Audre Lorde was a Black lesbian feminist poet and an inspiration to look to, for she could see both difference and sameness, and know how to work with both. She was a fierce activist and listening to her can be both empowering and soothing in these times of crisis - a crisis of capitalist exploitation that led us to a climate crisis and a pandemic that makes deeper the already existing inequalities. But one can learn to live with fear and beyond it, with disease and beyond it, and most importantly, with each other - care and organize, for each other.

00:15 Part I - fear is normal
03:11 Part II - our differences are our strengths
06:00 Part III - community care
07:58 Part IV - a litany for survival

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This video is fourth in a series: a ”Dictionary of thinkers and concepts” that we think with!
Everything is equally weird - on Graham Harman's philosophy - https://youtu.be/8l1kajxU9ho
Making kin beyond babies - after Donna Haraway - https://youtu.be/8UtrXjE9gPQ
The end of endings - with Timothy Morton’s philosophy - https://youtu.be/U-sG4BKFC04

Credits:

Written by M
Writing suggestions by Theo
Recorded by M & Theo
Illustrations made by Mina
Video/Audio editing by Theo

Bibliography:

Lorde, A. (2007). Sister outsider: Essays and speeches. Crossing Press.
Lorde, A., Byrd, R. P., Cole, J. B., & Guy-Sheftall, B. (2011). I am your sister: Collected and unpublished writings of Audre Lorde. Oxford University Press.
Lorde, A. (1997) The Cancer Journals. Aunt Lute Books

"Audre Lorde" - song by Corasón / featured in the film "Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984-1992" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_8ubEUAP0
Audre Lorde - The complete last reading in Berlin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo7TcxauHqw
A Litany For Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IfDLEb_n4w

Incredible coronavirus/pandemic related policies twitter thread: https://twitter.com/a_vansi/status/1240281067610832897?s=20

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