Philosophical
What if rest isn't something you earn?
There's a deeply ingrained idea that you have to deserve rest. Finish the to-do list first. Push through. Sleep when you're dead. Lorde saw this logic as something worth questioning, not accepting.
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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The thinker
Poet, Essayist, Activist
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was an American writer and civil rights activist whose essays and poetry explored identity, oppression, and the radical power of self-definition.
Based on A Burst of Light: And Other Essays — Audre Lorde, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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