Lorde, throughout her response, paints a picture of Staples as something of a chauvinist, carelessly ignoring the dangerous realities of life as a Black woman. Though he, like nearly everyone described in Sister Outsider, is a real person, Lorde vividly characterizes him by addressing him in her essay "Sexism: An American Disease in Blackface." The essay is a response to a paper of Staples' in which he characterizes Black feminism as a dangerous phenomenon. Robert Staples was a sociologist focusing on African-American life and a contemporary of Audre Lorde. Thus, in these pages, Audre Lorde is a deeply honest and curious person, simultaneously exploring problems relevant to her life and passionately corralling others to join her.
She also tends to address her audience with a mixture of affection and sternness, particularly when delivering speeches or writing letters to a highly specific person or group of people. Lorde presents herself as a deeply vulnerable and constantly questioning individual with a desire to act in a morally correct way.
Therefore Lorde frequently references her own professional and personal life, including her dealings with other intellectuals, her struggles and triumphs raising children, and her feelings of anger and hope in the face of injustice. Though Lorde writes about broadly relevant issues such as racism, sexism, and homophobia, she does so through the lens of her own experience. Audre Lorde is both the author and the main character in these texts.
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