YA Latina Lesbians: On Mayra Lazara Dole’s Down Seriously To the Bone
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A cuban-American high school junior, is forced to come-out when her Catholic school teacher reads Laura’s private texts to her girlfriend aloud to the entire class in Mayra Lazara Dole’s1 Down to the Bone (2012) Laura. As being a total outcome, Laura is humiliated, kicked away from college, and asked by her mom to go out of their property. Dole’s description of Laura’s coming-out is significant, among many and varied reasons, given that it focuses a Latina lesbian protagonist. (more…)
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YA Latina Lesbians: On Mayra Lazara Dole’s Down Seriously To the Bone