12-03-2009, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by apretty
from the first page of this thread i've kept thinking: "master's tools/master's house"
so, i went looking for more Audre Lorde, (sure she was trying to get in on the conversation/at least in my head)
"There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself -- whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. -- because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else."
and
"I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or chisel or remind you of your me-ness as I discover you in myself."
i feel like this, especially the last quote, is how we all fit together. (and it feels fucking fantastic)
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This all deserves a repeat. 
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Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside. - Dorothy Allison
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