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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

Audre Lorde

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Audre Lorde
Age: 58 †
Born: 1934
Born: February 18
Died: 1992
Died: November 17
Essayist
Feminist
Librarian
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
New York City
New York
Audre Geraldine Lorde
Compassion
Political
Self
Indulgence
Preservation
Warfare
Caring

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