ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gabby Rivera - Writer
Gabby Rivera is a Bronx-born, queer Latinx writer.

Why you should listen

Gabby Rivera is the author of AMERICA, the debut solo series for America Chavez, Marvel's first queer Latina superhero.

Rivera's critically acclaimed debut novel Juliet Takes a Breath was called "f*cking outstanding" by Roxane Gay and will be published in hardcover for the first time in fall 2019. Rivera has also written in the Lumberjanes universe for Boom! Studios. Her latest short story, "O.1," can be found in Victor LaValle's upcoming anthology A People's Future of the United States. She is currently working on her next novel.

When not writing, Rivera speaks at events across the country on her experiences as a queer Puerto Rican from the Bronx, an LGBTQ youth advocate and on the importance of centering joy in narratives as Latinx people and people of color.

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Gabby Rivera: The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

Gabby Rivera: Priča o prvoj Marvelovoj lezbijskoj latinoameričkoj superjunakinji

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Marvelovom "Americom Chavez", Gabby Rivera napisala je novu vrstu superjunakinje - onu koja može odbaciti portale u druge dimenzije, istovremeno prihvaćajući svoju nježnu, budalastu i slabu stranu. U smiješnom i osobnom govoru, Rivera pripovijeda kako je njezino vlastito djetinjstvo lezbijke Portorikanke u Bronxu utjecalo na ovu novu priču - te pokazuje prizore iz stripa koji otkrivaju što se događa kad superjunakinja prihvaća svoju ljudskost. Kao što kaže: "Taj nam mit, da moramo sve prolaziti sami i biti čvrsti, ne služi."
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Gabby Rivera is a Bronx-born, queer Latinx writer. Full bio

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00:13
At no pointtočka did I think superheroessuperheroji
would becomepostati suchtakav a hugeogroman partdio of my life.
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Nikad nisam pomislila da će superjunaci
postati tako velikim dijelom mog života.
00:21
As a kiddijete, I lookedgledao at them,
and I saw everything I wasn'tnije.
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Kao dijete sam ih gledala i
vidjela sve ono što ja nisam.
00:25
They had bigvelika musclesmišići,
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Oni su imali velike mišiće,
00:27
supermodelsupermodel good looksizgled,
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izgled kao u supermodela
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and phenomenalfenomenalan cosmickosmički powerssile.
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i fenomenalne svemirske moći.
00:32
And me?
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A ja?
00:34
I kindljubazan of lookedgledao like this,
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Izgledala sam ovako,
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exceptosim shorterkraće and with frizzierfrizzier hairdlaka,
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samo sam bila niža i kovrčastije kose
00:39
and I never feltosjećala powerfulsnažan.
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te se nikad nisam osjećala moćnom.
00:43
I was always just one bigvelika balllopta
of nervousživčani, softmekan energyenergija,
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Uvijek sam bila samo klupko
nervozne i nježne energije,
00:46
and superheroessuperheroji,
much like the bulliesnasilnici at schoolškola,
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a superjunaci, baš kao školski nasilnici,
00:51
didn't seemčiniti se to have
a lot of roomsoba for that, for me.
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naizgled nisu imali mjesta za mene.
00:54
So I stayedostao away.
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Tako da sam ostala podalje.
00:57
And besidesosim toga, who needspotrebe superheroessuperheroji
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Osim toga, tko treba superjunake
00:59
when you're surroundedokružen
by PuertoPuerto RicanRican womenžene from the BronxBronx?
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kad ste okruženi Portorikankama iz Bronxa?
01:02
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
01:05
My tías were copspolicajci and paramedicsHitna pomoć,
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Moje su tete bile policajke i bolničarke,
01:08
my abuelas. Abuelas were seamstresseskrojačice
and soldprodan jewelrynakit up the streetulica,
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moje bake krojačice i
prodavačice nakita na ulici,
01:12
and my mommama got her master'sMaster degreestupanj
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a moja je mama diplomirala
odgoj i obrazovanje te je podučavala
u njujorškim javnim školama
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in educationobrazovanje and taughtučio kindergartenDječji vrtić
in NewNovi YorkYork CityGrad publicjavnost schoolsškola
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for over 30 yearsgodina.
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preko 30 godina.
01:20
So my superheroessuperheroji were sittingsjedenje
around the dinnervečera tablestol with me.
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Tako da su moje superjunakinje sjedile
za kuhinjskim stolom sa mnom.
01:24
And I don't know how much time
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Ne znam koliko ste vremena
01:25
you've spentpotrošen with PuertoPuerto RicanRican
womenžene from the BronxBronx,
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proveli s Portorikankama iz Bronxa,
01:28
but we're alsotakođer some
of the world'ssvijetu greatestnajveći storytellerspripovjedači.
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ali mi smo također među najboljim
pripovjedačicama na svijetu.
01:33
And I'd sitsjediti there
at my grandmother'sBaka je diningblagovaonica roomsoba tablestol
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Sjedila bih tamo za
bakinim kuhinjskim stolom
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and I'd listen to the womenžene in my familyobitelj
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i slušala bih žene iz svoje obitelji
01:41
tell these wilddivlji, rambunctiousrazularenim talespriče
about navigatingNavigacija theirnjihov livesživot in the BronxBronx.
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kako pričaju razuzdane priče
o svojim životima u Bronxu.
01:47
And I wanted to be them so badloše.
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Jako sam htjela biti poput njih.
01:50
But I wasn'tnije toughtvrd like them eitherili.
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No, nisam bila čvrsta poput njih.
01:52
So mostlyuglavnom, I listenedslušao,
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Tako da sam uglavnom slušala
01:54
and I soakednatopljenom it in,
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i upijala
01:56
and I foundpronađeno myselfsebe gravitatinggravitiraju
to the softmekan threadsteme in theirnjihov storiespriče,
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te sam se pronašla kako gravitiram
prema mekim nitima njihovih priča,
02:02
and I wrotenapisao those down.
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pa sam ih zapisala.
02:04
The funnysmiješno, the goofyglup, the gentlenježan --
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Smiješno, budalasto, nježno -
02:08
those were my in to storytellingpričanje priče,
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bili su moj ulazak u pripovijedanje
02:12
so much so that I wrotenapisao
a young-adultmladi-odrasli novelroman
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i to toliko da sam napisala roman za mlade
02:16
calledzvao "JulietJulija Takes a BreathDah,"
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Juliet uzima predah,
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about a chubbybucmast, queerqueer
PuertoPuerto RicanRican girldjevojka from the BronxBronx
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o bucmastoj lezbijki,
Portorikanki iz Bronxa,
02:22
navigatingNavigacija sexualityseksualnost, familyobitelj and identityidentitet.
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koja istražuje seksualnost,
obitelj i identitet.
02:27
And on the strengthsnaga of "JulietJulija,"
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Zahvaljujući Juliet,
02:29
MarvelČudo ComicsStripovi tappedodvodom me
to writepisati the soloSolo seriesniz
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Marvel Comics me izabrao
da napišem solo seriju
02:33
for theirnjihov first-everprvi
LatinaLatina lesbianlezbijka superherosuperheroj,
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za njihovu prvu latinoameričku
lezbijsku superjunakinju,
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AmericaAmerika ChavezChavez.
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Americu Chavez.
02:40
Yeah!
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To!
02:41
(CheersKlicati)
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(Klicanje)
02:43
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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Listen, OK.
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Slušajte.
02:46
CreatedStvorio by JoeJoe CaseyCasey and NickNick DragottaDragotta
for the MarvelČudo miniseriesminiserija "VengeanceOsveta,"
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Kreirali su je Joe Casey i Nick Dragotta
za Marvelovu miniseriju Osveta
02:52
AmericaAmerika ChavezChavez has been
in the MarvelČudo UniverseSvemir
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pa America Chavez postoji
u Marvelovom svemiru
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for over sevensedam yearsgodina.
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već više od sedam godina.
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She's toughtvrd, LatinaLatina,
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Ona je čvrsta Latinoamerikanka
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and she's so strongjak that she can punchudarac
portalsportali into other dimensionsdimenzije.
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i toliko je jaka da može odbaciti
portale u druge dimenzije.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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I know, right?
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Znam.
03:05
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
03:07
And people were so exciteduzbuđen,
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Ljudi su bili uzbuđeni
03:08
because finallykonačno, someonenetko who sharedpodijeljen
her identitiesidentiteta -- queerqueer and LatinaLatina --
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jer će konačno netko tko je dijelio njene
identitete - lezbijke i Latinoamerikanke,
03:13
would be writingpisanje her storypriča.
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pisati njenu priču.
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And I saw that, right?
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Uočila sam to.
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And alsotakođer, when I lookedgledao at AmericaAmerika,
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Također, kad sam pogledala Americu,
03:19
I saw a youngmladi LatinaLatina in survivalopstanak modenačin.
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vidjela sam mladu
Latinoamerikanku kako preživljava.
03:24
See, because her momsmame
had sacrificedžrtvovani themselvesse to the universesvemir
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Jer njene mame su se žrtvovale svemiru
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when she was a kiddijete,
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kad je bila dijete
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and she'dBila been on her ownvlastiti ever sinceod.
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pa je otad bila sama.
03:32
No wonderčudo she had to be toughtvrd.
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Nije čudo da je morala biti čvrsta.
03:35
And that linkveza, that linkveza
of havingima to be toughtvrd,
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A ta mi je povezanost preko
potrebe da se bude čvrst
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that restedosniva se heavyteško with me.
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ostala dugo na umu.
03:41
Like I said, I'm from the BronxBronx,
and the BronxBronx is toughtvrd,
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Kao što rekoh, iz Bronxa sam,
a Bronx je težak,
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toughtvrd like walkinghodanje pastprošlost sidewalktrotoar memorialsljetopis
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kao prolaženje pokraj
spomenika na pločniku
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and dodgingDodging coppolicajac towerskule
on your way to the trainvlak typetip of toughtvrd.
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i izbjegavanje policijskih tornjeva
na putu prema vlaku.
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When stuffstvari happensdogađa se that's badloše,
people are like,
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Kad se dogodi nešto loše,
ljudi vam govore:
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"YoEj, you gottamora keep it movingkreće.
You gottamora keep truckingKamioni.
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"Moraš nastaviti, moraš se
nastaviti kretati.
Ne plači. Ne daj da te to dotuče."
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Don't cryplakati. Don't let it get to you."
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And my mommama and my tías and my abuelas. Abuelas,
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Moja mama, moje tete i bake,
04:02
I never saw them take a momenttrenutak to restodmor
or to investInvestirati in self-careself-care.
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nikad ih nisam vidjela da uzimaju predah
ili da ulažu u brigu o samima sebi.
04:08
And theirnjihov softmekan? It never left the housekuća.
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A njihove slabosti?
Nikad nisu napustile kuću.
04:13
And so that was the first thing
that I wanted to give to AmericaAmerika,
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To sam prvo htjela dati Americi,
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the thing that I wishedpoželio I'd been ableu stanju
to give to my abuelas. Abuelas and my tías,
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ono što bih voljela da sam mogla
dati svojim bakama i tetama,
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the thing that I'm tryingtežak
to give to my mommama now:
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ono što pokušavam dati svojoj mami sad:
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permissiondopuštenje to be softmekan.
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dopuštenje da bude slaba.
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Like, it's OK to sitsjediti in silencetišina
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Da je u redu sjediti u tišini
04:31
and go on a journeyputovanje
just to discoverotkriti yourselfsami,
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i otići na putovanje samo
da biste otkrili sami sebe,
04:33
and your painbol will make you
crumblepita od and you will fallpad
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da ćete se zbog boli raspasti i pasti
04:36
and you will need to askpitati people for help,
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pa ćete trebati zamoliti ljude za pomoć,
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and that's OK,
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i to je u redu,
04:40
and that beingbiće vulnerableranjiv is good for us.
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da je ranjivost dobra za nas.
04:44
But see, I didn't come to all this
compassionsamilost and healingliječenje stuffstvari
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No, nisam došla do svog tog
suosjećanja i iscjelivanja
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like, you know, out of nowherenigdje,
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niotkud,
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and so when it camedošao to America'sAmerika je storypriča,
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tako da, kad se radi o Americinoj priči,
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I wanted to give her the spaceprostor
to be humanljudski, to messnered up,
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htjela sam joj dati prostora
da bude ljudska, da pogriješi
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and to find softmekan on her ownvlastiti.
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i da sama nađe svoje slabosti.
05:01
So she kindljubazan of had to quitprestati her day jobposao.
You know what I'm sayingizreka?
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Tako da je morala dati otkaz na
svom dnevnom poslu. Kužite?
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I had to give her a superherosuperheroj sabbaticalslobodna godina,
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Morala sam joj dati superjunačku stanku
05:07
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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and the first thing I did was enrollupisati her
in JusticePravde SoniaSonia SotomayorSotomayor UniversitySveučilište.
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pa sam je prvo upisala na Sveučilište
sutkinje Sonije Sotomayor.
05:13
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
05:17
(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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Because where elsedrugo would she feel safesef
and representedzastupljeni and liberatedoslobođen
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Gdje bi se drugdje osjećala
sigurno, zastupljeno i oslobođeno,
05:24
but a universitysveučilište dedicatedposvećen
to the first PuertoPuerto RicanRican womanžena
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nego na sveučilištu posvećenom
prvoj Portorikanki
05:27
nominatednominiran to the SupremeVrhovni CourtSud
of the UnitedUjedinjeni StatesDržava?
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nominiranoj za Vrhovni sud
Sjedinjenih Država?
05:32
And her first classklasa is "IntergalacticMeđugalaktički
RevolutionariesRevolucionari and You,"
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Njezin je prvi kolegij
Intergalaktički revolucionari i vi,
05:36
and AmericaAmerika is so exciteduzbuđen,
she's readyspreman to showpokazati off her strengthsnaga,
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America je jako uzbuđena,
spremna je pokazati svoju snagu,
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she's readyspreman to showpokazati off
her portal-punchingPortal-udaranje skillsvještine,
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spremna je pokazati svoje
vještine odbacivanja portala.
05:43
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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and I strippedskinuo that safetysigurnosni netneto
from her right away.
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Odmah sam od nje uklonila
tu sigurnosnu mrežu.
05:47
And I limitedograničen her powerssile,
and I changedpromijenjen up her locationmjesto
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Ograničila sam joj moći,
promijenila sam joj lokaciju
05:50
and shookpotresla up her worldsvijet,
because that is what collegekoledž is like,
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i prodrmala njen svijet
jer takav je fakultet.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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especiallyposebno if you're alonesam.
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Pogotovo ako ste sami.
05:59
But I didn't want AmericaAmerika
to be alonesam for long,
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No, nisam htjela da America bude dugo sama
06:03
and so in a homeworkdomaća zadaća assignmentzadatak
goneotišao totallypotpuno wrongpogrešno,
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pa je u zadatku koji je pošao krivo
06:06
she landszemljišta on a battlefieldbojno polje with the X-MenX-Men.
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završila na bojištu s X-Menima.
06:09
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
06:10
Because, when I was in collegekoledž,
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Jer kad sam ja bila na fakultetu,
06:12
the ReverendVelečasni KellyKelly BrownBrown DouglasDouglas
was my mentormentor,
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Velečasni Kelly Brown Douglas
mi je bio mentor,
06:16
and I knewznao that AmericaAmerika ChavezChavez
neededpotreban one, too.
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a znala sam da ga i America treba.
06:21
And who better to mentormentor
AmericaAmerika ChavezChavez than StormOluja,
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A tko bi bio bolji mentor
Americi Chavez od Storm,
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the first blackcrno femaležena superherosuperheroj
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prve crne superjunakinje
06:29
and one of the mostnajviše powerfulsnažan
membersčlanovi of the X-MenX-Men?
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i jedne od najmoćnijih članica X-Mena?
06:32
NobodyNitko ne, that's who.
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Nitko.
06:34
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
06:36
And StormOluja teachesuči AmericaAmerika
how to quietmiran her mindum
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Storm uči Americu kako utišati um
06:39
insideiznutra of a starzvijezda portalPortal,
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unutar zvjezdanog portala,
06:41
and when AmericaAmerika quietsdijelovi mozga her mindum,
she opensotvara up the dimensionsdimenzije,
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a kad America utiša svoj um,
otvara razne dimenzije
06:45
and in that silencetišina,
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i u toj tišini
06:46
she can listen for anything and anyonebilo tko.
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može slušati bilo što i bilo koga.
06:52
And no one has ever offeredponudio her
silencetišina and deepduboko reflectionodraz
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Nitko joj nikad nije ponudio
tišinu i duboko promišljanje
06:56
as a way to be powerfulsnažan.
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kao način da bude moćna.
06:59
And at first, she rejectsodbacuje it,
but with Storm'sOluja je encouragementohrabrenje,
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Prvo to odbacuje, ali uz
Stormino ohrabrenje
07:03
it clicksklikova,
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to klikne
07:05
and AmericaAmerika quietsdijelovi mozga the worldsvijet around her,
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pa America utiša svijet oko sebe
07:09
and she leansnaginje into a deepduboko vulnerabilityranjivost.
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i utone duboko u ranjivost.
07:12
I mean, her and StormOluja even hugzagrljaj.
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Ona i Storm se čak i zagrle.
07:15
I know.
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Znam.
07:17
And that's because my mentorsmentori
lovedvoljen me enoughdovoljno
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I sve to jer su me moji
mentori voljeli dovoljno
07:22
to encourageohrabriti me to investigateistraga
myselfsebe and my ancestorspreci,
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da me ohrabre da istražim
samu sebe i svoje pretke,
07:26
and when you're 19,
how do you even know what that meanssredstva?
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a kad imate 19, kako uopće
znate što to znači?
07:30
I didn't learnnaučiti about the historypovijest
of my people in collegekoledž.
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Nisam naučila o povijesti
svojih predaka na fakultetu.
07:34
I learnednaučeno about the historypovijest of my people
sittingsjedenje on my grandmother'sBaka je lapkrug
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Naučila sam o povijesti
svojih predaka u bakinom krilu
07:38
when she pulledizvukao out the photofoto albumalbum
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kad je izvadila fotoalbum
07:40
and she namedpod nazivom everyonesvatko that was here
and everyonesvatko still left on the islandotoka.
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i imenovala svakog tko je bio u njemu
te svakog tko je još na otoku.
07:44
So obviouslyočito, I had to crash-landpad zemljišta
a grandmabaka on AmericaAmerika ChavezChavez,
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Dakle, očito sam morala
prizemljiti baku Americe Chavez,
07:49
and not just any grandmabaka --
a bigvelika, strongjak, luchadorrvač grandmabaka,
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i to ne bilo kakvu - veliku,
snažnu i borbenu baku,
07:54
one that lovedvoljen her enoughdovoljno
to take her to the ancestralpredaka plainobičan,
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koja je voli dovoljno da bi je
odvela na ravnicu predaka,
08:00
where AmericaAmerika ChavezChavez
could see the historypovijest of her people
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gdje America Chavez može vidjeti
kako se povijest njenih predaka
08:03
playigrati out in the skiesnebo aboveiznad.
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odigrava na nebesima iznad njih.
08:07
And AmericaAmerika getsdobiva to see PlanetaPlaneta FuertonaFuertona,
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America vidi planet Fuertona,
08:10
the birthrođenja planetplaneta of her grandmotherbaka,
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matični planet njene bake,
08:13
and she seesvidi it get invadednapali,
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vidi invaziju na njega,
08:15
and she seesvidi her grandmotherbaka
and her mommama fleepobjeći.
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vidi kako njena baka i mama bježe.
08:19
And she alsotakođer seesvidi the joyradost
that they experienceiskustvo
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Također vidi radost koju osjećaju
08:22
when theirnjihov newnovi homelandzavičaj
acceptsprihvaća them openlyotvoreno
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kad ih nova domovina otvoreno prihvati
08:26
and offersponude them tremendousogroman carebriga.
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i pokaže im veliku brigu.
08:29
She getsdobiva to see great painbol
metsastali with even greaterviše compassionsamilost,
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Vidi veliku bol uz još veće suosjećanje,
08:33
and that's right alongsideuz
the tremendousogroman strengthsnaga of her familyobitelj.
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odmah uz iznimnu snagu svoje obitelji.
08:39
And so everywheresvugdje, posvuda that I could, right,
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Tako da sam joj, svugdje gdje sam mogla,
08:41
I wrotenapisao her little love notesbilješke
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pisala male poruke ljubavi,
08:44
for her and for all the other
queerqueer kidsdjeca of colorboja
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njoj i svoj drugoj
homoseksualno obojenoj djeci
08:47
tryingtežak to be magnificentveličanstven.
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koja pokušavaju biti veličanstvena.
08:50
Like, when you loseizgubiti yourselfsami,
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Kad izgubite sami sebe,
08:53
digkopati deepduboko into your ancestrypodrijetlo,
because you will find the pieceskomada there.
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zavirite duboko u svoje pretke
jer tamo ćete naći tragove.
08:59
And alsotakođer, remindersPodsjetnici that softmekan
is not a passproći to duckpatka,
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I također podsjetnike da slabost
nije dopuštenje da izbjegavamo,
09:05
to hidesakriti, to be silentnijem, to cowernaježiti.
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da se skrivamo, da budemo tihi
i da se povlačimo.
09:09
SoftMeka is alsotakođer a pushgurnuti
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Slabost je također poticaj
09:11
to holddržati ourselvessebe accountableodgovoran.
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da budemo odgovorni.
09:14
KindVrste of like when AmericaAmerika
landszemljišta in WorldSvijet WarRat IIII
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Kao kad America završi
u Drugom svjetskom ratu,
09:17
and comesdolazi face-to-facelicem u lice with HitlerHitler,
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suočava se s Hitlerom
09:19
and she knockskuca him the hellpakao out ...
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i nokautira ga sve u šesnaest...
09:21
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
09:23
just like CaptainKapetan AmericaAmerika did in 1941,
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Baš kao što je Kapetan Amerika
napravio 1941. godine
09:26
and who knewznao we'dmi bismo need AmericaAmerika ChavezChavez
to punchudarac NazisNacisti in 2018.
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i tko je znao da ćemo trebati Americu
Chavez da porazi naciste 2018. godine?
09:29
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
09:31
(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
09:35
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
09:36
And even that, that justifiedopravdan actčin
kindljubazan of wrecksolupine her a little bitbit,
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Čak joj i taj opravdani čin pomalo našteti
09:41
so I madenapravljen sure that she linkedpovezan up
with her bestnajbolje friendprijatelj,
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pa sam je spojila s njenom
najboljom prijateljicom.
09:44
and they talk feelingsosjećaji
and they go on a roadcesta tripputovanje
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Razgovaraju o osjećajima, idu na izlet
09:47
and they singpjevati "Just a GirlDjevojka" by No DoubtSumnje
at the topvrh of theirnjihov lungspluća.
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i pjevaju "Just a Girl"
No Doubta iz sveg grla.
09:51
(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
09:53
And when MidasMidas, a sinisterzlokobni corporationkorporacija,
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A kad Mida, zlokobna korporacija,
09:56
takes controlkontrolirati of SotomayorSotomayor,
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preuzima kontrolu nad Sveučilištem,
09:58
threatensprijeti to banzabrana portalsportali
and almostskoro killsubija AmericaAmerika ...
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prijeti da će zabraniti portale
i zamalo ubija Americu...
10:04
her ancestorspreci reachdohvatiti for her ...
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njeni preci posežu za njom...
10:08
because they know that she needspotrebe to healliječiti.
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jer znaju da treba zacijeliti.
10:12
And it is that burstprasak of carebriga,
that healingliječenje, that givesdaje her the fuelgorivo
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Ta joj nalet brige daje snagu
10:16
to defeatporaz MidasMidas and reclaimpovratiti herselfona sama.
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da porazi Midu i da povrati samu sebe.
10:22
See, because that mythmit
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Taj nam mit,
10:24
of havingima to go it alonesam
and havingima to be toughtvrd ...
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da moramo sve prolaziti
sami i biti čvrsti,
10:29
doesn't serveposlužiti us.
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ne služi.
10:31
AmericaAmerika ChavezChavez is a wholečitav superherosuperheroj,
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America Chavez je
cjelovita superjunakinja,
10:34
and she still neededpotreban a teamtim of supportpodrška
to help her find herselfona sama.
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a ipak je trebala podršku
da pronađe samu sebe.
10:40
And she neededpotreban that gentlenessnježnost,
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Trebala je tu nježnost,
10:43
the typetip of gentlenessnježnost
that is rootedukorijenjen in compassionsamilost
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tu vrstu nježnosti koja je
ukorijenjena u suosjećanju,
10:46
and still very much investeduloženo
in justicepravda and liberationoslobođenje.
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a ipak itekako posvećena pravdi i slobodi.
10:53
Because it's in that spaceprostor where softnessmekoću
and vulnerabilityranjivost meetsastati strengthsnaga
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Jer upravo tamo gdje slabost
i ranjivost upoznaju snagu
11:00
that we transcendprekoračiti our everydaysvaki dan selvessebe,
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svakodnevno nadmašujemo sami sebe,
11:03
that we becomepostati something greaterviše,
something majesticMajestic,
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postajemo nešto veće,
nešto veličanstvenije,
11:07
maybe even something supersuper.
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možda čak i nešto moćnije.
11:10
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
11:12
(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Antoaneta Mjeda
Reviewed by Sanda Liker

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gabby Rivera - Writer
Gabby Rivera is a Bronx-born, queer Latinx writer.

Why you should listen

Gabby Rivera is the author of AMERICA, the debut solo series for America Chavez, Marvel's first queer Latina superhero.

Rivera's critically acclaimed debut novel Juliet Takes a Breath was called "f*cking outstanding" by Roxane Gay and will be published in hardcover for the first time in fall 2019. Rivera has also written in the Lumberjanes universe for Boom! Studios. Her latest short story, "O.1," can be found in Victor LaValle's upcoming anthology A People's Future of the United States. She is currently working on her next novel.

When not writing, Rivera speaks at events across the country on her experiences as a queer Puerto Rican from the Bronx, an LGBTQ youth advocate and on the importance of centering joy in narratives as Latinx people and people of color.

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