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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman's face?

What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman's face?

Audre Lorde
Faces, Oppression, Print

The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.

Audre Lorde
Mean, Doe, Oppression
Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.70, Crossing Press

There is no Hierarchy of Oppressions

Audre Lorde
Hierarchy, Oppression

If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough.

Audre Lorde
Taught Us, Action, Oppression
Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.142, Crossing Press

The fear that we cannot grow beyond whatever distortions we may find within ourselves keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, externally defined, and leads us to accept many facets of our own oppression as women.

Audre Lorde
Loyal, May, Oppression

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