I made a commitment a half century ago to make my writing my own tool and weapon to fight injustices as I recognized them, and this continues. I am g… - Ana Castillo

When i say ours was a love affair, it is an expression of nostalgia and melancholy for the depth of our empathy. (p39)

We think that language is only an aesthetic choice or a matter of personal expression, but for Mexicans and the people in the U.S. who share that history, suppression of our culture is political. This is the reason I choose the language/s I choose, and when.

The early feminista understood the erroneous conceptions of the white woman's movement that equated sexism to racism because she was experiencing its compounding effects in her daily life.