![]() ![]() PoetryĪudre Lorde is known as a poet as well as an essayist and theorist, and she frequently quotes from poetry-her own and others'-to demonstrate her arguments in this collection. ![]() Lorde urges her readers to view the world around them in a less fractured way, and insists that political progress will be made only when individuals' differences from one another are viewed as natural strengths rather than irreconcilable divisions. ![]() She identifies a similar problem within feminism and other political movements, pointing out that participants are often expected to present only a small part of their whole identities-disguising or downplaying, for instance, their race, their sexuality, or their familial relationships. She describes the way in which dominant forces in western society have created false binaries, separating, for instance, emotion and rationality, even though they are two inseparable parts of a whole. Lorde's writing is nuanced and complex, but her solution to the political and social problems in her society can be described with one simple concept: wholeness. ![]()
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