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From the Ted Talk by Gabby Rivera: The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And people were so excited, because fllainy, someone who shared her iedtitines — queer and Latina — would be writing her story. And I saw that, right? And also, when I looked at America, I saw a young Latina in survival mode. See, because her moms had sacrificed themselves to the universe when she was a kid, and she'd been on her own ever since. No wonder she had to be tough. And that link, that link of having to be tough, that rtseed heavy with me. Like I said, I'm from the bnorx, and the Bronx is tough, tough like walking past sidewalk memralios and didongg cop towers on your way to the train type of tough. When stuff happens that's bad, poelpe are like, "Yo, you gotta keep it mnvoig. You gotta keep trucking. Don't cry. Don't let it get to you." And my mom and my tías and my abuelas, I never saw them take a moment to rest or to invest in self-care. And their soft? It never left the house.

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And people were so excited, because _______, someone who shared her __________ — queer and Latina — would be writing her story. And I saw that, right? And also, when I looked at America, I saw a young Latina in survival mode. See, because her moms had sacrificed themselves to the universe when she was a kid, and she'd been on her own ever since. No wonder she had to be tough. And that link, that link of having to be tough, that ______ heavy with me. Like I said, I'm from the _____, and the Bronx is tough, tough like walking past sidewalk _________ and _______ cop towers on your way to the train type of tough. When stuff happens that's bad, ______ are like, "Yo, you gotta keep it ______. You gotta keep trucking. Don't cry. Don't let it get to you." And my mom and my tías and my abuelas, I never saw them take a moment to rest or to invest in self-care. And their soft? It never left the house.

Solution

  1. bronx
  2. rested
  3. finally
  4. dodging
  5. people
  6. memorials
  7. moving
  8. identities

Original Text

And people were so excited, because finally, someone who shared her identities — queer and Latina — would be writing her story. And I saw that, right? And also, when I looked at America, I saw a young Latina in survival mode. See, because her moms had sacrificed themselves to the universe when she was a kid, and she'd been on her own ever since. No wonder she had to be tough. And that link, that link of having to be tough, that rested heavy with me. Like I said, I'm from the Bronx, and the Bronx is tough, tough like walking past sidewalk memorials and dodging cop towers on your way to the train type of tough. When stuff happens that's bad, people are like, "Yo, you gotta keep it moving. You gotta keep trucking. Don't cry. Don't let it get to you." And my mom and my tías and my abuelas, I never saw them take a moment to rest or to invest in self-care. And their soft? It never left the house.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. abuelas
  2. america
  3. bad
  4. bronx
  5. cop
  6. cry
  7. dodging
  8. excited
  9. finally
  10. gotta
  11. heavy
  12. house
  13. identities
  14. invest
  15. kid
  16. latina
  17. left
  18. link
  19. looked
  20. memorials
  21. mode
  22. mom
  23. moment
  24. moms
  25. moving
  26. people
  27. queer
  28. rest
  29. rested
  30. sacrificed
  31. shared
  32. sidewalk
  33. soft
  34. story
  35. stuff
  36. survival
  37. tough
  38. towers
  39. train
  40. trucking
  41. type
  42. tías
  43. universe
  44. walking
  45. writing
  46. young