‘Caring for Myself is Not Self-indulgence’ — Audre Lorde Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Literary Tee — Muscle Tank

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Audre Lorde wrote this in 1988’s A Burst of Light, keeping a journal as the breast cancer that would kill her spread to her liver. For a Black woman worn down on every front, and now fighting for her own body, tending herself was strategy: she kept the teeth in the phrase, framing rest and repair as how a person under siege stays alive to keep fighting.

**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).