Gabby Rivera: The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero
加比·里维拉: 漫威的第一个拉丁美洲裔酷儿超级英雄的故事
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would become such a huge part of my life.
我生命中如此重要的一部分。
and I saw everything I wasn't.
我觉得我什么都不是。
of nervous, soft energy,
软弱的一个大球
much like the bullies at school,
像是学校中的地痞流氓,
a lot of room for that, for me.
by Puerto Rican women from the Bronx?
谁还需要超级英雄?
and sold jewelry up the street,
in New York City public schools
around the dinner table with me.
都陪我围坐餐桌前。
women from the Bronx,
波多黎各妇女一起相处过,
of the world's greatest storytellers.
最伟大的故事讲述者。
at my grandmother's dining room table
about navigating their lives in the Bronx.
生活中狂野的故事。
我只是倾听,
to the soft threads in their stories,
柔软思绪所吸引,
a young-adult novel
我写了一本叫做
Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx
丰满的波多黎各酷儿女孩,
to write the solo series
拉丁美洲裔女同超级英雄
Latina lesbian superhero,
for the Marvel miniseries "Vengeance,"
迷你系列《复仇》创造了她,
in the Marvel Universe
portals into other dimensions.
穿越其他维度空间之门。
her identities -- queer and Latina --
——酷儿和拉丁裔——
在求生存。
had sacrificed themselves to the universe
在艾美莉卡孩提时牺牲自己
of having to be tough,
and the Bronx is tough,
布朗克斯这个地方很强悍,
on your way to the train type of tough.
和躲避警察塔一样的强悍。
people are like,
You gotta keep trucking.
还有我的外婆和奶奶,
or to invest in self-care.
或者为自己的健康投资。
that I wanted to give to America,
的第一件东西,
to give to my abuelas and my tías,
外婆和姑姑的东西,
to give to my mom now:
我妈妈的东西:
just to discover yourself,
crumble and you will fall
compassion and healing stuff
to be human, to mess up,
更人性,可以把事情弄糟,
You know what I'm saying?
你们知道我要说什么了吗?
超级英雄的假期,
in Justice Sonia Sotomayor University.
索尼娅·索托马约尔大学。
and represented and liberated
以第一位被提名为最高法院大法官的
to the first Puerto Rican woman
of the United States?
尊敬和自由的地方吗?
Revolutionaries and You,"
she's ready to show off her strength,
她也准备好了展示自己的力量,
her portal-punching skills,
打出传送门的技能,
from her right away.
and I changed up her location
然后我改变她的位置
because that is what college is like,
因为大学里就是这样。
to be alone for long,
gone totally wrong,
was my mentor,
是我的导师,
needed one, too.
America Chavez than Storm,
还有比暴风女更好的导师吗?
members of the X-Men?
how to quiet her mind
如何在一扇星际之门中
she opens up the dimensions,
她打开了多维空间,
silence and deep reflection
but with Storm's encouragement,
但是在暴风女的鼓励下,
loved me enough
myself and my ancestors,
how do you even know what that means?
你怎么会知道那是什么意思?
of my people in college.
学到我们族人的历史。
sitting on my grandmother's lap
and everyone still left on the island.
留在岛上的人的名字。
a grandma on America Chavez,
艾美莉卡紧急空降一个外婆,
a big, strong, luchador grandma,
得是个强壮高大的圣斗士外婆,
to take her to the ancestral plain,
带回祖先星球的外婆,
could see the history of her people
艾美莉卡在天空的呈现中
and her mom flee.
that they experience
accepts them openly
并且得到极大帮助时,
met with even greater compassion,
更巨大的同情,
the tremendous strength of her family.
queer kids of color
because you will find the pieces there.
因为你将在那里找到片段。
is not a pass to duck,
lands in World War II
to punch Nazis in 2018.
也需要艾美莉卡来打击纳粹。
kind of wrecks her a little bit,
让她有点崩溃,
with her best friend,
有联系,
and they go on a road trip
at the top of their lungs.
No Doubt乐队的 “Just a Girl”,
and almost kills America ...
差点杀死了艾美莉卡,
that healing, that gives her the fuel
给了她能量
and having to be tough ...
to help her find herself.
来帮助找到自己。
that is rooted in compassion
in justice and liberation.
and vulnerability meet strength
柔和脆弱遇到了力量,
something majestic,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gabby Rivera - WriterGabby Rivera is a Bronx-born, queer Latinx writer.
Why you should listen
Gabby Rivera is the author of AMERICA, the debut solo series for America Chavez, Marvel's first queer Latina superhero.
Rivera's critically acclaimed debut novel Juliet Takes a Breath was called "f*cking outstanding" by Roxane Gay and will be published in hardcover for the first time in fall 2019. Rivera has also written in the Lumberjanes universe for Boom! Studios. Her latest short story, "O.1," can be found in Victor LaValle's upcoming anthology A People's Future of the United States. She is currently working on her next novel.
When not writing, Rivera speaks at events across the country on her experiences as a queer Puerto Rican from the Bronx, an LGBTQ youth advocate and on the importance of centering joy in narratives as Latinx people and people of color.
Gabby Rivera | Speaker | TED.com