My sex - Sandra Cisneros
I think about this quote often. I’ve shared it here before but it is good enough to be shared multiple times. I hope my sisters enjoy this!
“Once , watching a porn film, I saw a sight that terrified me. It was the film star’s panocha—a tidy, elliptical opening, pink and shiny like rabbit’s ear. To make matters worse, it was shaved.
I think what startled me most was the realization that my own sex has no resemblance to this woman’s. My sex, dark as an orchid, rubbery and blue purple as a pulpo, an octopus, does not look nice and tidy, but otherworldly.
When I see La Virgen de Guadalupe I want to lift her dress as I did my dolls’ and look to see if she comes with chones, and does her panocha look like mine, and does she have dark nipples too? Yes, I am certain she does.”
Sandra Cisneros
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I teach this article–”Guadalupe Sex Goddess”–to my undergrads. They either love it or hate it. You’ve gotta hand it to la Sandra for pushing the envelope.
Comment on June 8, 2007 04:52 pmThat entire essay changed my life… That might be an overstatement but it really got me to thinking differently about my sexuality. I’m glad I read it. I was definitely one of those girls in the “loved it” category.
Comment on June 12, 2007 05:34 pmWTF. Why the hell are chicks so damned concerned about their looks. Stop letting society tell you what’s hot and getting all suicidal about it. If ya got it, great. If not, fucking look inside and rock that. I get no end of grief from the guys for dating some plain as hell chick. But she reaches out and grabs ya with something else. Now they all pissed cuz they know we’re getting jiggy, they can’t fade it and they ain’t got none. Just like people, every twat and schlong is different and there ain’t nothing you can do bout it but work it.
Comment on June 15, 2007 09:27 pm