The divine Audre Lorde. Living her truth in a society fearful of difference, she established herself as a champion of the civil rights and women's movements, laying bare the interlocking nature of oppression. Here are a few of the quotes that have impressed upon my life in such powerful ways. ***The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. Your silence will not protect you. I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. Revolution is not a onetime event. When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak. Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. Art is not living. It is the use of living.*** #courageous #emboldener #advocate #audrelorde #teacher #womanist #writer #americanicon #thinker #mother #equalist #educator #blackgirlmagic #visionary https://www.instagram.com/p/CMTVIcVBRIw/?igshid=pahsjv1svvqa