Latinas Quotes

“Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well.”
― Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“Discretion is a polite word for hypocrisy.
Tea Party Teddy”
― Dianne Harman Author

“At Harvard, the strong and savvy and confident thrived, while the nice or shy or quaintly moral were just bit players. In Ysleta, you believed in God because you were poor and needed something to hold on to. At Harvard, you believed in your good luck or bad luck, in all-nighters, in your political savvy.”
― Sergio Troncoso, From This Wicked Patch of Dust

“A bunch of Latinas at Pitzer College decided to let white girls know that they shouldn’t wear hoops anymore, because that’s appropriating a style.... I’ve never worn hoop earrings for the purpose of “feeling ethnic,” nor have I ever associated hoop earrings with a certain culture. They’ve always been an accessory I like. It’s really as simple as that....I can’t wear hoops because I didn’t “create the culture as a coping mechanism for marginalization”? I can’t wear hoops because I’m not a feminist? I can’t wear hoops because some Latinas can’t afford it? I can’t wear hoops because I refuse to buy into your hypersensitive BS?....Does anyone else realize how completely ridiculous that sounds?”
― Hannah Bleau

“Para que no se me olviden las lesbianas. / So that I don't forget the lesbians.”
― tatiana de la tierra, For the Hard Ones: A Lesbian Phenomenology / Para las duras: Una fenomenologia lesbiana

“it's vital to avoid a longtime error of leftist politics, starting with Marxism: failure to understand the powerful role in human society of subjective forces such as spirituality. That failure has opened the door wide to right-wing manipulation of spiritual hunger. That failure undermines the possibility of mobilizing masses of Latinos/as for whom faith has been an affirmation of heart in a heartless world. The bottom line in any organizing for social justice needs to be respect for others' needs, including spiritual needs.”
― Elizabeth Martínez, De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century

“EL DESEO"

I

El deseo es un pájaro que huye
enjaulado muere
libre
un día regresa a la misma flor.

II

El deseo es un fantasma fugitivo
cuando lo atrapamos desaparece
libre,
nos conduce más allá.

III

El deseo es un rostro que esconde muchos rostros.
Si descubrimos el último
todavía nos queda el próximo.

IV

Y nunca el deseo arrojó el ancla
de modo que me vi obligada
a navegar.

V

Convocaste contra mis deseos
el principio de la realidad
pero no es posible desear la realidad
la realidad solo se la padece.

VI

Me negaste por tres veces
en albas sucesivas
siendo yo tu única diosa.
Olvidaste tu fe
entraste en la era del escepticismo.”
― Cristina Peri Rossi, Estrategias del deseo