower women. She defines the erotic as a source of power‚ a source of knowledge‚ and a lens through which we can analyze aspects of our lives to evaluate the satisfaction and joy we receive and deserve. We see themes of the erotic in Sapphire’s Push through the interactions the main character‚ Precious‚ has with her social world. In Push‚ Sapphire
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carried a significant meaning to people around the world‚ especially to the millions oppressed because their inability to speak up and take matters into their own hands. Audre Lorde‚ the author of “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action‚” reveals to the readers of a woman named Winnie Mandela. Through Mandela‚ Lorde is able to demonstrate that silence will only continue oppression‚ and oppression can only be stopped if the oppressed speaks up for themselves. Lorde’s argument of oppression
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“Fourth of July” September 16‚ 2011; September 19‚ 2011 Audre Lorde recalls her first experience of Washington D.C. in Fourth of July; she is transformed from an innocent naïve child to a serious adult who is discriminated against when the “realities of race in america and american racism” (line 30) is explicitly shown proving that her ideal land of the free does not exist. Throughout the entire passage‚ Lorde is convinced that she needs to mature and become realistic since America is filled
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Cited: Hurston‚ Zora Neale. “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” 50 Essays. Third Edition. S. Cohen. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2011. 182-186. Print Lorde‚ Audre. “The Fourth of July” 50 Essays. Third Edition. S. Cohen. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2011. 239-243. Print Omi‚ Michael. “In Living Color: Race and American Culture” Signs of Life in the USA. Ed. S. Maasik. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2006
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“Poetry Is Not a Luxury” (1982) intertwines feminism and poetry together. Author Audre Lorde says that for women‚ “poetry is not a luxury‚ but a necessity of our existence” (Lorde‚ 1982‚ pg. 281). In today’s society‚ women’s opinions aren’t really expressed‚ because it’s not widely accepted in this man-built world. Lorde’s quote “poetry is not a luxury‚ but a necessity of our existence” means that women should use their voices and channel their energy into poetry. Since poetry is accepted‚ women
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eighteenth century aristocrats disregarded the peasants‚ the twenty-first century wealthy white elites are similarly indifferent to the conditions of the black poor. Other forms of oppression originate from white feminists themselves. Radical feminist‚ Audre Lorde‚ attacks the underlying racism within feminism in her article‚ “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.” She asserts that feminists advocate the “mere tolerance of difference” between women instead of addressing or even caring
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their parents. Three ideas that play a major role on a child’s perspective on culture are: social interactions between parent and child‚ the passing down of heirlooms‚ and emotional connections. These concepts are seen in the poems Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde and My Mother Pieced Quilts by Teresa Palomo Acosta. Social interactions play such a vital role in how a child perceives the world and culture around them. In the poem Hanging Fire‚ the speaker’s mother never seems to be there‚ which is stated
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clubs‚ cooperative nurseries‚ cooperative business‚ consumer education groups…” (Bambara 4). Her writing of black women’s consciousness-raising can be used as an example and help me illustrate the consciousness-raising of all women in the movement. In Audre Lorde’s essay “Poetry is Not a Luxury‚” she makes an analogy between consciousness-raising and writing a poem such that they both require a start of personal experience and
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I am deeply interested in why Black women are received and portrayed as both “angry” and “strong” Black Women. It may seem inexplicable that a respected black woman educator would stamp her foot‚ jab her finger in someone’s face and scream while trying to make a point on national television‚ thereby reconfirming the notation that black women are irrationally angry. When confronted about race and gender‚ as a black woman I stand in a crooked room. I have to figure out which way is up. Bombarded
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To begin‚ I will explore the major tenents of Black feminism. I am beginning this paper by discussing the major tenents of Black feminism so that later in the paper when exploring the arguments of various Black feminist‚ connections can be made to the major tenents. The tenents are not being discussed in order of significance in Black feminism. With that‚ intersectionality is the first tenent of Black feminism I will discuss. Intersectionality centers Black feminism because Black feminists historically
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