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Andrea J. Pitts, "Nos/Otras: Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Multiplicitous Agency, and Resistance" (SUNY Press, 2021)

New Books in Critical Theory

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No Sotras by Anseldu

No sotreccis is hard to pronounce it's somewhat jarring in the mouth the ear the eye. It exemplified Anseldu's experimental quality of her play with language. I hardly find trans and non-binary latinx and chicka next people in my life who use this term as a self-descriptor to actually embody those qualities imperialist elitist exclusionary like more often than not I find that a lot of us are trying words out trying to explain our relationships to our own bodies and the people who care about us in these bodies. So we can sometimes need to draw boundaries right and lift up the you know kind of like draw some draw bridges up when these

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