Luz Pinilla

Colombian-American writer of literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Lover of words, cats, charcoal pencils, and blue RSVP pens. “Still I rise.”

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GLASS CASTLE x OSCAR WAO x NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER

Slip inside the mind and heart of a 1st gen American growing up and trying to stay afloat in the space between black and white, love and abuse, hatred and forgiveness. #PitMad #memoir Excerpt: https://t.co/87ggshRsRM

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Whoa, new crush! I mean, I’ve been a fan for a long time, but mannnn, at 52, Zach Galifianakis is *chef’s kiss*! 😍😍😍 #ThisisaGardeningShow

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@twitandrewking

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Ugh. I’m trying to become cultured, but this Simone de Beauvoir sounds like an absolute spoiled brat as a child. How am I supposed to admire that?

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Thoughts during my weekly Zumba class (which consists of 100% non-white music):

I was impressed when we got our own Disney movies (Coco, Encanto), but being the new targeted group in America—that’s a whole new level, man. Hispanics are really movin’ on up.

[ANNE LAMOTT @ANNELAMOTT]

This was the first public act of the Resistance.

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Dangit. The lack of TikTok made me more productive than usual today and my first instinct is to document my productivity and post it on TikTok. 🙄 #addiction

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Thinking of cutting sugar from my diet for a while.

Me: Okay, if I eat ALL the #girlscoutcookies this weekend, then I can start cutting out sugar on Monday! Er, Tuesday… or, that is, once I finish my stash of Hershey’s kisses at work…

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@JeanetteCheste3 @LORWEN108 You mean, undocumented children?

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@Theholisticpsyc The only reason I spoke up, at age 17, was because I discovered the school had a group for “survivors of child abuse,” and I wanted more than anything to BELONG, to know that there were others like me. I never got to join that group. My life imploded after I spoke up.

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@Theholisticpsyc I carried the ongoing secret for 10 years to protect my parents, the very people who were damaging me. I didn’t feel shame. I never thought “Why did this happen to me?”

What I do still think is “How on earth did this not destroy me?” My therapists wonder the same thing.

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I created a Grid Art project so the kids got 3-4 squares to draw each day this week and they didn’t figure out the result until today because the image was upside-down. One of my smartest 8th graders was blown away.

“You’re like really smart, Miss.”

Me: You have no idea. 😎

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@Joseph_Fasano_ Damn.

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I was sitting in a café at a bookstore today. A young woman came up to me and asked, "Are you Joseph Fasano?"

This is all very new to me, so I said, half-jokingly, "I think so."

Then she showed me her arm, on which she'd tattooed the words, "Your life is not a crime."

When she left, I cried deep, unstoppable tears, knowing something I wrote in my darkest night helped someone else through hers.

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@IsraelTrejoM Yo mantengo un cuaderno de páginas sin líneas al lado de la cama. Sean la 2 de la mañana, si me despierto de un sueño muy raro, asombroso, o interesante, lo anoto inmediatamente con letra toda fea, a veces sin abrir los ojos. Volver a leer esas páginas después de un rato… wow!

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Is it weird that I can tell which of my chickens are Republicans and which are Democrats?

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Phewww! I kicked this week’s ASS! #happy

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@MariaLuckyxo @Theholisticpsyc Howwwww?

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Oh it’s nice to have American plumbing. #spoiled

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When you and your friend take pics of each other… but your friend doesn’t have a good eye for pics.

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Surfing is a sport created for very stubborn people.