“There are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise. The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognised feeling,” writes Audre Lorde in her infamous 1978 lecture-turned-essay, “The Uses of the Erotic”. Dazed editorial intern Kara Shanahan was first introduced to Lorde’s essay by writer andhellip;read more raquo;