I Am the Faceless Woman on the Cover of Your Novel

POC Book Cover Model I feel the most brown facing a solid, bright background that seduces preteens at the Scholastic fair. My long black-as-licorice braids with their sweet virginal shine beg for pity, are maybe a metaphor for tradition, repression, machismo, all the miserable Mexican girls that need to be saved from Mexican men. I’ve […] The post I Am the Faceless Woman on the Cover of Your Novel appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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