Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

Janet Mock's honest and sometimes searing journey is a rare and important look into la vida liminal, one that she manages to negotiate remarkably well, with grace, humor, and fierce grit. Mock doesn't only redefine what realness means to her, but challenges us to rethink our own perceptions of gender and sexuality, feminism and sisterhood, making this book a transcendent piece of American literature.

We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.