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Personal Narrative: How To Tame A Wild Tongue
I am eclectic, existential, and passionate. If any factor were to threaten either of my cultures, it would challenge the internal balance that defines me. My right to march in the San Francisco Women’s Right March following Trump’s inauguration felt unapologetic after I read “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldúa. In fact, as the Editor-In-Chief of The Mark, I decided on the central theme to revolve around Women’s History Month and featured articles relating to the Glass Ceiling and global patriarchy. Class discussions inspire me to generate an individual response and reflect my outlook.
When the Turkish referendum took place, allotting Erdogan extended power, I applied Martin Luther King Jr.'s concept of "just" vs. "unjust" to this

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