criminology

“I’ve lived with violence and wanted to join a gang- not to fuck shit up, don’t get me wrong, but to be a part of something, to have family, some support.”

Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda

I had heard lots of things, like that they used girls for sado porn and satanic rituals for bored gringos. But no. None of that. They didn’t film shit and they weren’t gringos, they were Mexican dudes, could’ve been your cousin or my dad, normal guys, not Juniors or foreigners.

- Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda

“When they found my body, no one called me Julia. As if a little plastic card with a photo on it meant more than a whole lifetime of transformations. A trannie was found naked and brutally beaten in a vacant lot. Man dressed as a woman beaten to death. On Sunday morning, the dead body of a transexual was found in an abandoned building. Extra!

“I got obsessed with femicide just like the time I got so obsessed with The Lord of the Rings that I even learned Elvish.”

Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda

“Because of your death, I got so obsessed that I read everything I could find, watched every documentary, and listened to every song ever written about femicide in Mexico.”

Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda