KWEE Liberian Literary Magazine Jan. Iss. Vol. 0115 Mar Vol. 0315

Liberian Literary Magazine Ain’t I a woman black women and feminism Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde by Bell Hooks “A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must-read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood. Examining the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the black woman's involvement with feminism, hooks attempts to move us beyond racist and sexist assumptions. Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope. This commemorative edition includes a new foreword by Lorde scholar and poet Cheryl Clarke, who celebrates the ways in which Lorde's philosophies resonate more than twenty years after they were first published. These landmark writings are, in Lorde's own words, a call to “never close our eyes to the terror, to the chaos which is Black which is creative which is female which is dark which is rejected which is messy which is. . . .” We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for The result is nothing short of groundbreaking, giving this book a critical place on every feminist scholar's bookshelf. 10

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