It’s been like 4 years since I posted here. I couldn’t log in and it was a bitch to get back into my account. Also, I’ve been way too busy IRL to post here.
I got a dog and a cat. And a job. I have investments. I got a disability. I started gardening as a hobby, and I pretend to like it in order to appear interesting in conversations. And I started learning Spanish and Portuguese so I could communicate with family. Most of my family (on both my parents’ side, and my step-mom and her family) are immigrants. Turns out that learning new languages is pretty fun. Spanish is super easy to learn. Why is Spanish easier to learn than Portuguese, despite the languages being very similar? I don’t know.
Anyway, yeah. I was reading some of my old reviews since my friends wanted to learn about America Chavez. Turns out that even in 2026, people still know about her infamous solo series. It made me want to log in and sort of address what I wrote in the past.
So now that I’m older, I’m rereading some of the stuff I wrote. And some things I dismissed as weird Gabby Rivera-isms are actually references to LGBT culture, and Latin and Spanish references. Now that I’m older, bisexual-er and more familiar with this stuff, I understand that sort of thing now. So I wanted to post and say that I see you, Gabby. You deserve the credit here.
But learning Spanish also means I’m way more aware of the spelling and grammar mistakes in the Spanish. Which makes the book a lot funnier to read. So the books are actually worse for me than they were 9 years ago.
Anyway, this post is here to encourage everyone to learn a new language. It can open doors for you, make you seem more interesting, and will give you an idea as to why Spanish and Portuguese people were laughing at the show Primos for naming a baby Cuquita.
PS: Check out LatAm Twitter sometimes because people there are fucking brutal. I love it.
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