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Entries by Luis Andrade

Seventeen Minutes: What the presidential debate taught me

One could say that I am slightly obsessed with politics, but that would be an understatement. It’s more like a fetish, and, in this current political climate, one could call it masochistic.  After Barack Obama became president, it was easy to ignorantly believe that, as a nation, we had moved past hate and the idea […]

He Played with Dolls: Growing up  through the machismo experience 

What’s that saying–– “our parents did the best they could with the tools they were given”? Try telling that to the 12-year-old boy whose mother had just beat him with the Barbie he was playing with, just for playing with it.  “It’s gonna be okay; she’s only got pliers for that loose screw. Eventually, she’ll […]

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