Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Jun 21, 2020 Loretta rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: queer-reading, reading-for-craft, for-research, cnf-essays

Essential reading, and I can't believe it took me until now to read it. Impossible to review, but I do want to go looking for more writing about Lorde, responding to / commenting on some of these essays.

One of the things I felt quite strongly is that in most of the essays, Lorde wasn't writing for me - she is writing to and for black women. (with a few powerful call-outs to white feminists who need to step the eff up). But that's fine. And, as a white woman, I should absolutely still 100% read ...more

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Jan 18, 2017 CoCo rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: black-women-authors, audiobooks, black-lgbtq-authors

This has been on my to-read list for awhile but I bumped it up in preparation for the upcoming Women's March. It's a must-read for understanding intersectional feminism. There were a few pieces I could have done without, such as the opening notes on Lorde's trip to Russia. I felt this was a very strange editing choice for an opening piece and there were a few instances like that throughout.

HOWEVER, odd editing choices aside, this is still a five-star read. I was particular compelled by pieces s ...more

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May 27, 2021 Rachel rated it really liked it

Read this for book club AND it meets one of Book Riot’s read harder challenge. Task #2: read a book about anti-racism.

This is feminism classic/101 for good reason. Audre Lorde is speaking about intersectionality before there was even a word for it. The essays that spoke to me most were those which described how she stopped being silent. Facing one owns mortality may put into perspective how necessary it is to live. This feels particularly true for this last year. “Your silence will not protect ...more

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Nov 13, 2024 Akilah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, nonfiction, bw, 2024, 20-books-by-black-women-2024, af-am, black-author, 2024-11

I listened to the audio book narrated by Robin Eller, and I do not recommend experiencing the book that way. Eller's delivery is completely robotic. I honestly felt like I was listening to a screen reader and not a skilled narrator.

Thankfully, Lorde's words transcend Eller's narration. This was a perfect book to read during this election cycle because it served as a reminder that (annoyingly and infuriatingly) we have been here before and still intellectualism and joy and creativity persist. At ...more

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