Status Updates From Anger Is Only a Shadow

You can always count on Elizabeth Acevedo to write a banger

‘“If what you see, or the voices you hear, make you turn away from us, trap you so we can’t reach you, then those are not our ancestors talking; those are not the gods of a people that existed as limbs of the same body, that would turn us into”—I look for the right words—“amputated parts.”’

Shit that's poetic

‘“...You can’t rush or pressure a boy into deciding what kind of man he will become.”

Papi’s words hang between us like punching bags I want to knock down. Does he think it was easier for Ma to adjust to the big changes back then? Does he think becoming a woman is somehow easier than becoming a man? Does he think that what Aldwin is going through is so simply explained as “becoming a man”?’

This is so frustrating

“I remember being a teenager and not having the skills to process overwhelming feelings. It was not something I’d ever been explicitly taught or had seen modeled in healthy ways.”

Relatable

I'm so in love with this, I literally cannot put it down! Listening as audio thanks to libro.fm alc - so so good!! Put this on your TBR if it isn't yet!