I like to say that I’ve never doubted my Peruvian-ness because it’s the one place that can’t deport me 🤣🤣🤣 but we have a very toxic relationship going on. On the other hand, I don’t feel like there’s an adequate alternative for it. I’ve just come to embrace the idea that I never belong and that’s ok. It suits me to be an agent of chaos and disruption 😈😈😈😈
Hmmm. I have so many thoughts. America is such a weird place and perceived so differently from American to American. And getting weirder (uglier) by the day! I’m soooo American to my cousins in Mexico. And not Mexican enough to my Mexican family in the US. Through high school I would have claimed America first but later I’ve always claimed Mexico first. I wasn’t born there and I’ve never lived there. Are identities are so complex.
Ok I have to put Katie’s book on my list. And Wolf Hall? I’m still living in the afterglow of Bleak House☺️
Every one of your pieces makes me stop and think about the world in a different way. (Unrelated or maybe, related, I am a white woman from Connecticut who never felt like I belonged there and hasn’t been back in years)
I like to say that I’ve never doubted my Peruvian-ness because it’s the one place that can’t deport me 🤣🤣🤣 but we have a very toxic relationship going on. On the other hand, I don’t feel like there’s an adequate alternative for it. I’ve just come to embrace the idea that I never belong and that’s ok. It suits me to be an agent of chaos and disruption 😈😈😈😈
International Agent of Chaos and Disruption would look good on a business card :)
There is no place that you couldn't belong, Priya. Like, objectively.
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Hmmm. I have so many thoughts. America is such a weird place and perceived so differently from American to American. And getting weirder (uglier) by the day! I’m soooo American to my cousins in Mexico. And not Mexican enough to my Mexican family in the US. Through high school I would have claimed America first but later I’ve always claimed Mexico first. I wasn’t born there and I’ve never lived there. Are identities are so complex.
Ok I have to put Katie’s book on my list. And Wolf Hall? I’m still living in the afterglow of Bleak House☺️
Wolf Hall is incredible. Put it on the list!
Every one of your pieces makes me stop and think about the world in a different way. (Unrelated or maybe, related, I am a white woman from Connecticut who never felt like I belonged there and hasn’t been back in years)
Every culture has something to offer, and Connecticut did give us the best lobster roll. (And thank you)