“What are you?”
“Are you Spanish?”
“Where are you from?”
These are questions that have plagued me my entire life. “My parents are from Mexico”, is what I usually respond. But, what am I?
Read More“What are you?”
“Are you Spanish?”
“Where are you from?”
These are questions that have plagued me my entire life. “My parents are from Mexico”, is what I usually respond. But, what am I?
Read MoreMy family has owed a debt for as long as I’ve been alive. And I was reminded of this every Christmas as the women in my family pitched in to make tamales for the holidays. Over pots of stewed pork in chile, sticky masa and wet corn husks, one by one they would share old stories and new, and like clockwork, my mom would weave the story of how I was born.
Read MoreAs a long time Harry Potter fan, when I heard the news that JK Rowling had made some off-color comments about the trans community, my heart broke. Not for me, but for the fandom as a whole.
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