it’s been a while since I haven’t been consumed by existential dread.
like really, a while.
I was talking to one of my friends about the state of the world.
“fuck, I don’t even know where we would even start to fix this mess.” she’s not wrong.
I know we’re in the middle of a illiteracy moment as a country, but I don’t need to spell out what has happened for you to get the point.
I’ve never been known for keeping my opinions to myself or staying quiet.
on top of my personality, I was a teenager during the Tumblr era. I’m acquired with angst and political rage.
as life continued to snowball and everything somehow kept getting worse, my default was not to sit quietly and observe.
personally, I think the people who stay quiet while others suffer, go hungry, hurt, and fucking die, is cowardly pathetic.
as a Mexican woman.
let me repeat that, just in case you missed it,
as a mexican woman. if I stayed silent, watching all this happen, would make me a disappointment.
not only to myself. but to my roots, my culture, my people.
and to women.
so I won’t.
I won’t keep my mouth shut.
I won’t “stop bringing up politics.”
I won’t surround myself with people who voted for abuse and hatred.
if that makes you hate me, let me get the door for you.
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