feminism

“Women always speak, think, and act from the memory of our pain.”

Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda

“women in power always end up making themselves look masculine or matronly to avoid being called shallow.”

Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda

“Above all, it was my docility that made me attractive.”

Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda

“Friendly, not easy. Dignified, not proud. Sweet, not saccharine. Cheery, but never frivolous. I laugh, but never too hard- and I always cover my mouth. I observe, but discreetly. I converse, but sparingly.”

Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda

“My grades were always 9.5, never 10. Not because I couldn’t score that extra half a point, but because I didn’t want to embarrass the boys. I am, or was, the sort of woman people say doesn’t exist. Blond, slim, sexually available without being slutty. A lady on the streets and a freak in the sheets. Under my clothes, I wear Calvin Klein. La Perla?

“My job was to gossip. I’d see some marines pass through and shoot a heads-up to a WhatsApp group.”

Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda

“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