The Tooth
October 24th, 2019 | by Marisol Cortez
If the heroine is cautious or follows the rules, she remains a Good Girl, unchanged--end of story. But if she is a Birth Warrior, she does the One Forbidden Thing
About Marisol Cortez
Marisol Cortez
Marisol Cortez is a writer and community-based scholar rooted in San Antonio, Texas. She writes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, scholarship, and political and theoretical critique. She describes herself as what Gloria Anzaldúa calls a nepantlera–a border walker who lives in the difficult terrain between artistic, activist, and academic worlds. Read more at marisolcortez.wordpress.com.