Hotheaded Peter, Unrestrained Cardi, and Overwhelming Me.

When you’re brown, Latina, fat, a woman, and grew up lower-class you can’t speak. You can’t feel. Every instinct to express yourself is weighed against these questions: What stereotype am I fueling? Will I “intimidate” myself out of a job? a friendship? a relationship? Will this prove I really am too much? Not enough? PartContinueContinue reading “Hotheaded Peter, Unrestrained Cardi, and Overwhelming Me.”