"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."
-Audre Lorde
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"But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.“
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"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
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"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."
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