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Audre Lorde quote on self-care as political warfare resurfaces

Original: ❝ Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. ❞ ― Audre

The writer and activist Audre Lorde's line that caring for oneself is 'self-preservation' and 'an act of political warfare' is being widely shared again. The quote comes from her 1988 book 'A Burst of Light', also known as 'The Cancer Chronicles', which she wrote while dying of breast cancer. Readers are revisiting her argument that rest and self-care are political acts, particularly for Black women and others under constant strain.

Why now: The quote is being recirculated amid ongoing debates about burnout and self-care as resistance.

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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 “A Burst of Light” is also known as "The Cancer Chronicles", and Lorde wrote this as she was dying of breast # cancer . at a time # ReaganBush #… · blogdiva · 57

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