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" The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower. "

Audre Lorde

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World

Conquer

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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People

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