53 min
Episode 10: Reflecting on Audre Lorde--Black, Radical, Femininst, Lesbian, Poet FemmSouth
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- Society & Culture
This episode examines Audre Lorde’s collection of essays and lectures in her book, "Sister Outsider." Join Leigh and new cohost, Jillian Rosandich, as we talk about Audre Lorde’s theory of difference, a foundational pillar of Intersectional Feminism that recognizes the particular experiences and issues of women of color and other groups that were being left out of the broader feminist conversation of second wave feminism. As Lorde put it,
"The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those differences" (70).
These conversations are just as relevant today as we stand together against oppression and injustice and work to uncover our full Herstory. What does it look like to recognize and hold space for difference, especially when building an inclusive community that speaks to the diverse interests and needs of all women? Can we widen our views around race, class, age, sexual identity, and religion, and find new ways of existing and examining the world outside of patriarchal constructs? We are now connected globally more than we have ever been, and so we must stand together in unity through diversity.
Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, & Google Play
Visit our website www.FemmSouth.com
We are on Instagram & FB @FemmSouth
Support us through membership via Patreon @ www.patreon.com/FemmSouth
This episode examines Audre Lorde’s collection of essays and lectures in her book, "Sister Outsider." Join Leigh and new cohost, Jillian Rosandich, as we talk about Audre Lorde’s theory of difference, a foundational pillar of Intersectional Feminism that recognizes the particular experiences and issues of women of color and other groups that were being left out of the broader feminist conversation of second wave feminism. As Lorde put it,
"The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those differences" (70).
These conversations are just as relevant today as we stand together against oppression and injustice and work to uncover our full Herstory. What does it look like to recognize and hold space for difference, especially when building an inclusive community that speaks to the diverse interests and needs of all women? Can we widen our views around race, class, age, sexual identity, and religion, and find new ways of existing and examining the world outside of patriarchal constructs? We are now connected globally more than we have ever been, and so we must stand together in unity through diversity.
Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, & Google Play
Visit our website www.FemmSouth.com
We are on Instagram & FB @FemmSouth
Support us through membership via Patreon @ www.patreon.com/FemmSouth
53 min