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Rebel Girls

Audre Lorde Read by Camille Stennis

Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.57.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Born in Harlem in 1934 to a family of Caribbean immigrants, Audre Lorde grew up to become a Black feminist icon and celebrated American poet, writer, and activist. Best known for her works exploring her own multifaceted identity, Lorde both struggled with and embraced the differences that made her unique—and the ones that drew her to others. A poet and self-described “warrior,” Lorde created a space for herself in America by writing about her personal experiences and advocating for freedom for people of color, the LGBTQ community, women, and oppressed communities around the globe. [This episode originally aired in August, 2021.] About the Narrator Camille Stennis is an audio editor, music composer and sound designer based out of Los Angeles, CA. She has a BFA in Music Production & Sound Design for Visual Media from the Academy of Art University, and has also interned at companies such as Jingle Punks, Unified Films, and was previously the Head of Production at Jam Street Media supporting various creative productions in podcasting, music publishing and audio visuals. She worked as an Audio Producer and Sound Designer for Rebel Girls. Camille is also a member of the LGBTQ+ community, living happily with her wife and dogs. Credits This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls and is based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This episode was produced by Camille Stennis. Sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. This episode was written by Alexis Stratton and fact checked by Joe Rhatigan. Executive Producer was Katie Sprenger. Haley Dapkus was our production manager. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi.   A big thanks to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this show possible! For more, visit rebelgirls.com. And if you like what you heard, don’t forget to rate and review this episode, and share it with your friends! Until next time, stay REBEL!

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Thanks for listening. Once upon a time, there was a girl who dared to be loud, proud, and different. Her name was Audrey.

0:47.0

Audrey.

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Audrey grew up in Harlem, New York in the 1930s and 40s.

1:00.0

Cars and horse drawn wagons crisscross the bustling streets and around Audrey were a

1:07.6

babble of voices accents and O'D.

1:18.0

Audrey's parents had immigrated to New York from their island home in the Caribbean.

1:21.0

And Audrey often felt like an outsider.

1:25.0

She was born legally blind and had to wear thick glasses.

1:31.0

She didn't speak until she was four, but when she did, she always had opinions.

1:39.2

And when people asked her how she was, she answered them by reciting poetry.

1:47.0

But those weren't the only things that made her stand out. At her mostly white Catholic school kids

1:59.0

teased her for being black but among black American kids, Audrey felt out of place because her parents were

2:08.4

from another country. Audrey was often lonely and her books and writing were sometimes her only comfort.

2:20.0

As she secretly scribbled out her own poems late into the night, she was determined to harness the magical power of words.

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