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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
- bronx
- rested
- finally
- dodging
- people
- memorials
- moving
- 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.
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