#AUDRELORD

[freshnewsnow]

YUNGMORPHEUS is a Superfluous Sly Guy

Going to Syracuse University only strengthened and solidified the fact that I was seeking real connection amongst down-to-earth people. For an artist named Yung Morpheus from Miami, Florida - his college experience shaped who he became as an artist.

It is amazing how the things we go through can mold our outlooks, perspectives, behaviors and attitudes. For example – myself – a white man was taught early on that all people deserve love. My father and mother instilled the virtues of love, patience and kindness within me. I am forever grateful for them. I’ve always been a person who has gravitated toward people who were real. Going to Syracuse…

[goodblacknews]

“Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society’s definition of acceptable women. . . those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are Black, who are older—know that survival is not an academic skill. It is learning how to take our differences and make them strengths. For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” —Audre Lorde, poet, activist, and essayist, from Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984) #audrelorde #womenshistorymonth #goodblacknewscalendar https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0DtFuraw0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[blacklifescience]

“In the gallery today, everywhere offered ugly images of women offering up distorted bodies for whatever fantasy passes in the name of male art”( Audre Lorde, Cancer Journals pg 3)

Wangechi Mutu, Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors, edition 14/25, 2006; Collage on found medical illustration paper, portfolio of 12 prints, each 23 x 17 in.; Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation; Photo by Strode Photographic LLC, courtesy of the artist

-MS

[cowshorsesandgardenias]

This Month for the first time, I am going to do my best to post about Caribbean Americans who contributed Black American History in the USA. Please Enjoy. I encourage all of the African Diaspora in the USA to post about their contributions to the beautiful tapestry, mosaic known as Black History. Audre Lorde was born in New York City on February 18, 1934 to Caribbean immigrants. Her father, hailed from Barbados and her mother, was Grenadian and was born on the island of Carriacou. As a poet, she is well known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as well as her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. As a spoken word artist, her delivery has been called powerful, melodic, and intense by the Poetry Foundation. Her poems and prose largely deal with issues related to civil rights, feminism, lesbianism, illness and disability, and the exploration of black female identity. #audrelorde #barbados #grenada #usa #caribbeanamerican #caribbeamericanheritage #caribbeanamericanhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365 #blackhistory #poetry #poet (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIIF9wuQoE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[when-the-cities-burn]

[liminalgoddessworld]

Audre Lorde Being Great for 1min 16secs

[intellectures]

Überlebender und Zeuge

James Baldwin würde übermorgen seinen 100. Geburtstag feiern. Der Kulturjournalist René Aguigah erschließt in seinem Porträtband »James Baldwin. Der Zeuge« sein Werk so greifbar und lebendig wie niemand zuvor. Aguigahs Porträt ist neben der wachsenden Gesamtausgabe in der Übersetzung von Miriam Mandelkow die perfekte Einladung, sich in ein Werk zu vertiefen, dass einem immer wieder den Atem nimmt. Der Gesprächsband »Ich weiß, wovon ich spreche« vertieft Baldwins Themen, Steve Schapiro hat Baldwins wichtigsten Essay »The Fire Next Time« mit Bildern aus der Zeit der Bürgerrechtsbewegung illustriert. Read the full article

[ug47]

Transform the world, all the time.

[lizloveswords]

A better question is -- how do I want to live the rest of my life and what am I going to do to ensure that I get to do it exactly or as close as possible to how I want that living to be?

I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out my ears, my eyes, my noseholes --everywhere. Until it's every breath I breathe. I am going to go out like a fucking meteor!

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Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light

[epicforwards]

"A woman is like a tea bag: You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

— Eleanor Roosevelt

[kanisemarshallofficial]

Celebrate Women's History Month with us as we showcase and highlight wonderful women everyday!

[lonewolfe]

Happy Birthday #ToniMorrison & #AudreLorde ✍🏾📖📚🤎🤎🤎 https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0bSsXPLgv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[belascoainyneptuno]

#DiversionismoIdeológico, mi columna en @14ymedio, ya salió. En este ciclo de #espinelas, mantengo mi #política —mi #poética— de ni contar una mentira ni dejar títere con cabeza. Aquí —y en todas partes—, lo personal es político. Voy más lejos: mi niñez demuestra el rotundo fracaso del régimen #cubano en promover e implementar la justicia e igualdad racial en esa isla de la que escapé, como escapan miles de mis compatriotas por estas fechas. Ya sé que el Estado es un sistema y en mis versos me refiero a individuos. Pero el engranaje de una sociedad funciona —o deja de funcionar— porque hay gente que lo ejecuta. Esas criaturas y su #racismo enfermizo pasaron por mi vida. Y todas apoyaban abiertamente a la “Revolución”, mientras me repetían que en la dictadura previa yo “no sería ni persona”. Por tanto, este ajuste de cuentas en el ágora se lo debía a mi infancia. Lo dedico a #racistas —de todos los géneros y las latitudes— que han defendido —¡y me han explicado!— la “Revolución”. La #patria se aprende en la familia. El #racismo también. Edúcate y educa a ru descendencia. No olvides que “los trapos sucios se lavan en casa” es un modo muy eficaz de proteger a quien te oprime. Di tu verdad. Recuerda, con #AudreLorde, que “tu silencio no te protegerá”. Aquí te dejo algunas fotos del niño que fui en aquella #Habana. También incluyo una de las #décimas y el enlace en el que te esperan las otras seis. Toma, lee. Tuve un padre tan pendejo:  un mulato que pasaba  por blanco mientras pensaba,  al mirarse en el espejo,  que era un #poeta complejo.  Hoy sólo habita en mi olvido.  Fue jerarca del Partido.  Fue más: ¡fue hasta embajador  de ese estado de terror!  Yo me quité su apellido.  https://www.14ymedio.com/opinion/Ajuste-cuentas_0_3450854881.html #Cuba 🇨🇺 #SOSCuba 🇨🇺 #PatriaYVida 🇨🇺 #DPEPDPE #CubaEsUnaDictadura 🇨🇺 #CubaEstadoFallido https://www.instagram.com/p/CmyuqwIO5Xb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[unfoldingnarratives]

Because we were always celebrating something, a new job, a new poem, a new love, a new dream #AudreLorde #celebrate #goodcompany #aventurasdeamigos #koreanfood #Madrid https://www.instagram.com/p/CluYKdqskOb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[when-the-cities-burn]

[spider-dan2006]

In this #WomensHistoryMonth Cover by #JanBazaldua #Shulkie honours #RuthBaderGinsberg #SheHulkCoverOfTheDay #SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw  #SMASHTheSubscribeButton @MsTonyaTodd @ComicsinMotionP https://pod.fo/e/143eaf • • • #rbg #notoriousrbg #feminist #feminism #supremecourt #womensrights #michelleobama #malalayousafzai #corettascottking #angeladavis #mayaangelou #gloriasteinem #audrelorde #dianevonfurstenberg #eleanorroosevelt #serenawilliams #simonedebeauvoir #bellhooks #amalclooney #barbarawalters #sherylsandberg #oprahwinfrey #chimamandangoziadichie (at Supreme Court) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjfsdwdMXun/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=