“By creating a new mythos - that is, a change in the way we perceive reality, the way we see ourselves, and the ways we behave - la mestiza creates a new consciousness. The work of mestiza consciousness is to… — Gloria Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it. I write because life does not appease my appetites and anger... To become more intimate with myself and you.… — Gloria Anzaldua Copy Share
“We’re afraid the others will think we’re agringadas because we don’t speak Chicano Spanish. We oppress each other trying to out-Chicano each other, vying to be “real” Chicanas, to speak like Chicanos. There is no one Chicano language just as there is no one Chicano experience.” — Gloria Anzaldúa Copy Share
“I sit here before my computer, Amiguita, my altar on top of the monitor with the Virgen de Coatlalopeuh candle and copal incense burning. My companion, a wooden serpent staff with feathers, is to my right while I ponder the ways metaphor and symbol concretize the spirit and etherealize the body. The Writing is my whole life, it is my… — Gloria Anzaldua Copy Share
“By creating a new mythos - that is, a change in the way we perceive reality, the way we see ourselves, and the ways… — Gloria Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
“At some point, on our way to a new consciousness, we will have to leave the opposite bank, the split between the two mortal… — Gloria Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
