Sister Outsider is a seminal text from the great thinker, activist, and poet Audre Lorde. Containing such powerful essays as "The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house," "Poetry is not a luxury," and "Uses of the erotic: the erotic as power," to name a few favorites. Read this book to explore the intersectionality of racism +/- sexism +/- heterosexism +/- classism +/- ageism. Read this book for fresh thinking on how social difference can act as a vehicle for action and change. Read this book for liberation.Publisher description:
The writings of poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change.