Status Updates From ¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Ou...

“I used to resent the fact that she didn’t teach me Spanish, that she didn’t maintain our family traditions… Identity is defined as much by what you have as what you’ve lost. Wanting to recover those things was like feeling homesick for a home I never had. That, to me, is Chicano.”

i enjoyed the first half of the book as it felt poinette and even humorous but the book lost its sparkle. i don’t feel like any of the “hola papi” questions were actually answered. every chapter centered around john paul’s man of the week. i couldn’t tell you the names of any of his friends or even his parents. his only inspiration for advice comes from sexual relationships or porn

More relatable than I thought it'd be