“I am a wind-swayed bridge, a crossroads inhabited by whirlwinds … You say my name is ambivalence? Think of me as Shiva, a many-armed and legged body with one foot on brown soil, one on white, one in straight society, one in the gay world, the man’s world, the women’s, one limb in the literary world, another in the working class, the socialist, and the occult worlds. A sort of spider woman hanging by one thin strand of web.
Who, me confused? Ambivalent? Not so. Only your labels split me.”
- Gloria Anzaldúa, from ‘La Prieta’
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July 13, 2009 at 8:21 pm
oh, i love this quote! i don’t like labels either.
July 14, 2009 at 3:13 pm
“Only your labels split me.” YES! Why oh why do people need labels? I love the description, especially Shiva and the spider woman. Awesome.