best of luck!

How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez? I read books with sexual content when I was in middle school, but I think the way it is presented matters. Like, she def. shouldn’t be reading Junot Diaz now lol. When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago is good too.

I’m so jealous right now, I went to one of her readings but I never got to ask her a question or meet her. I am going to channel this jealousy in a positive direction by making sure I meet her the next time lol

Women Hollering Creek, as a coincidence, was the first book I ever read by a woman of colour. It changed my life. I had just moved to Texas, where most of the stories were set. She experimented with so many different styles in that one book, and yet they were always accessible and emotionally direct. I’m probably…

OHMYGOD SANDRA CISNEROS

I replied further down the thread that I skimmed that part, and anyway, I do apogolize for that. I still think her comment about men wasn’t limited to abusers, but just unhealthy relationships in general.

lol you literally starred some of my comments yesterday, but sure dude. Keep throwing that whiny tantrum.

*sigh* I probably skimmed that part. But again, my point still stands. Women often get emotinally attached to men terrible for them. Minaj said she thought when she was young that if she stayed financially independent, she would be able to do better than her mom, but she has clearly stayed in shitty relationships (for…

I’m saying that women often don’t marry men they love. Sometimes the best choice for them and their kids is to marry someone who can provide for them. Minaj is saying that she thought her mother stayed with her probably abusive dad because of money, and that if she earned money, she would be able to stay in stable and…

Ah - my bad, I must have skimmed that part.

Did not know that. But my point still stands.

OH MY GOD dude grow the fuck up. Stop throwing tantrums. You’re a grown ass man.

Was she? Because there was no mention of that in the interview. Either way, you’re right. Terrible relationships can be terrible without being abusive, and women willingly staying without being trapped in the abuser-victim dynamic

So? She’s right about that. You were the one who included the bit about stand up comedy. Black people sure don’t get credit for a lot of their contributions, but Jewish people are often slighted too. Stand up wasn’t appropriated by White people or Jewish people

Don’t bother with this dude. Last time when I pointed out he was being slutshamey, he threw a tantrum and called me a “liar” and a “disgusting” person for saying he might have implied something slightly sexist. Save yourself the trouble. And you’re absolutely right about this.

Yep. Women often stay in shitty relationships with men where shitty doesn’t equal abusive, but just plain ol’ shitty. It’s an age old story, no?

Again - she did not specify that the man in question is abusive, just that he might not be the best choice for the woman. You’re reaching here, aren’t you? Minaj didn’t say her mother was being abused, that’s an assumption. Maybe her mother was looking for financial security for her and her kids despite her…

When did she say her mother was being abused? Some women stay with shitty men who aren’t ‘abusers’ who sleep around or are addicts out of some twisted kind of attachment. Did she specify that her mother was being abused?

Drake and Meek Mill are ‘feuding’, Lil Wayne sued that other fella - and yet Nicki Minaj is somehow asked as if she is thriving off that drama. Women are always seen as emotional and catty, therefore unable to keep it professional. It’s something dude bros often say about women. She is being professional. She is the…

can’t believe a grown ass dude is throwing this petty little tantrum