Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde was a feminist writer known for her powerful poems and essays. She described herself as "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet."
In her writings she embraced anger and other strong emotions to advocate for change and address racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia, and fight back against white supremacy, patriarchy, and heteronormativity. Audre was a pioneer and embraced intersectionality (though not yet using that vocabulary) in all of her work.
She viewed our differences as strengths and tools for transforming oppressive systems.