The Lesbian Conundrum and the Poetry of Audre Lorde

This article diagnoses Audre Lorde’s lesbian experience as portrayed in her poetry. She describes lesbianism as natural, liberating, political, and creative. Lorde’s idea of lesbianism involves women who indulge in erotic relations on the one hand and relations among women who are emotionally, intellectually, and politically liberating on the other. Most radical feminists see lesbianism as sexually fulfilling as it draws women together for intellectual and emotional comfort.