What we need
For Frances
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4366951 |
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| Authors | M David Collins (0000-0001-9088-2008, American University, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 801-804 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14647001251329770 |
| OpenAlex | W4409521667 |
| Language | EN |
This article expounds upon my best friendship with someone 40 years my senior while she was dying of cancer. The article is guided by excerpts from Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals , and details several lessons learned from Lorde and my friend, Frances, about defining what we need to survive (and die) as an inherently revolutionary and feminist act
Friendship · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Family Support in Illness · Gender Studies · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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