Two Sets of Eyes Are Better Than One

The cool thing about having two photographers in the house is that one often sees what the other does not. I was sitting by the window, but it was labyrinthnight who looked out the window and hollered a moment before we both ran for our digital SLRs.

The Promise

Sistah Distrust

In Audre Lorde’s essay on how Black women distrust and tear down one another (Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger), she describes in painful detail the misplaced anger Black women often take out on one another, rather than directing it at the racism and sexism that caused their pain. She talks about the hatred between Black women as the norm in her life, and she hearkens back to the days when Black women were more likely to support one another, especially back in Africa. I read her essay as a view on her personal experience, but not as something I could personally relate to. My experience has been such hatred is the exception, not the norm. In my world, Black women usually support Black women.

( Or do they? )