It’s not a straight line.
The First Time | “There is no hierarchy of oppressions.” Audre Lorde in all her powers, clarity
THIS WINTER. GIRD YOUR LOINS: Reading & Writing Through Poetry Is Queer with Kirby
“Oppressed peoples have been the same oppressed peoples my entire life: anything not straight, anything not conforming, anything not white.”
Sappho. Lorde. Clifton. Jordan. Rich. Nguyen. Brossard. Moure. Stein. Winterson. Michaels. Acker. Califia.
This is an extremely short…