me and my cousins followed in our abuelas footsteps having kids out of wedlock with men who abandoned us and becoming the other woman and God bless our parents for trying to break this unhealthy cycles but Gabrielaβs blood is too strong for any of us to fight off properly so at some point as we come into adulthood we search for love in the wrong places like her, become pick mes and suffer the consequences of our actions
la filologΓa de nuestro amor nunca fue escrito era un secreto entre nosotros- un secreto que nadie hubiese podido entender un secreto del cual todos se enteraron cuando nosotros acabamos
this day of the dead, Iβll pay reverence to my female ancestors iβll build a shrine with their pictures and letters to honor them itβs the least I can do do the generational gifts passed down to me this day of the dead, Iβll pay reverence to my female ancestor write down their stories and later on share them remember that doing this heals something in me, something in them
siempre Guerrera-Also Happy Peruvian Independence DAY!
I embrace the crone Iβm becoming and let go of the last vestiges of girlhood no longer will I twirl my hair, bat my eyes, or make myself cute and soft for the male gaze trying to get their attention from now on Iβll accept my wrinkles, my aches, my gray hair, my crowβs feet as proof that I have lived and experienced a life few wouldβve survived as proof that I am a goddamn Guerrera
envuelta en un ciclo de nostalgia cartas y fotos viejas y mΓΊsica de los 90 tratando de acordarme de quien fui Antes de me convertirme la madre de alguien
hold onto hope, donβt let go one day youβll laugh about this one day youβll be okay hold onto hope, donβt let go Remember all of the times youβve been strong Remember all of the times you put one foot in front of the other hold onto hope, donβt let go your story is still being written youβre still in time to change your narrative
quizΓ‘s es tiempo que le pida a la luna que te olvides de mi que pares de insistir en resucitar nuestro cuento de amor porque siempre vamos a querer cosas diferentes tu quieres una conexiΓ³n superficial lleno de noches apasionadas y sabanas mojadas mientras que yo deseo algo profundo y puro una conexiΓ³n sΓ³lida que me inspirara mejorar y evolucionar quizΓ‘s es tiempo que le pida a la luna que ya no me busques porque por mas que yo quisiera mi corazΓ³n no se deja ablandar para ti por mas que lo intente
entre la selva y la ciudad caigo en un purgatorio de identidad Caigo entre salvage y intellectual entre la selva y la ciudad caigo en dos mundos opuestos que alumbran la magia de mi dualidad
thousands of indigenous children never made, never born Fujimoriβs presumptuous superiority and cruel policies caused this inhumanity, this crime against the most marginalized the poorest robbing thousands of women of their right to procreate a shameful part of Peruβs history thousands of indigenous children mourned who were never planted, never had a chance to bloom perhaps their existence was a threat to those in power full of corruption, now weβre never know