Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men.
Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men.
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.
Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.
Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.
But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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