Island of Love and Rage
By: by Rachel Casiano Hernandez
Publisher: The author
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Puerto Rican women; Hispanic American lesbians; Lesbians; Non-monogamous relationships
Description: Rachel is exhausted and infuriated in this short zine about the colonialist misconceptions about Puerto Rico, the complete disregard by the president regarding aid for the island following Hurricane Maria, and well-meaning white people lamenting its destruction as an inevitable "natural disaster, as though poverty and exploitation are 'natural.'" She describes how her fathers side of the family has bounced between New York City and San Juan every other generation, layering her narrative over pictures of city buildings, palm trees and Puerto Rican maps, and an infrared satellite picture of the hurricane.
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