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Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Yo soy un puente tendido
del mundo gabacho al del mojado,
lo pasado me estira pa’ ‘tras
y lo presente pa’ ‘delante.
Que la Virgen de Guadalupe me cuide
Ay ay ay, soy mexicana de este lado.
- Anzaldúa
Puñeta, where has this book been all my life? I have a degree in Sociology and I had never heard of Gloria Anzaldúa, which is honestly unacceptable… and then I think about how I didn’t have any Black, Indigenous, or Latinx professors in undergrad, and it just makes me so angry.
Anzaldúa was a true chingona, a queer feminist who wrote this book to honor and celebrate her Chicana experience, her mestizaje and her Indigenous roots and history, and to explore the literal and metaphorical frontera between the U.S. and México, which she describes as una herida abierta. The book is made up of a collection of essays that transcend genres—they’re a mix of poetry, history, sociology, and philosophy. AND it’s English/Spanish bilingual, my new fave kind of book porque así es que yo pienso.
It also helps that every freaking page in this book is mind-blowing and yet just as relevant today as it was when it was first published over 25 years ago.
My fave essay by far was “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” Really made me take a long, hard look in the mirror.
del mundo gabacho al del mojado,
lo pasado me estira pa’ ‘tras
y lo presente pa’ ‘delante.
Que la Virgen de Guadalupe me cuide
Ay ay ay, soy mexicana de este lado.
- Anzaldúa
Puñeta, where has this book been all my life? I have a degree in Sociology and I had never heard of Gloria Anzaldúa, which is honestly unacceptable… and then I think about how I didn’t have any Black, Indigenous, or Latinx professors in undergrad, and it just makes me so angry.
Anzaldúa was a true chingona, a queer feminist who wrote this book to honor and celebrate her Chicana experience, her mestizaje and her Indigenous roots and history, and to explore the literal and metaphorical frontera between the U.S. and México, which she describes as una herida abierta. The book is made up of a collection of essays that transcend genres—they’re a mix of poetry, history, sociology, and philosophy. AND it’s English/Spanish bilingual, my new fave kind of book porque así es que yo pienso.
It also helps that every freaking page in this book is mind-blowing and yet just as relevant today as it was when it was first published over 25 years ago.
My fave essay by far was “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” Really made me take a long, hard look in the mirror.