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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

18 reviews

meilanon's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Rape

scarroll178's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

So well written. Especially loved Uses of the Erotic and The Uses of Anger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Rape, and Murder

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Like any kind of collection, there are always some parts that you like better than other ones but, overall, there is an awful lot to appreciate here and many interesting, challenging and complex reflections to ponder over.

There were a couple of chapters that I didn't much care about and, in places, were also a bit of a struggle to get through (for example "Notes from a Trip to Russia"; "An Interview: Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich", which was way too long, too much focused on their personal relationship, and also I do not like Adrienne Rich).

I have to admit that some sections were a bit difficult to understand, but that has more to do with me lacking in similar personal experiences and knowledge, than to any fault of the author. 

A lot of what Audre Lorde reflected on and wrote about back then still resonates deeply today. I think it will be worth it to read more from the author and then revisit these essays.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

yaoipaddle's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Very very very good. My copy is full of annotations for quotes I liked, inspiration I found, facts and stories I wanted to look up further, facts I wanted to pull for reference when speaking with others. 

Definitely not a book to just read and put away without Audre's words tying themselves into your brain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Rape

Minor: Cancer, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

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

evan_chanel's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Deeply discussed themes of self-determination, self-definition, the power and differences of anger and hatred all with the message of minority female empowerment and agency. Some repetitiveness between essays or interview but overall brings the same themes through different stories throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Violence

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