Vanessa Giron

Vanessa Giron is a Latinx freelance writer based in Naarm. She primarily writes on identity and culture, and how these things have shaped her as a woman in country that is not her own. She is a member of the West Writers Group with Footscray Community Arts Centre as well as a critic for The Big Issue. You can find Vanessa on Twitter @vanesssagiron or on her website vanessagiron.com

Prose

Blessed Is The Fruit

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For every ‘mamasita’ I’ve ever received I have an equal number of ‘cochina’—balanced like Rosary beads, and a prayer I hear everyday.