Audre Lorde Tea Towel

Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet: that’s how Audre Lorde described herself. Born in February 1934, Audre Lorde was also a feminist and civil rights activist whose work drew attention to the lived experience of oppression in a patriarchal, racist and homophobic society.

For liberation movements to succeed, she argued in her trail-blazing collection of essays Sister Outsider, they must not only seek to find common ground in the experience of oppression: they must also recognise and embrace difference. Too often, feminism in the United States had focused on white women, ignoring the very different experiences of Black, gay, working-class and disabled women.

The tea towel is made from sturdy, half panama weave, unbleached cotton, and it's designed and made in the UK. The special inks used to print this design mean that its vibrant colours will last in the wash.

Use it for its original purpose or frame it and hang it on a wall.

Size: 48cm x 70cm.