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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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An Injustice!

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Oct 18, 2025

The United States Has No Culture

And that’s just the beginning of its troubles

The United States Has No Culture

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A-Culturated

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Jan 21, 2025

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

The journey connecting with my Puerto Rican ancestral roots continues

A tree, house, hill and sky

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Avocado Coffee

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Jun 18, 2024

‘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’

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

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ILLUMINATION

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Jun 6, 2023

Do You Appropriate or Admire Other Cultures?

Without respect, there can be no appreciation.

Do You Appropriate or Admire Other Cultures?

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10h ago

Just Got Off the Phone with Captain Crager at the Jackson County Sheriff's Department

There is no list, so I created one!

no justice, no peace, protest in Charlotte, NC

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1d ago

This is Why We’re So Concerned About Transparency in Mississippi

We all know what a picture tells about herstory

This is Why We’re So Concerned About Transparency in Mississippi

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The Resistance Room

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5d ago

Some Friends Can Never Be Trusted

And why I can’t be silent on Nolan Wells

safety harness, trust, mountain climbing equipment

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Iberospherical

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Jul 6

“Mistura” Spotlights Afro-Peruvian Cuisine & Our Shared Humanity

Though, I’m still not convinced rich folks really change

spices, cinnamon, garlic, cooking preparation

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Open Microphone

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Jul 4

What to the Colonized, Is Your Independence Day?

For 128 years, the U.S. has treated Puerto Rico as unequal, yet my people still celebrate their colonizer’s freedom.

Borinquen Bella’s flag in chains, storm, unequal, Puerto Rico

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The Resistance Room

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Jul 1

To Gaza, With Love: Art For a People in Perpetual Healing

Meet Puerto Rican painter & poet, Antonio Martorell Cardona

Gaza, gauze, artwork by Antonio Martorell

Lola Rosario Aponte (aka, La Revolution)

Lola Rosario Aponte (aka, La Revolution)

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Freedom Writer. bylines: RicanWritings, NACLA, palabra. Prism Reports, The Latino Newsletter. https://lolaslines.com

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