CategoryIdentity, Self & Psychological Narratives

Explorations of identity, self-concept, authenticity, and the stories we live inside without noticing. These articles look at how roles, labels, beliefs, and psychological narratives quietly shape experience — and how suffering often arises from defending an idea of who we think we are.

I Grew Up Admiring Strong Women—That’s How I Learned Gender Wasn’t the Point

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Womanhood, Integrity, and What I Was Actually Taught to Admire I am not a woman. That sentence tends to arrive with heat attached to it, but that heat isn’t coming from me. I’m not trying to provoke. I’m not trying to negate anyone’s experience. I’m not rejecting my past or the people who shaped me. I’m trying to say something simpler—and more difficult. I’m not a good woman.I’m not a bad woman...

Estaba orgullosa de ser española — hasta que entendí lo que eso realmente significaba

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(Este artículo también está disponible en Inglés→ Haz clic aquí) Crecí orgullosa de llamarme española.Orgullosa de ser hispana.Orgullosa de ser boricua.Orgullosa de ser puertorriqueña. Y entonces, un día, todo me golpeó de una sola vez: Español no significa indígena.Español significa colonizador. España no es la tierra de origen de mi familia.España es el penúltimo imperio que gobernó la tierra...

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