Mmastodon HealthPandemics first seen 19 h ago, last 17 min ago, peak #1

Audre Lorde quote on self-care resurfaces online

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

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 'A Burst of Light', the book Lorde wrote while dying of breast cancer in the late 1980s. People are invoking it to argue that rest and self-care are political acts, not indulgence, particularly in conversations about health, illness and survival under pressure.

Why now: The quote is being recirculated as a rallying point in discussions about health, burnout and self-care as resistance.

Audre LordeA Burst of Light

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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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