Danielle Barnhouse

“Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.”
― Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“right" way to be Chicana/o also could be a hegemonic discourse and exclusionary of those who do not fit. They recognized the possibility of multiple hegemonic structures and the danger of policing claims to identity.”
― Dolores Delgado Bernal, Chicana/Latina Education in Everyday Life: Feminista Perspectives on Pedagogy And Epistemology

“The most important single thing we had to pound into ourselves is that we were not important, we musn't be pedants; we were not to feel superior to anyone else in the world. We're nothing more than dust jackets for books, of no significance otherwise.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Constantly exposing yourself to popular culture and the mass media will ultimately shape your reality tunnel in ways that are not necessarily conducive to achieving your Soul Purpose and Life Calling. Modern society has generally ‘lost the plot’. Slavishly following its false gods and idols makes no sense in a spiritually aware life.”
― Anthon St. Maarten