‘I Am Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing’ — Audre Lorde Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Muscle Tank

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” Audre Lorde set this line in her poem “New Year’s Day,” published in 1973 in From a Land Where Other People Live — a Black lesbian poet claiming, out loud and on the page, a fearlessness she was expected to keep to herself. To announce your intention plainly, with no hedge and no apology, was itself the daring thing: she made the saying an act of self-possession.

**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).