"[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of……" — Audre Lorde

[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of… - Audre Lorde
"[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through all of those already, in silence, except death. And I remind myself all the time now, that if I were to have been born mute, and had maintained an oath of silence my whole life for safety, I would still have suffered, and I would still die."

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