Gloria Malone
Who are YOU?
It’s hard for me to separate this from my identity, but I’m a mother, I became a mother when I was 15. I’m a person who enjoys creativity, I enjoy educating people about things, I don’t argue with strangers on the Internet and I also don’t write research papers in the comment sections. I’m someone who has very clear boundaries and as I’ve grown I realized a lot of the issues I’ve had with the people in my life whether it be family, friends, teachers, etc. was because I had very clear boundaries before knowing what the word was. With that, people have to learn how to be in relationships with me; I’ve always been someone who had boundaries. Si no te gustas, I don’t give a f**k. And I haven’t, since before I even knew what those words were.
So yeah that’s me, a creative high energy boundary holding no arguing on the internet person - but I’ll surely let you know you’re wrong.
Are you the black sheep of the family?
Yes and no. I am very much the caregiver, I love taking care of the people who I love and love me the way that I need to be loved. In some way that’s what you’re supposed to be as a woman period, but also who you’re supposed to be as the Latin woman, as a Black woman. So when you’re a Black Latina, you definitely have to be that person. When you go back to the first question I’ve always had clear boundaries and have always spoken my mind and that’s where the black sheep comes in; have a baby at 15 and it’s like when the fuck are you doing? I may have been the black sheep but I do know my family loves me very much and are proud of me whether it be because of who I am or in spite of, but that’s for them to figure out. I know I love who the fuck I am and it’s because I’m outspoken, it’s because I’ve done things in the way that I want to do them, I may not always know what I want to do but I know what I’m not going to do.
What’s your go to affirmation/ message to yourself?
"Being a visionary is a very lonely thing and being a visionary is like being able to see into the future". when you can see into the future (cue in that’s so raven), people won’t listen to you, despues pasan dias o años and then everyone’s like 'omgg'. Additionally, I have to remind myself that when it comes to conversations around breaking generational curses that thinking you’re the first person to ever work on these problems is a very egotistical state of mind in my opinion. So I have to remind myself that I don’t need to break all the curses or do all the work. I’m not starting all this work, I may be adding to it, but the majority has been worked on by tons before me whether known by name or not. like, you a badass bitch but you come from a line of badass bitches who’ve been working on this for a while. Take the pressure off of yourself and don’t be so fucking egotistical.