Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Audre Lorde
Born: February 18, 1934
Died: November 17, 1992 (aged 58)
Bio: Audre Lorde was an American writer, radical feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist. In her own words, Lorde was a "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet".
Known for:
- Sister Outsider (1984)
- Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982)
- The Cancer Journals (1980)
- The Black Unicorn: Poems (1978)
- The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
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