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Since the release of Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984-1992 back in 2012, her brand of intersectional feminism has become a must-read. We spoke with filmmaker Dagmar Schulz about the thinker's private side.

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Photo by Salimah Ali Audre Lorde, born on Feb. 18, 1934, was a first-generation Caribbean-American feminist, womanist, librarian and civil rights activist. She described herself as “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” Her life’s work was centered around the injustices of racism, classism, sexism, capitalism, heteronormativity and homophobia (Poetry Foundation, 2019). Lorde has remarkable command of technic, voice and expression in her poetry that has allowed her to communicate angry a...

– asks by Tilda Butterworth Tuesday January 12 2021 Anyone who has an interest in queer cinema can tell you that there are glaring similarities within the lesbian period drama genre. Leeza Isaeva’s article, The Rise of the Lesbian Period Drama, perfectly encapsulates the ways in which supposedly radical lesbian cinema is in fact repeatedly falling into the same safe subject matter and tropes — even down to how the characters interact with each other physically. Here’s how it go...