"But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women." ― Audre Lorde Topic(s): Women More From Audre Lorde "Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests." "There’s always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself – whether it’s Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. – because that’s the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else." "The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives." More In Women "The problem is, women have stopped setting the bar high."― Steve Harvey "When anything goes, it’s women who lose."― Camille Paglia "I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce."― Margaret Mead