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aprilseye:

“I am an act of kneading, of uniting and joining that not only has produced both a creature of darkness and a creature of light, but also a creature that questions the definitions of light and dark and gives them new meanings.” -Gloria Anzaldua (Taken with Instagram)

mamita you are giving me all the feels with your blog

If a woman rebels she is a mujer mala. If a woman doesn’t renounce herself in favor of the male, she is selfish. If a woman remains a virgen until she marries, she is a good woman.

She has this fear
that she has no names
that she has many names
that she doesn’t know her names
She has this fear
that she’s an image
that comes and goes
clearing and darkening
the fear that she’s the dreamwork
inside someone’s else’s skull
She has this fear
that if she takes off her clothes
shoves her brain aside
peels off her skin
that if she drains
the blood vessels
strips the flesh from the bone
flushes out the marrow
She has this fear
that when she does reach herself
turns around to embrace herself
a lion’s or witch’s or serpent’s head
will turn around
swallow her and grin
She has this fear that if she digs into herself
she won’t find anyone
that when she gets “there”
she won’t find her notches on the trees
the birds will have eaten all the crumbs
She has this fear
that she won’t find the way back.

queeraztlan asked: Your description reminds me of Gloria Anzaldua!

That’s the intention! Inspired by a Gina Valdés quote found in Borderlands/La Frontera:

Hay tantísimas fronteras

que dividen a la gente,

pero por cada frontera

existe también un puente

april's eye: feels good to be able to speak in the language of your ancestors after... ›

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This is the only one to have really made me LOL.

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