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June, 2007

  1. My sex – Sandra Cisneros

    June 8, 2007 by elenamary

    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


  2. como se llama? obama

    June 5, 2007 by elenamary

    When Barack Obama comes on TV I always think, “when is he going to die?”. I worry that he is going to be killed. Some crazy person is going to kill him and then my generation will spend our time writing books about “What would’ve happened if Obama had been president?”.  Isn’t that what happens to black leaders?

    My wonderful friend Anne sent me a link to Amigos de Obama which is of course a site encouraging Latinos to get excited about Obama. I would have been much more offended if I couldn’t stop from laughing. Get this you can download “Obama Reggaeton“. I never know what to think when I see sites targeted at Latino voters and it is in Spanish. I wonder what the dominate language is for Latino Voters? I know I really dislike the spanglish. For example check out the lyrics to Obama Reggaeton:

    “Como Se Dice…Como Se llama? (OBAMA, OBAMA)”
    Oye mi gente este es un hombre preperado…
    La esperanza ha llegado.
    Como Se Dice…Como Se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA! (Repeat four times)

    Dicen que no contamos…
    Invisibles porque no votamos…
    Pero aqui estamos y todo esto va cambiar…
    We did the marchas y ahora vamos a votar.
    Listen to me gente, es tiempo para algo diferente..
    What we need is un nuevo presidente…
    Como Se Dice…Como Se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA! (Repeat two times)

    Los Mexicanos como se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA!
    Puerto Riqueños, como se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA!
    Los Peruanos, como se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA!

    En esta gran nacion ya no existe una buena educacion,
    Dicen todo el dinero va a la imigracion
    Es facil culpar el que no vota
    El gigante Latino esta que brota
    Despierta!
    Vamos a eligir a quien de veras entienda…
    Como Se Dice…Como Se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA! (Repeat four times)

    Los Colombianos, como se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA!
    Dominicanos, como se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA!
    Los Cubanos, como se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA!
    Los Brasilieros, como se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA!
    Salvadoreños, como se llama?
    OBAMA! OBAMA! Latinos!!!
    La esperanza ha llegado.
    Como Se Dice…Como Se llama? (Repeat)