This was made at the International Gender Justice Dialogue, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, April 19-21, 2010 and was posted to YouTube by nobelwomen — April 20, 2010 ECD.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Audre Lorde Delivering Her Great Speech (and Essay), "The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power"
UPDATE: Source of speech: "Feminist Perspective On Pornography" in San Francisco, November 1978. With thanks to growbean for that information.
[1 August 2010: Julian's note: please also see this A.R.P. post for the full text of the speech along with links to several books by and about her.]
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growbean — April 21, 2010 — Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power is one of the most important essays of the 20th century, written and read by Audre Lorde:
[1 August 2010: Julian's note: please also see this A.R.P. post for the full text of the speech along with links to several books by and about her.]
Posted to YouTube by
growbean — April 21, 2010 — Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power is one of the most important essays of the 20th century, written and read by Audre Lorde:
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