2023-09-05 Tue 21:38 [[Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf]] --- # [[Journal section]] ### [[MOB]] at 2024-10-18 Fri 10.43am Gus give me a summary of this essay. > [!ai]+ AI > > ##### Summary of "The Uses of the Erotic" by Audre Lorde > Lorde argues that the erotic is a source of power for women, encompassing more than just sexuality. She posits that patriarchal societies have suppressed this power by limiting the erotic to narrow definitions. Lorde redefines the erotic as a deep, life-affirming force that can inform all aspects of life, from work to politics. She encourages women to reclaim and harness this power for personal and societal transformation. > > The essay critiques the suppression of the erotic in Western society and calls for its recognition as a vital source of knowledge and empowerment. Lorde emphasizes the importance of connecting with one's deepest feelings and using that connection to fuel meaningful action and resistance against oppression. --- # Highlights >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T16:29:12.953Z","updated":"2023-09-07T16:29:12.953Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":635,"end":723},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"Anti-ascetic in her demandsthat desire be made conscious and sensualityaffirmed","prefix":" the chapterreprinted here. 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","suffix":"And in issuing her call to "}]}]} >``` >%% >*%%HIGHLIGHT%% ==By disentangling women’seroticism from its cultural misuse and callingfor a realization of the erotic as the most self-responsible source of women’s power, Lorde,locating that power in women’s acknowledg-ment of desire, blurs the boundaries betweenthe erotic, on the one hand, and political, cre-ative, and everyday activities, on the other.== * >%%LINK%%[[#^i7sej32wwbc|show annotation]] >%%COMMENT%% > >%%TAGS%% > ^i7sej32wwbc >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T16:36:11.383Z","updated":"2023-09-07T16:36:11.383Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":3407,"end":3599},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"So women are maintainedat a distant/inferior position to be psychicallymilked, much the same way ants maintaincolonies of aphids to provide a life-giving sub-stance for their masters.","prefix":"ility of itwithin themselves. ","suffix":"But the erotic offers a wel"}]}]} >``` >%% >*%%HIGHLIGHT%% ==So women are maintainedat a distant/inferior position to be psychicallymilked, much the same way ants maintaincolonies of aphids to provide a life-giving sub-stance for their masters.== * >%%LINK%%[[#^pj525rob9ba|show annotation]] >%%COMMENT%% > >%%TAGS%% > ^pj525rob9ba >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T16:38:01.541Z","updated":"2023-09-07T16:38:01.541Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":3604,"end":3775},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"the erotic offers a well of replenishingand provocative force to the woman who doesnot fear its revelation, nor succumb to thebelief that sensation is enough.","prefix":"b-stance for their masters.But ","suffix":"The erotic has often been misnam"}]}]} >``` >%% >*%%HIGHLIGHT%% ==the erotic offers a well of replenishingand provocative force to the woman who doesnot fear its revelation, nor succumb to thebelief that sensation is enough.== * >%%LINK%%[[#^jz2qnof35a|show annotation]] >%%COMMENT%% > >%%TAGS%% > ^jz2qnof35a >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T16:39:02.005Z","updated":"2023-09-07T16:39:02.005Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":4073,"end":4293},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"confusing it with its opposite,the pornographic. 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Pornographyemphasizes sensation without feeling.== * >%%LINK%%[[#^ms5l2pfvl9|show annotation]] >%%COMMENT%% > >%%TAGS%% > ^ms5l2pfvl9 >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T16:39:55.572Z","updated":"2023-09-07T16:39:55.572Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":4293,"end":4382},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"The erotic is a measure between the begin-nings of our sense of self and the chaos of our","prefix":"sizes sensation without feeling.","suffix":"strongest feelings. 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For havingexperienced the fullness of this depth of feelingand recognizing its power, in honor and self-respect we can require no less of ourselves.== * >%%LINK%%[[#^tcoq7ralkgp|show annotation]] >%%COMMENT%% > >%%TAGS%% > ^tcoq7ralkgp >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T16:40:49.738Z","updated":"2023-09-07T16:40:49.738Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":4879,"end":5069},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"giving in to the fearof feeling and working to capacity is a luxuryonly the unintentional can afford, and theunintentional are those who do not wish toguide their own destinies.","prefix":"is toencourage excellence. 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Thefear of our desires keeps them suspect andindiscriminately powerful, for to suppress anytruth is to give it strength beyond endurance.== * >%%LINK%%[[#^hax7bvtsyy|show annotation]] >%%COMMENT%% > >%%TAGS%% > ^hax7bvtsyy >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T17:51:11.153Z","updated":"2023-09-07T17:51:11.153Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":13119,"end":13378},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"when we begin to live from within outward, intouch with the power of the erotic within our-selves, and allowing that power to inform andilluminate our actions upon the world aroundus, then we begin to be responsible to our-selves in the deepest sense.","prefix":"t alone an individual’s. But","suffix":" For as we begin torecognize ou"}]}]} >``` >%% >*%%HIGHLIGHT%% ==when we begin to live from within outward, intouch with the power of the erotic within our-selves, and allowing that power to inform andilluminate our actions upon the world aroundus, then we begin to be responsible to our-selves in the deepest sense.== * >%%LINK%%[[#^al2kamksidm|show annotation]] >%%COMMENT%% > >%%TAGS%% > ^al2kamksidm >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T17:52:20.322Z","updated":"2023-09-07T17:52:20.322Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":13722,"end":13938},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"In touch with the erotic, I become less will-ing to accept powerlessness, or those othersupplied states of being which are not native tome, such as resignation, despair, self-effacement,depression, self-denial.","prefix":"vated and empowered from within.","suffix":"And yes, there is a hierarchy. T"}]}]} >``` >%% >*%%HIGHLIGHT%% ==In touch with the erotic, I become less will-ing to accept powerlessness, or those othersupplied states of being which are not native tome, such as resignation, despair, self-effacement,depression, self-denial.== * >%%LINK%%[[#^o52fn7bzant|show annotation]] >%%COMMENT%% > >%%TAGS%% > ^o52fn7bzant >%% >```annotation-json >{"created":"2023-09-07T17:54:08.555Z","updated":"2023-09-07T17:54:08.555Z","document":{"title":"Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","link":[{"href":"urn:x-pdf:ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},{"href":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf"}],"documentFingerprint":"ac627e64a4a3fc4d9f79b6e93db5bd92"},"uri":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","target":[{"source":"vault:/1-pub/Papers/Audre Lorde 1978 - The Uses of the Erotic.pdf","selector":[{"type":"TextPositionSelector","start":14076,"end":14194},{"type":"TextQuoteSelector","exact":"there is, for me, no difference between writinga good poem and moving into sunlight againstthe body of a woman I love.","prefix":"m, but only one of quantity. 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