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Sass Mouth: Destiny is a Joke

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“Most of those who romanticize female guerrillas in my country also pose as feminists and women's rights advocates. It's particularly disappointing and distressing that this is said by those who wouldn't want to spend even two days in the mountains, those who can't even hold a stick in their hands. The struggle maintains its romanticism thanks to those who do not want to be victims themselves but prefer others to be.”

“Men still rule this world and as a result the world is broken. Men still hold most positions of power, men control governments, men control the media, and it is always men who start wars. Men have tricked women into thinking they see us as equals, but real equality, for all women everywhere, still feels like little more than a pipe dream. The woman on this island have had enough.”

“Todo el mundo le ha dado a entender a Catalina que cuando un lobo anda suelto, se encierra bajo llave a las cien ovejas y, si una se escapa, será culpa de la oveja que el lobo la encuentre porque está en la naturaleza del lobo asustar a la oveja, torturar a la oveja, matar a la oveja, zamparse a la oveja...pero nadie se pregunta si está en la naturaleza de la oveja quedarse encerrada hasta que deje de existir el lobo, ya que no parece que el lobo vaya a dejar de acechar jamás.”

“Catalina deduce que es cosa de la época, de la literatura antigua, el que a una mujer no se la dotara de sentimientos...al menos que fueran divinidades, porque el resto no parecía tener jamás iniciativas ni anhelos. Tampoco ella tiene deseos sexuales hacia nadie, aunque cree que, como los chicos, debería tenerlos. Se pregunta si de algún modo está castrada o es solo una forma de sobrevivir.”