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Your Silence Will Not Protect You
Your Silence Will Not Protect You | Audre Lorde
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martellax
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An extremely compelling collection of poems, essays and speeches that tackle themes of racism and feminism. It will make you emotional and engaged with multiple issues that you and the author possibly have in common. It‘s an incredibly empowering book that, especially in Lourde‘s writing, manages to grasp the honest and intellectual issues of society. Despite not being the primary audience for the book, the writing is incredibly inspiring.

sharread Welcome to Litsy. 3y
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maddielikesbooks
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DAAAAAAMN AUDRE LORDE I LOVE U

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TheBookHippie
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Scochrane26 Appalachian Elegy is a good one to add (bell hooks). 4y
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KendallHershey
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Vacation reads in Nicaragua! Nothing like some feminist lit to help you relax and decompress 😂

8little_paws oohh I am thinking of going to central america next year but have yet to settle on where exactly. It'll be me my husband and our baby who will then be about a year old. How is Nicaragua? 4y
KendallHershey @8little_paws I loved Nicaragua! It‘s actually one of the safest countries in Central America. Granada, especially. Check out the Tribal Hotel 😍 I can‘t speak with a young baby, though - I‘m not a parent and am severely under qualified to give my opinion there 😂 4y
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This was an incredible read. The preface by Reni Eddo-Lodge was beautiful and I‘m grateful for the opportunity to read Lorde‘s collected works. So much of her writing was educational for me and so much spoke to shared struggles (“Why keep yelling when no one is listening? Does my voice matter? How do I use my anger without it burning me alive?”). I‘m looking forward to rereading this over the years.

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kaysworld1
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So i had the craziest brain wave this morning to turn all my books around and here my shelves.
I realised I was only picking popular books and ones I just bought, which is not good when you have some that have been on the shelf for nearly 10 years.

So now I have to read random and I love it.
But first finish my library books I have 2 on the go.
What do you think? Happy reading💝📚

#books #library #blindreading

Caroline2 This makes sense but I know what I‘m like, I‘ll still end up putting books back till I find the one I want! 😆 I have zero self control or discipline!! but I totally agree, I get annoyed at myself for choosing popular/new books over books I‘ve had for years! 🙄 6y
BookishTrish I‘m interested in how this works out for you! Keep us posted! 6y
kaysworld1 @BookishTrish I'm interested in how its going to turn out 😂 6y
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Smrloomis Oooh, I really like this! I might have to try it. In the meantime, keep us posted on how it works out for you. Are you going to put some back or just read whatever you choose first? Either way, it sounds good to me! 6y
kaysworld1 @Caroline2 No I'm being stern with myself I have far too many I have 2 massive boxes in the corner so I need to read a few. 6y
kaysworld1 @Smrloomis I have a bag at the end of the sofa when I have read a book I put it in then when it's full it goes to a charity shop. I'm going to read what ever I pick first that way I can stop favouring certain book. 6y
Smrloomis This sounds great to me. Hope it helps to clear some space out. 6y
ElaineHowlin Love this idea!!! I may have to give this a try 6y
kaysworld1 @ElaineHowlin I'm only in my first couple of days and its going well x 6y
Nute I really like this idea. So do you read whichever book you select without making an alternate choice? 6y
kaysworld1 @Nute Hello, Yes the first one I pick up I read there's no swapping and changing. I'm being stern with myself. 6y
Nute 👋🏽Hi. I wonder if I could be that disciplined? I‘m betting on you though...You rock!!! 6y
kaysworld1 @Nute Thank you very much 💝 you have cheered me up now xxxxx 6y
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nomierosie
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Some brilliant belated birthday presents #audrelorde #oteghauwagba #feminism #intersectional

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In a society where the good is defined in terms of profit rather than in terms of human need, there must always be some group of people who, through systematised oppression, can be made to feel surplus, to occupy the space of the dehumanised inferior.

Bookwomble I haven't read this book yet, but this caught my eye as I was flipping through it (instead of tidying up my shelves as intended, which is why it takes so long!). From other bits I've scanned, I think I'm going to enjoy this once I get to it - it looks thought provoking and challenging. 6y
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