Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde

Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

Audre Lorde

16 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism gender challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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"There are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise." Thus begins this powerful essay; Uses of the Erotic defines the power of the erotic, names the process by which women have been stripped of this power, and considers how ...

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reflective 72%
inspiring 63%
informative 54%
challenging 36%
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emotional 27%
relaxing 9%
sad 4%

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