Janet Mock's honest and sometimes searing journey is a rare and important look into la vida liminal, one that she manages to negotiate remarkably well, with grace, humor, and fierce grit. Mock doesn't only redefine what realness means to her, but challenges us to rethink our own perceptions of gender and sexuality, feminism and sisterhood, making this book a transcendent piece of American literature.
Women destroy me. I allow them to. - Raquel Cepeda
Women destroy me. I allow them to.
- Raquel Cepeda
The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined. - Raquel Cepeda
The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.
Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places. - Raquel Cepeda
Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.
Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady. - Raquel Cepeda
Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.
Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet. - Raquel Cepeda
Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.
There are things in our blood that are just naturally passed down to us, whether we want to recognize them or not. - Raquel Cepeda
There are things in our blood that are just naturally passed down to us, whether we want to recognize them or not.
I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our famil… - Raquel Cepeda
I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our famil…
Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America? - Raquel Cepeda
Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?
Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in. - Raquel Cepeda
Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in.
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