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Christina Trujillo
@cltruj.bsky.social
29 followers 43 following 14 posts
writer/human
once made a joke so funny it cracked my husband’s rib
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Reposted by Christina Trujillo
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To be a person of no consequence, to speak without power, is a bewilderingly awful condition, as though you were a ghost, a beast, as though words died in your mouth, as though sound no longer traveled. It is almost worse to say something and have it not matter than to be silent.
To be a person of consequence is to matter. If you matter, you have rights, and your words serve those rights and give you the power to bear witness, make agreements, set boundaries. If you have consequence, your words possess the authority to determine what does and does not happen to you, the power that underlies the concept of consent as part of equality and ­ self-​­ determination. Even legally women’s words have lacked consequence: in only a few scattered places on earth could women vote before the twenti- eth century, and not so many decades ago, women rarely became lawyers and judges; I met a Texas woman whose mother was among the first women in their region to serve on a jury, and I was an adult when the first woman was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Until a few decades ago, wives throughout much of the world, including the United States, lacked the right to make con- tracts and financial decisions or even to exercise jurisdiction over their own bodies that overrode their husbands’ ability to do so; in some parts of the world, a wife is still property under the law, and others choose her husband. To be a person of no consequence, to speak without power, is a bewilderingly awful condition, as though you were a ghost, a beast, as though words died in your mouth, as though sound no longer traveled. It is almost worse to say some- thing and have it not matter than to be silent.
September 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Reposted by Christina Trujillo
kjcharleswriter.com
Yeah so fuck that. You are allowed to write. I'm a novelist and a spouse and a parent and a money-earner and I'm telling you, you are allowed to write for money or pleasure or therapy, and it's not selfish, idle, or a waste of time.

Write. If you need permission, you have mine. Write.
April 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Which, if we’re being honest, is pretty good growth on my part. Back in 2016, I think I’d have forced myself through it. Celebrating the small wins today.
February 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Reposted by Christina Trujillo
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This isn't a dig at anyone, just a reminder that class is a big factor. I am from a moneyed professional tertiary education background and I am highly aware of what a huge advantage that is.
February 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM