"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."
-Audre Lorde
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"The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.“
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