For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and ..., Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and ..., Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez
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For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts
A Love Letter to Women of Color

Author: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

Narrator: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

Unabridged: 9 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 09/07/2021


Synopsis

The founder of Latina Rebels and a “Latinx Activist You Should Know”(Teen Vogue) arms women of color with the tools and knowledge they need to find success on their own terms  

For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has created a community to help women fight together. In For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, she offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all women of color. She crafts powerful ways to address the challenges Brown girls face, from imposter syndrome to colorism. She empowers women to decolonize their worldview, and defy “universal” white narratives, by telling their own stories. Her book guides women of color toward a sense of pride and sisterhood and offers essential tools to energize a movement.

May it spark a fire within you.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on June 17, 2021

Never in my life have I read a book that reflected such similar experiences to those that I have gone through. As a Latina daughter of immigrants, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez excellently captures my struggles and that of other Brown and Black women. She covers topics such as colorism, feminism, a......more

Goodreads review by Zakiya on March 02, 2023

I’ve read a lot of reviews on this book, and while most rated it 5 stars, a lot of readers were also saying that they felt the author came across angry and bitter. While I agree with this, I also feel she is justified in both her anger and bitterness given what she has been through since migrating fr......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on September 20, 2021

To be a working class BIPOC in academia in a PWI (predominantly white institution) is a wild ride. The posts from @latinrebels made me smile every day I was not sure if my reasons to pursuit graduate school were still valid, namely: "I am doing this because I am not supposed to be here." I was study......more

Goodreads review by Grapie on January 25, 2022

"I do not burn with the sun; I evolve right before my very eyes." This was much needed. So many of my experiences with white peers (especially in academia) were reflected almost word-for-word in this text. All the times I was made to feel that I was overreacting have been validated. All the big and d......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on October 02, 2021

I so badly wanted to love this book, but I just didn’t. As a Latina female, I really could not relate to the author. Although I share some of her personal experiences, I’ve always been proud of my heritage and where I come from. I never let the color of my skin define my success. It’s a memoir that......more


Quotes

“Searing and revolutionary, this book blazes a trail towards liberation.” —Diane Guerrero, author of In the Country We Love

"This is the Brown girl manifesto I've been waiting for my whole life." —Erika L. Sánchez, author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

"Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez perfectly balances the art of memoir with a biting critical eye, offering an understanding of Latina womanhood bursting with intellect, but grounded in real-life experience. With her carefully chosen words, she invites readers into a deeper relationship with themselves, their communities, and the world at large."—Melissa A. Fabello, PhD, author of Appetite

“Prisca has crafted a fierce and vibrant book that brings to life the secret fears and profound hopes of so many brown girls, across so many communities of color. She is a brilliant storyteller with a stunning voice. This is a book for brown girls to hold close.”—Sonalee Rashatwar LCSW MEd, Co-owner of Radical Therapy Center

"I wish I had found this book as a sixteen-year-old, then as a twenty-six-year-old, and again now. Prisca writes with the familiar voice of an older prima that wants to teach you everything she's learned. This book is beyond a love letter. It a reckoning and an affirmation that there is power beyond the fear of our fearlessness.  This book has fed me what I did not know I hungered for.”—Yesika Salgado, author of Corazón

“In this book, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez shares truths with precision and unapologetic vulnerability, and teaches us through her stories and insights. Her book is a deep and profound gift for her readers. A necessary and treasured read for generations to come. —Johanna Toruño, Salvadoran Multi Media Artist & Founder of The Unapologetic Street Series

“Prisca is a Latinx voice who calls for accountability, healing, and growth in her book. Her writing will connect with our communities, who are seeing themselves represented for the first time. A breath of fresh air."—Curly Velasquez, Queer Actor and Writer

"I will never forget when Prisca sent me the kindest of messages about the outlet I had founded in 2011 and how it inspired her to set her own course as a influential writer, voice and author. Prisca has the unique talent to speak to her generation with honesty, fearlessness and truth. Her latest work is foundational in understanding what it means to be a Brown girl today."
 —Julio Ricardo Varela, award-winning journalist and founder, Latino Rebels

“Impassioned and accessible… Aiming to redistribute knowledge she gained during her graduate studies to young women who may not have access to higher education, Mojica Rodríguez interweaves her life story with primers on such concepts as colonialism, the myth of meritocracy, the male gaze, and intersectionality… this is an inspiring and well-informed call to action.”—Publisher's Weekly

"Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez is among the most brilliant Latina thinkers of our generation… Here, she explores the inequalities of race, class and gender, discussing issues of code-switching, colorism, intersectional feminism, decolonization and more."—Mitu