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

“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.

**AS Colour 5082 “Faded Bone” — Oversized Tee (Cream finish).** 100% carded cotton, heavyweight 240 gsm, garment-dyed — each tee fades a little differently, so no two are identical. Oversized, boxy relaxed fit, dropped shoulders, wide twin-stitched ribbed neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk (size down for a less roomy look). Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, do NOT bleach, do NOT tumble dry (line dry in the shade to protect the garment dye), cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).