‘My Silences Had Not Protected Me’ — Audre Lorde Quote Tee | Wear Words Typographic Statement Tee — Muscle Tank

“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” Audre Lorde delivered this on December 28, 1977, to the Modern Language Association’s “Lesbian and Literature” panel, weeks after a breast-cancer scare had put her face to face with her own mortality. What she regretted from that vantage were the things left unsaid — so she made the case, in what became a landmark essay, that speaking up is the only protection worth the name.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).