Jul 25, 2023
To:lolitroy
Ahhh, most excellent feedback. Thank you! I am also bilingual and really wanted to avoid the horrible tropes. I am glad I pulled it off. I agree that I haven't seen it done well very often. I live in one of the imperial motherships (probably obvious lol), so it's the opposite for me. spanglish can be one way to stay connected when the entire society is shoving english down your throat. But either way, as you said, it's all gross imperialism no matter which end you look at it. I'm glad the spanish/english has been working for you.
It's so funny that you noticed the salad in their meal, because I TOTALLY added that at the last minute. My thought process was, "oh, I always feel pressured to eat something 'healthy' so they would probably feel that pressure, too." So I added the salad.
Thank you again for commenting! I'm looking forward to reading your novel when it is ready.