Monthly Archives: April 2013

“Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been made.” I think this quote means that women can do so much more then they … Continue reading →

Humans are very sexual beings. When we socialize, get to know one another and provoke the dopamine in each other’s bodies, we are being sexual. When we kiss it’s sexual. Even when we rate others, it’s sexual- despite who you’re rating. Violence … Continue reading →

                There are many roles and reasons Allison tells stories in this novel. She tells stories as a way to remember her mother and her memories, to help her heal from being raped and abused as a child, to tell the story … Continue reading →

Two or Three Things I Know For Sure by Dorothy Allison and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cigneros are similar in certain ways. Like in both stories Esperanza and Dorothy love story telling and  begin by talking about … Continue reading →