"I guess my feminism and my race are the same thing to me. They’re tied in one to another, and I don’t feel an alliance or an allegiance with upper-class white women. I don’t. I can listen to them and on some level as a human being I can feel great compassion and friendships; but they have to move from their territory to mine, because I know their world. But they don’t know mine."

Sandra Cisneros, Chicana Feminist Thought (via shana—e)

reading cisneros in junior high was a real light bulb turning on moment. At first, her work was an introduction and interest in poetry that cultivated a desire to relate and connect to others but that awareness, anger, compassion and ideas grew into so much more. Nothing but the upmost respect for her.

(via cresscross)

Yes yes yes! I couldn’t stop at House On Mango Street in middle school; I’ve read all of her books, which deeply informed my feminism and my cultural identity. Also, you all should check out this talk she did with Dorothy Allison. I like them both so much.

(via suzy-x)