"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."
― Audre Lorde
Topic(s): Women
― Audre Lorde
More From Audre Lorde
- "In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction."
- "I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."
- "I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t."
More In Women
- "I love women. I’m trying to do beautiful things with them. I’m not trying to insult them. My life is not about that."― Calvin Klein
- "Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about."― Catherine Deneuve
- "A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they’re thinking about is how they look."― Emma Thompson