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Audre Lorde - The Erotic As A Power
Audre Lorde - The Erotic As A Power
Audre Lorde - The Erotic As A Power
POWER
AU D R E LO R D E , “ U S E S O F T H E E R OT I C : T H E E R OT I C A S P O W E R ” F R O M S I S T E R
O U T S I D E R : E S S AY S A N D S P E EC H E S , P P. 5 3 – 5 9
1. In what ways is our world designed for men, where women live
outside themselves? Examples
2. Do you agree with Lorde’s opposition between the erotic and the
pornographic? Can porn be in some sense liberating?