http://hijasamericanas.wordpress.com Looking at body image, beauty perception, and growing up Latina Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:40:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://hijasamericanas.wordpress.com/your-own-signing/#comment-585 TANYA ROSIARO Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:43:13 +0000 http://hijasamericanas.wordpress.com/your-own-signing/#comment-585 I LOVED THE BOOK HIJAS AMERICANAS. I CAN RELATE TO SOME OF THE STORIES. IVE LIVED IN AMERICA ALL MY LIFE I VISIT PUERTO RICO EVERY SUMMER TO SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I COULDNT EVEN IMAGINE LIVING THERE SEEING THE WAY THEY LIVE SOME IN POVERTY SOME IN MIDDLE CLASS. ITS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THEN HERE,SO MUCH MORE FREEDOM HERE. I STILL HAVE MY VALUES AND WAY OF LIVING FROM BEING LATINA. I FEEL BEAUTIFUL AND CONFIDENT IN MY SKIN AND IVE LEARNED TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT AND SMILE EVERYDAY EVEN IF I FEEL LIKE CRYING IT IS NOT WORTH LIVING IN ANGER LET OTHERS LIVE IN IGNORANCE AND PREJUDICE. ITS NOT WORTH THE STRESS. BEING PUERTO RICAN IS BEAUTIFUL AND I WOULDNT CHANGE WHO I AM FOR NOBODY. I RAISE MY KIDS WITH THE SAME VALUES. I LOVED THE BOOK HIJAS AMERICANAS. I CAN RELATE TO SOME OF THE STORIES. IVE LIVED IN AMERICA ALL MY LIFE I VISIT PUERTO RICO EVERY SUMMER TO SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I COULDNT EVEN IMAGINE LIVING THERE SEEING THE WAY THEY LIVE SOME IN POVERTY SOME IN MIDDLE CLASS. ITS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THEN HERE,SO MUCH MORE FREEDOM HERE. I STILL HAVE MY VALUES AND WAY OF LIVING FROM BEING LATINA. I FEEL BEAUTIFUL AND CONFIDENT IN MY SKIN AND IVE LEARNED TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT AND SMILE EVERYDAY EVEN IF I FEEL LIKE CRYING IT IS NOT WORTH LIVING IN ANGER LET OTHERS LIVE IN IGNORANCE AND PREJUDICE. ITS NOT WORTH THE STRESS. BEING PUERTO RICAN IS BEAUTIFUL AND I WOULDNT CHANGE WHO I AM FOR NOBODY. I RAISE MY KIDS WITH THE SAME VALUES.

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