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Daughter de Borikén

Daughter de Borikén

A journey of searching for home, the author brings us poems reflecting on identity, colonization and cultura from her ancestral motherland.

2024

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A-Culturated

How a Three-Week Trip to Tanzania Helped Me Find Home in Borikén

The journey connecting with my Puerto Rican ancestral roots continues

Jan 21

A tree, house, hill and sky

Jan 21

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Avocado Coffee

‘Jajom’ is Our Indigenous Taíno Word for ‘Gracias’

Inglés is not our mother tongue Ni tampoco español yours ~ From the author’s poem, ‘Spanglish Pride’

Jun 18, 2024

‘Jajom’ is Our Indigenous Taíno Word for ‘Gracias’

Jun 18, 2024

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ILLUMINATION

Do You Appropriate or Admire Other Cultures?

Without respect, there can be no appreciation.

Jun 6, 2023

Do You Appropriate or Admire Other Cultures?

Jun 6, 2023

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What This Journey Is Teaching Me About Regret

What about becoming a nurse or a secretary?

Jun 7, 2021

What This Journey Is Teaching Me About Regret

Jun 7, 2021

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The Resistance Room

Say Their Names: Rayan Tamer Hawshiya, Mohammad al-Shalabi & Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet

How many more must be martyred?

1d ago

Say Their Names: Rayan Tamer Hawshiya, Mohammad al-Shalabi & Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet

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The Hub Publication

Difficult As In

Reflecting on my mother’s ghost

2d ago

Difficult As In

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Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Save Your Friendship, Please Don’t Send That Angry Email

Because there’s no recall button for the universe

5d ago

laptop, woman thinking, stressed, email

5d ago

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The Resistance Room

Did Hitler Receive the Nobel Peace Prize for the Holocaust?

La paz no es solamente la ausencia de la guerra; mientras haya pobreza, racismo, discriminación y exclusión difícilmente podremos alcanzar…

Jul 8

Did Hitler Receive the Nobel Peace Prize for the Holocaust?

Jul 8

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The Resistance Room

Your 4th of July, Our Bold Resistance

Aquí vive gente

Jul 4

Your 4th of July, Our Bold Resistance

Jul 4

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The Resistance Room

Excited to Have Launched My YouTube Channel

Another way to continue honoring my foremothers.

Jul 2

mural, your way, life, live it

Jul 2

Lola Rosario Aponte

Lola Rosario Aponte

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Spoken Word Poet 🇵🇷 Social Justice Journalist | Freedom Fighter https://lolaslines.com

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