Article 1
The first article I read was a poem titled Del Otro Lado which was included in Anzaldua’s work. The poem is a story that gives us a glimpse into the life of a girl whom, from my interpretation, just “came out” to her family. Unfortunately, her family isn’t too accepting of her after coming to the realization that she is queer. Her mother even goes as far as to threaten to commit suicide if the girl tells anyone in their town. Her family is so unaccepting of her that they cast her out of their home. The girl left home and tried to make a home elsewhere. However, she is queer, so she gets the same treatment everywhere she goes. From my understanding of the poem, her race played a role in her not being fully accepted by the queer group also. As a result of everyone pushing her aside and viewing her as less than, she was forced to live in the shadows because no one accepted her wholly.
Article 2…show more content… In this piece Anzaldua explains how her intersectionality can limit and marginalize her within the social categories she belongs. An example of this is found in her experience as a writer. Anzaldua tends to be labeled a “chicana writer” or a “lesbian chicana writer,” whereas her white lesbian counterparts are labeled “writer.” This is a problem because her writing is then viewed as “chicana writing” rather than just regular writing, as if the writing itself is less than because it was written by someone who isn’t seen as a regular writer. She also writes about wanting to identify herself as something without being limited, overlooked, or excluded because of the identities she
