I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect o…

Audre Lorde
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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self. ✨ Audre Lorde (2012). Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, p.120, Crossing Press
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