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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

25 reviews

souplover2001's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

“we are women making contact within ourselves and with each other across the restrictions of a printed page, bent upon the use of our own/one another’s knowledges.” → a great summary of how this book made me feel

i am going to be thinking about this book for the rest of my life. i will write a more cohesive review later on – it is only right that i share my thoughts on audre lorde’s work, as she has so kindly and reverently shared her thoughts with me – but i am in awe of how much i enjoyed this book, lorde’s writing style, and the stories she had to share. learned a lot but also found so many thoughts and feelings that i’ve previously had articulated in ways that i would have never been able to communicate. it almost feels a little trivial to mention which essays were my favourite since i think they're all worth reading but i will be going back to the transformation of silence into language and action, uses of the erotic, the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house, age, race, class, and sex: women redefining difference, the uses of anger, and eye to eye quite often! almost every page is annotated with my own thoughts, “!!!!”, or tabs so i can readily revisit certain passages and quotes. a must read!!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny and Racial slurs

robinks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

What a powerful introduction to Audre Lorde’s words. I read so many lines over and over to let them sink in. There were such meaningful, clear anecdotes and heavy research to support Lorde’s points. This is definitely a collection I will come back to time and time again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Homophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Police brutality

linguaphile412's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and Classism

kennedylamb's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

lizard800's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was an interesting read for me. It's a bit depressing that many of the issues being addressed here in the 70s and 80s are still with us. There are some iconic essays/speeches in this book, but the long meandering interview with Adrienne Rich in the middle could easily have been cut without losing anything important.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Lesbophobia

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

a work much deserving of its classic status, sister outsider is raw, incisive, deep, and searing; its soul-searching, reclaiming of self and space, and examination into the sinister nooks and crevices of american society in all its -isms and complex intersectionality are cloaked w/ righteous (and relatable) rage, all succinctly yet effectivively articulated in a mix of prose, poems, and interviews, among others, though the last chapter kinda throws me off in its placement and seeming detour from content presented earlier in the book.

not only does lorde get me nodding my head off in vigorous agreement, she also leaves me awed and astounded at times at how insightful and revealing her observations and truth-telling are, and her call to self-awareness and action are inspiring. she's also light years ahead of many others in her understanding and communication of the seemingly seamless blending of race, sex, sexual orientation, class, and other aspects of complex intersectionality, as well as her awareness of her own positionality, resulting in a startlingly non-western-centric work. this is def a book to keep and read then reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Infertility, Rape, and Medical trauma

solitract13's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Lesbophobia

dumaurier's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Cancer, Racial slurs, and Rape

aishallnot's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

This is my first time reading/learning about Audre and her philosophies and I love her writing and how show shapes her perspectives in society as a black lesbian feminist. Even though her words were written decades ago they still apply today in the 21st century. I'm hoping to get a physical copy so I can annotate and reflect on her words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Racial slurs