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cirnv09 's review for:
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
i feel like i’ve been waiting for this book my entire life and it found me at just the right moment.
as a second gen immigrant daughter living in the US, i found this insanely powerful. it pushed me to reflect on my own journey even if it was uncomfortable. i learned so much on restructuring my worldview (that decoloniality chapter, wow, it absolutely gutted me) and learned to put names to things i’ve been feeling/experiencing my whole life.
but foremost, this really was a love letter to brown girls. that opening letter alone was enough to make me sob because yes, we are chingonas, we are gorgeous and we are tough; we are the difficult daughters. we are trailblazers and our laughter carries liberation in it. these reminders are crucial. i hope every latina finds this book when they need it most.
as a second gen immigrant daughter living in the US, i found this insanely powerful. it pushed me to reflect on my own journey even if it was uncomfortable. i learned so much on restructuring my worldview (that decoloniality chapter, wow, it absolutely gutted me) and learned to put names to things i’ve been feeling/experiencing my whole life.
but foremost, this really was a love letter to brown girls. that opening letter alone was enough to make me sob because yes, we are chingonas, we are gorgeous and we are tough; we are the difficult daughters. we are trailblazers and our laughter carries liberation in it. these reminders are crucial. i hope every latina finds this book when they need it most.