You know you have that zealousness of the young person that feels like you can go out and do it all. You know you save the world, save your gente, save women and before you know it if you try to do that you will burn out very quickly. My feeling is that I always think that and my advice to young people regardless of what times in these decades we've been living in there's always work to be done. The point is what can you do personally that you can live with so that you can get up the next morning and have the strength to start it all over again.
my Mamá Grande, a tiny Mayan woman, took me aside when I was an adolescent and told me several things that didn't make a bit of sense to my young and… - Ana Castillo
my Mamá Grande, a tiny Mayan woman, took me aside when I was an adolescent and told me several things that didn't make a bit of sense to my young and…
- Ana Castillo
What you perceive as "liberal" is my independence to choose what i do, with whom, and when. Moreover, it also means that i may choose not to do it, w… - Ana Castillo
What you perceive as "liberal" is my independence to choose what i do, with whom, and when. Moreover, it also means that i may choose not to do it, w…
I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American. - Ana Castillo
I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.
I feel that it's very important for young people to have a sense of history and do research and don't re-invent the wheel and don't think that you're… - Ana Castillo
I feel that it's very important for young people to have a sense of history and do research and don't re-invent the wheel and don't think that you're…
Our goal should be to achieve joy - Ana Castillo
Our goal should be to achieve joy
I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically disorientin… - Ana Castillo
I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically disorientin…
When one of us dies of cancer, loses her mind, or commits suicide, we must not blame her for her inability to survive an ongoing political mechanism … - Ana Castillo
When one of us dies of cancer, loses her mind, or commits suicide, we must not blame her for her inability to survive an ongoing political mechanism …
There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality, m… - Ana Castillo
There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality, m…
It is an absolute impossibility in this society to reversely sexually objectify heterosexual men, just as it is impossible for a poor person of color… - Ana Castillo
It is an absolute impossibility in this society to reversely sexually objectify heterosexual men, just as it is impossible for a poor person of color…
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