Christine Suggs talks struggles of being half-Mexican and queer in their new graphic novel, “¡Ay, Mija! My Bilingual Summer in Mexico.”
“My first crush was Jasmine from the animated Aladdin movie,” Suggs said. “The way I figured it out was like, well, I feel weird when she kisses Jafar, and I know I’m not into him, and so, like, that’s as far as my brain would let me go.”
“I’m Catholic, and I know my parents, how they are,” they said. “So it’s been a difficult, understanding path. It just has taken time, but we’re trying, you know, we’re trying.” The color of their skin, their last name and their inability to speak Spanish left Suggs feeling like they were never quite “Mexican enough,” they said.
Liz Kossnar, a senior editor at Little, Brown and Co. and editor of Suggs’ book, said they wanted readers to go on the same journey as 16-year-old Suggs and hopefully pick up a word or two in the language. “I am trying to cultivate a new relationship with Spanish and, like, accepting like, ‘OK, I might not ever be fluent,’” Suggs said. “But you know, I’m trying to connect with it in my own way.”From the exploration of different identities to the navigation of one’s belonging, Suggs has mastered a whirlwind of emotions since the age of 16. They don’t allow their inability to speak Spanish, their white skin or their non-Hispanic last name to determine how Mexican they are.
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