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“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
feminism and
... See more“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?
... See more“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!
criminology and gender
“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
sexual assault and
“she turned into a chainsaw: she tore through every hunk of morning wood in sight.”
Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda
“revenge does heal all wounds”
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
“the devil’s wise because he’s old, not because he’s the devil.”
Reservoir Bitches, Dahlia de la Cerda