The Jessica Zafra Syndrome

"For one thing, I’ve never felt oppressed in my life. In my observation, people don’t discriminate against you because you’re female or gay; they do so because they think you’re poor and weak so you’re just going to sit there and take it.

I’ve been poor, but I never felt I was less of a person. Arrogance helps: My account may be empty but I’m smart. And if anyone says, If you’re so smart why ain’t you rich?, the answer is: Because I don’t measure my worth in currency, you dumb shit." - Jessica Zafra, Jessica Zafra website

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One of my ever ever favorite writers, she's a local fictional writer, who is so articulate and has the indeed the balls to write about what she thinks or what she hates. Since college, my friends used to tease me about her books, "Twisted" who had many versions, and I bought almost all of them. Some people she hates so much the world, as well as men or like she's bitter about most of the things..but I dont think so. Probably, she's just being herself. She's witty, I mean and her humor is really edgy but really smart. I trust her judgement so much that when she recommends a book or a movie, I know it has got to be good. I share her taste for music, cinema, books and people. She loves travelling, sometimes she does make a big deal of some other things..but then again, everyones does the same thing. I kept imagining myself of meeting her in person, and I would probably lose words to tell her anything. I am putting her on a pedestal, and is she dating anybody...that i refuse to understand. hahahaha