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The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
Born: Feb 18, 1934
Died: Nov 17, 1992

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Strength, Failure, World, First, Become, Lesson, Our, Define, Our World, Recognize, Must, Divide, Crucial, Academic, Reach, Beyond, Empower, Feminists, Difference, Patriarchal, Conquer

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