There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the interconnectedness of various social issues in our lives.
Audre Lorde highlights the complexity of human experiences, arguing that no struggle can be isolated from other aspects of identity and life. She suggests that our lives are multi-faceted, and issues such as race, gender, sexuality, and class are interrelated, requiring a holistic approach to understanding and addressing social justice.
In practice
In a speech advocating for women's rights, highlighting the importance of addressing race and class issues alongside gender.
The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.
There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
Fundamentalism as it is called is not confined to the Muslim world. It is something that we have seen in different parts of the world. Let us hope that a dialogue between the followers of the three great monotheistic religions could help in putting an end to this.
When I see the Confederate flag, I see the attempt to raise an empire in slavery. It really, really is that simple. I don't understand how anybody with any sort of education on the Civil War can see anything else.
She likes to try everything, out of curiosity, but she'll be sorry if she isn't guided by her heart.
For the Divine to function through you, it is important to make every breath, every pulsation in the body, and your very existence an offering.
Most men think graft a sporadic evil, breaking out here and there, with no connection between outbreaks. I shared the same opinion, but very soon I discovered that the graft in the cities always leads to the graft in the State.
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.
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