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I Am Not Better Than Mi Mami

I Am Not Better Than Mi Mami

Originated published on Guerilla Feminist  I am the first in the my family to do a lot of things, like go to college and get a graduate degree.  And all my accolades began to go to my head.  I began to feel like I was better than the people who

My Mami's Hands

My Mami's Hands

I do not live near my mami.  We live a few thousand miles apart, physically, and also billions miles apart politically.  I love mi mami though, and I am always thinking about her.  Today I have been thinking about her hands… Las manos de mi mami brings so many memories.

Romanticizing Our Suffering

Romanticizing Our Suffering

Here at BoldLatina, we continue to be proud of the Latinx who have graduated and of those, soon-to-be-graduates (days away) the graduation season is not over yet! These journeys of higher learning accomplishments have been documented right here on our platform, check it! From one of our earliest published pieces,

Gringa Tears: The Not-So-Silent Dictator

Gringa Tears: The Not-So-Silent Dictator

Men ain’t shit.  This is not news, this is not something that I even focus my work on, but follow people like Mala and Zahira on social media to get a vast and comprehensive critique on men’s ain’t-shit behaviors.  I am a girls girl, for survival.  I

To The Child I Will Never Birth

To The Child I Will Never Birth

Mother’s Day is a beautiful day to pay particular respects to our mamis.  Mother’s Day in Nicaragua is on May 30th and it is the day that my mami used to call my abuela and gush to her about how much she had learned from her and how

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