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

“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.

**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).