"And so they attack national identity, they attack religious identity, they attack gender identity, they attack family identity. I can't define myself as: Italian, Christian, woman, mother. No. I must be citizen x, gender x, parent 1, parent 2. I must be a number. Because when I am only a number, when I no longer… Continue reading Giorgia Meloni
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I, Juan de Pareja
My sixteen year old grandson recommended this book by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, which tells story of Juan de Pareja as a first person account. It took place in Spain and Italy during the mid-seventeenth century. Juan was a slave of African decent and tells of the hardship of slavery and proverty during that time.… Continue reading I, Juan de Pareja
