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21 " I text you, Dang, I have plans! but what I really mean iswhat is better than meand my imagination? What is more lovingthan all of the ways I can invent You touching me? "
― Melissa Lozada-Oliva , Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
22 " [...] niñita lotioning up stretch marksthat don't have memories yet. "
― Melissa Lozada-Oliva , peluda
23 " The women in my family are bitches.Cranky bitches.Stuck up bitches.Customer service turned sour bitches.Can I help you? bitches.Next in line bitches.I like this purse 'cause it makes me look mean bitches.Can you take a picture of my outfitfull length,get the heels in bitches.I always wear heels to la fiestaI never take them off bitches.All men will kill you bitches.All men will leave you anyway, bitches.You better text me when you get home okay bitches.Pray before the baby comes bitches.Pray before the plane takes off bitches.She has my eyes, my big mouth and my fight, bitches.Sing to the scabs on her knees when she falls down bitches.It's okay not to be liked bitches.Give abuelita bendiciones bitches.The vengeful, violent,pissed,prissed,and polished.Lipstick stained on an envelope,I'll be damned if I'm compliant bitches.The what did you call to us? What did you say to us? What's that kind of love called again?Bitches. "
24 " Your music makes me feel lonely I must be responsible for it I’m alive —ARIANA REINES "
25 " you, not riot grrrl, but rolling all of your R’s. less betty paige, more betty la fea. less zoey deschanel, more chilindrina. not trying to be more white—just more loved. just trying to find a song that is about the girl who is always fixing, snipping away at the bits of herself that are always becoming "