18+: Audre Lorde's motto was "your silence will not protect…

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Did you know? Audre Lorde's motto was "your silence will not protect you" — a call to claim your identity even when it is dangerous. She framed her breast cancer as a public political act, not a private tragedy, in her book "The Cancer Journals" (1980). She died in 1992.

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Audre Lorde's motto was "your silence will not protect you" — a call to claim your identity even when it is dangerous. She framed her breast cancer as a public political act, not a private tragedy, in her book "The Cancer Journals" (1980). She died in 1992.

Audre Lorde's motto was "uw stilzwijgen zal u niet beschermen" — een oproep om uit te komen voor je identiteit, ook als het gevaarlijk is. Ze diagnosticeerde haar borstkanker als publieke politieke daad, niet als privé-tragedie, in haar boek "The Cancer Journals" (1980). Ze stierf in 1992.

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