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* TookALevelInDumbass: When Lauren asks Amaury if he had used condoms while sleeping with Marisleysis, he merely states that she was a virgin--as if that negated her ability to get pregnant.
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: The last straw in his marriage to Usnavys is when she takes out the last $6000 money they have after they go broke, and spends it in a shopping spree. He immediately filed for divorce and takes their daughter Carolina back to his native San Juan.
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* ButchLesbian: She wears her hair in the stereotypical undercut.
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* ButNotTooBlack: Usnavys' mother made her believe that she was light skinned (she's dark), and forbade her from dating dark skinned men.
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* InternalizedCategorism: Due to issues with her Cuban father, Lauren has twisted view of Latinos, which occasionally extends to her friends. She'll even think poorly of herself for being Latina, not helped by the fact that she faces racism and sexualization from her bigoted white coworkers.
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* DoubleStandard: Lauren's grandmother blames Lauren whenever a boyfriend cheats on her, instead of, you know, blaming the man supposedly because that's just how men are.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: According to Lauren, her father raised her to think he was the most important thing in the world (right after Cuba).
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Lauren's Cuban heritage comes from her nationalist Cuban father, who was more interested in the politics of Cuba than in paying attention to his daughter. Though he never appears in the story, his neglect (plus American society's racist views against Latinos) caused Lauren to have a warped view of her Latina heritage, resulting in her going after Latino gangbangers for affection.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Rebecca's father is a staunchdevout Catholic who supposedly espouses traditional family values by putting himself as the boss of the household, forcing his career wife to become a meek housewife, and sending his daughter to college to find a husband.
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* BookDumb: Brad has been working on PhD philosophy thesis for eight years, and shows no signs of completing it, or even graduating. It's made clear that his wealth and family connections are the reasons why he is even allowed to remain the PhD program.
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* BookDumb: Brad has been working on PhD Ph.D philosophy thesis for eight years, and shows no signs of completing it, or even graduating. It's made clear that his wealth and family connections are the reasons why he is even allowed to remain the PhD Ph.D program.
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* {{Manchild}}: Brad spends most of his time in the guest bedroom in front of his laptop.
* RaceFetish: Brad has a creepy obsession with Latinas. Lauren recalls a time when he was visibly sweating while listening to the ''sucias'' conversing in Spanish, including ''taking notes''.
* RaceFetish: Brad has a creepy obsession with Latinas. Lauren recalls a time when he was visibly sweating while listening to the ''sucias'' conversing in Spanish, including ''taking notes''.
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* IdleRich: Brad fully relies on his trust fund, which is still plenty even when his parents cut off most of it. As he does not have to work, he spends most days sitting in the guest bed in front of his laptop with his pants off working on his doctorate thesis. When he is not slacking off at home, he spends most of his time at the library, or at philosophy seminars in Europe.
* {{Manchild}}: Brad spends most of his time in the guest bedroom in front of hislaptop.
laptop with his pants off, and the room is trashed because he couldn't be bothered to clean up. Rebecca having to leave him a list of chores to do while she is away at work is reminiscient of a mother and her lazy, unmotivated son.
* RaceFetish: Brad has a creepy obsession with Latinas. Lauren recalls a time when he was visibly sweating while listening to the ''sucias'' conversing in Spanish, including ''taking notes''.
* {{Manchild}}: Brad spends most of his time in the guest bedroom in front of his
* RaceFetish: Brad has a creepy obsession with Latinas. Lauren recalls a time when he was visibly sweating while listening to the ''sucias'' conversing in Spanish, including ''taking notes''.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Rebecca's mother allows her husband (whom she calls "el patron"--the boss) to control her life, as is the way of in fundamental Catholicism. She had initially started a successful taco business in Alberquerque, but after she married Rebecca's father, he took the business from her, stating that her only job is to be an obedient wife. However, she makes her dissatisafaction for this lifestyle clear, and advises her daughter that she does not have to be like her.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Rebecca's father is a staunch
* {{Hypocrite}}: Rebecca's father is a staunch
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* AttemptedRape: When Lauren finally confronts him about his affair with a teenage girl, he tries to calm her down by trying to force himself on her
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* DoesNotLikeMen: Selwyn in a nutshell. This even extends to innocent male children.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men. Quite fitting for the book's radical feminist.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After having had enough of her son, and Elizabeth standing up for him, Selwyn walks out on her.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men. Quite fitting for the book's radical feminist.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After having had enough of her son, and Elizabeth standing up for him, Selwyn walks out on her.
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* DoesNotLikeMen: Selwyn in a nutshell. This even extends to her innocent male children.
child.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men. Quite fitting forthe book's this radical feminist.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After having had enough of herson, son and of Elizabeth standing up for him, Selwyn walks out on her.both of them.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men. Quite fitting for
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After having had enough of her
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Brad marries Rebecca, a brown Mexican-American woman (no matter what she believes) partly to spite his racist parents, who look down on anyone who is non-white or an immigrant. However, he does this out of ethnic curiosity and fetishization of Rebecca, rather than out of any real love for her.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Brad marries Rebecca, a brown Mexican-American woman (no matter what she believes) partly to spite his racist parents, who look down on anyone who is non-white or an immigrant. However, he does this out of ethnic curiosity and fetishization of Rebecca, rather than out of any real love for her.
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* {{Manchild}}: Brad spends most of his time in the guest bedroom in front of his laptop.
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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: Rebecca admits to the ''sucias''that she's "haven't had sex with anything but her own hand" in ten months due to the passionless marriage with Brad.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: While hiding out in Argentina, he sleeps with various prostitutes. When he discovers that Sara back in America had bought herself a little black dress, he (correctly) assumes that she's cheating on him, and immediately returns to kill her.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: While hiding out in Argentina, he sleeps with various prostitutes. When he discovers that Sara back in America had been cheating on him with one man after she had bought herself a little black dress, he (correctly) assumes that she's cheating on him, and immediately returns flies back to the States to kill her.
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Rebecca's investor for her magazine, ''Ella'', and later husband.
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!! Andre
Rebecca's investor for her magazine, ''Ella'', and later husband.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Having had enough of his mother-in-law's shit, Andre gives her an epic one, calling out on her backwards racist beliefs.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Having had enough of his mother-in-law's shit, Andre gives her an epic one, calling out on her backwards racist beliefs.
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* RaceFetish: Brad has a creepy obsession with Latinas. Lauren recalls a time when he was visibly sweating while listening to the ''sucias'' conversing in Spanish, including ''taking notes''.
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* FemaleMisogynist: Lauren's grandmother, who internalized in Lauren from a young age that she was inherently inferior to men, so much so that she urges the latter to fight harder for Ed (who's cheating on her) by fixing her appearance.
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* FemaleMisogynist: Lauren's grandmother, who internalized in Lauren from a young age that she was inherently inferior to men, so much so that she urges men. When Lauren tells her about Ed's cheating, the latter to fight harder for Ed (who's cheating blames this on her) by fixing her the former's appearance.
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* ParentalNeglect: Lauren's mother was more concerned about getting her next drug fix than about her own daughter, while her father, while more loving towards her, occasionally ignored her to daydream about Cuba before Castro.
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* DisappearedDad: Usnavys' found fatherhood too stressful, so he walked out on the family when his daughter was still a toddler. He comes back though.
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* DisappearedDad: Usnavys' found fatherhood too stressful, so he walked out on the family when his daughter was still a toddler. He comes back though.though, albeit briefly.
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Rebecca's mother, father, and her son.
* {{Colorism}}: In keeping with their belief that they are white, they happily approved of Rebecca's marriage to Brad. Her mother is furious when the latter reveals that she and Brad have divorced (when it was Brad's idea), and is even more furious when Rebecca marries a Black man.
* InternalizedCategorism: They refuse to acknowledge that they're Indigenous Mexican-American, instead believing themselves to be white Spaniards.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Having had enough of his mother-in-law's shit, Andre gives her an epic one, calling out on her backwards racist beliefs.
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* CategoryTraitor: She calls out supposedly "whitewashed" Latinos, such as Rebecca (with justification) who claims to be Spanish, and even extends this to celebrities such as Creator/CameronDiaz and Creator/ChristinaAguilera. She herself becomes a target of this when she signs a million dollar record deal to sing in English and Spanish, the two "colonizer" languages she'd been bashing up until now.
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* CategoryTraitor: She calls out supposedly "whitewashed" Latinos, such as Rebecca (with justification) who claims to be Spanish, and even extends this to celebrities such as Creator/CameronDiaz and Creator/ChristinaAguilera.Music/ChristinaAguilera. She herself becomes a target of this when she signs a million dollar record deal to sing in English and Spanish, the two "colonizer" languages she'd been bashing up until now.
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* GoldDigger: She looks down at Juan for not being able to buy her the luxuries she desires on his meager salary, even though she makes more than enough to get those things herself. Ultimately downplayed in that she genuinely loves him.
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* GoldDigger: She looks down at on Juan for not being able to buy her the luxuries she desires on his meager salary, even though she makes more than enough to get those things herself. Ultimately downplayed in that she genuinely loves him.
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* TheFundamentalist: By the second book she becomes tight with her Catholic beliefs, notably how she refuses to get a surrogate to carry her baby, and when she decides to through with it, she refuses to let Cuicatl be the surrogate because the latter previously has an abortion. She's also uncomfortable being around Elizabeth after she came out as a lesbian.
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* TheFundamentalist: By the second book she becomes tight with her Catholic beliefs, notably how she refuses to get a surrogate to carry her baby, and when she decides to go through with it, she refuses to let Cuicatl be the surrogate because the latter previously has an abortion. She's also uncomfortable being around Elizabeth after she came out as a lesbian.
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* CategoryTraitor: She calls out supposedly "whitewashed" Latinos, such as Rebecca (with justification) who claims to be Spanish, and even extends this to celebrities such as Cameron Diaz and Christina Aguilera. She herself becomes a target of this when she signs a million dollar record deal to sing in English and Spanish, the two "colonizer" languages she'd been bashing up until now.
* DoNotCallMePaul: After her Aztec naming ceremony, she insists to be called Cuicatl, shutting down anyone who calls her by her "colonizer" name. However she'll occasionally let it slide from her friends whenever they're in distress.
* DoNotCallMePaul: After her Aztec naming ceremony, she insists to be called Cuicatl, shutting down anyone who calls her by her "colonizer" name. However she'll occasionally let it slide from her friends whenever they're in distress.
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* CategoryTraitor: She calls out supposedly "whitewashed" Latinos, such as Rebecca (with justification) who claims to be Spanish, and even extends this to celebrities such as Cameron Diaz Creator/CameronDiaz and Christina Aguilera.Creator/ChristinaAguilera. She herself becomes a target of this when she signs a million dollar record deal to sing in English and Spanish, the two "colonizer" languages she'd been bashing up until now.
* DoNotCallMePaul: After her Aztec naming ceremony, she insiststo be in being called Cuicatl, shutting down anyone who calls her by her "colonizer" name. However she'll occasionally let it slide from her friends whenever they're in distress.
* DoNotCallMePaul: After her Aztec naming ceremony, she insists
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* HatesMen: Selwyn in a nutshell. This even extends to innocent male children.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He has such horribly backward views on women that would make a man from the 50s blush.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He has such horribly backward views on women that would make a man from the 50s blush.
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* FreudianExcuse: Lauren admits that the reason she desperately tries to find a man who will love her despite any red flags is because no one cares to love her when she was growing up. See ParentalNeglect. Her parents' uncaring nature and lack of ambition is what also motivated Lauren into becoming an overachiever.
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A self-described "half-New Jersey Cuban, half-white trash" journalist for the Boston Gazette.
* AmbiguouslyBi: She sleeps with Elizabeth, and apparently likes it. Yet this event, or mentions of her orientation are never brought up ever again.
* FreudianExcuse: Lauren admits thatthe reason she desperately tries to find a man who will love her despite any red flags is because to make up for the fact that no one cares had cared enough to love her when she was growing up. See ParentalNeglect. up (see ParentalNeglect). Her parents' trashy, uncaring nature and lack of ambition is what also motivated Lauren into becoming an overachiever.
* AmbiguouslyBi: She sleeps with Elizabeth, and apparently likes it. Yet this event, or mentions of her orientation are never brought up ever again.
* FreudianExcuse: Lauren admits that
A fat and proud Puerto Rican/Dominican-American who's the vice President of the United Way, and gives the runaround to her college sweetheart Juan.
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* FreudianExcuse: Her excessive materialism may have stemmed from growing in the Jamaica Plains projects in extreme poverty.
* GoldDigger: She looks down at Juan for not being able to buy her the luxuries she desires on his meager salary, even though she makes more than enough to get those things herself. Ultimately downplayed in that she genuinly loves him.
* GoldDigger: She looks down at Juan for not being able to buy her the luxuries she desires on his meager salary, even though she makes more than enough to get those things herself. Ultimately downplayed in that she genuinly loves him.
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* FreudianExcuse: Her excessive materialism may have stemmed from growing in the Jamaica Plains Plain projects in extreme poverty.
* GoldDigger: She looks down at Juan for not being able to buy her the luxuries she desires on his meager salary, even though she makes more than enough to get those things herself. Ultimately downplayed in that shegenuinly genuinely loves him.
* GoldDigger: She looks down at Juan for not being able to buy her the luxuries she desires on his meager salary, even though she makes more than enough to get those things herself. Ultimately downplayed in that she
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* ReallyGetsAround: Usnavys loves to have at least two or three men at any single given time. This continues even after her marriage to Juan.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Downplayed in which Usnavys loves to have at least two or three men at any single given time. This continues even after time, but never actually sleeps with them. Ultimately played straight in the sequel as a way of alleviating her dissatisfaction with her marriage to Juan.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Lauren describes her as "scary beautiful", and worked as a runway model before she became a news anchor. Sadly,
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Lauren describes her as "scary beautiful", and worked as a runway model before she became a news anchor.Sadly, This makes her a target for sexualization, which comes down on her hard when she's outed as a lesbian.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Lauren describes her as "scary beautiful", and worked as a runway model before she became a news anchor.
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* InternalizedCategorism: Rebecca claims to be white Spanish. The second novel reveals that she genuinely didn't know of her Indigenous roots, and readily accepted the truth after Cuicatl researched her family tree. Though the fact that her very obvious Indigenous appearance didn't clue her in to her true heritage suggests that this trope is still in play.
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* InternalizedCategorism: Rebecca claims to be white Spanish. The Spanish, though the second novel reveals downplays this by revealing that she genuinely didn't know of her Indigenous roots, and readily accepted accepts the truth after Cuicatl researched researches her family tree. Though the fact that her very obvious Indigenous appearance didn't clue her in to her true heritage suggests that this trope is might still be in play.
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* {{Ephebophile}}: He's discovered to be carrying on a sexual relationship with Marisleysis, a fourteen year old girl (and Lauren's protege).
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Lauren's father, mother, brother, and grandmother.
* HeritageDisconnect: Lauren's Cuban father initially refrained from speaking Spanish at home because his wife refused to learn it. After he divorced her and kicked her out of the house, he began to speak more Spanish around Lauren, presumably to get her to learn after she became the diversity hire.
* DoubleStandard: Lauren's grandmother blames Lauren whenever a boyfriend cheats on her, instead of, you know, blaming the man supposedly because that's just how men are.
* FemaleMisogynist: Lauren's grandmother, who internalized in Lauren from a young age that she was inherently inferior to men, so much so that she urges the latter to fight harder for Ed (who's cheating on her) by fixing her appearance.
* LowerClassLout: The family lived in a trailer home in New Jersey, where the mom and brother frequently dealt with drugs.
* NoNameGiven: Lauren's entire family, brother included, are never named.
* ParentalNeglect: Lauren's mother was more concerned about getting her next drug fix than about her own daughter, while her father, while more loving towards her, occasionally ignored her to daydream about Cuba before Castro.
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[[folder: Usnavys' family]]
Usnavys' mother, father, and brother.
* DisappearedDad: Usnavys' found fatherhood too stressful, so he walked out on the family when his daughter was still a toddler. He comes back though.
* ParentalSubstitute: Usnavys' brother filled in the role of father figure in his sister's life after theirs walked out on them. This comes to a brutal, tragic end when he's gunned down by a gang.
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Lauren's father, mother, brother, and grandmother.
* HeritageDisconnect: Lauren's Cuban father initially refrained from speaking Spanish at home because his wife refused to learn it. After he divorced her and kicked her out of the house, he began to speak more Spanish around Lauren, presumably to get her to learn after she became the diversity hire.
* DoubleStandard: Lauren's grandmother blames Lauren whenever a boyfriend cheats on her, instead of, you know, blaming the man supposedly because that's just how men are.
* FemaleMisogynist: Lauren's grandmother, who internalized in Lauren from a young age that she was inherently inferior to men, so much so that she urges the latter to fight harder for Ed (who's cheating on her) by fixing her appearance.
* LowerClassLout: The family lived in a trailer home in New Jersey, where the mom and brother frequently dealt with drugs.
* NoNameGiven: Lauren's entire family, brother included, are never named.
* ParentalNeglect: Lauren's mother was more concerned about getting her next drug fix than about her own daughter, while her father, while more loving towards her, occasionally ignored her to daydream about Cuba before Castro.
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Usnavys' mother, father, and brother.
* DisappearedDad: Usnavys' found fatherhood too stressful, so he walked out on the family when his daughter was still a toddler. He comes back though.
* ParentalSubstitute: Usnavys' brother filled in the role of father figure in his sister's life after theirs walked out on them. This comes to a brutal, tragic end when he's gunned down by a gang.
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* ADateWithRosyPalms: Rebecca admits to the ''sucias''that she's "haven't had sex with anything but her own hand" in ten months due to the passionless marriage with Brad.
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* ADateWithRosyPalms: ADateWithRosiePalms: Rebecca admits to the ''sucias''that she's "haven't had sex with anything but her own hand" in ten months due to the passionless marriage with Brad.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Rebecca's very strict about her faith to the point of coming off a bit rude to some of her friends (especially to Elizabeth). She then admits to touching herself to cope with her failing marriage to Brad, seemingly overlooking that masturbation is a mortal sin in the Catholic Church.
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* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men.
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* HatesMen: Selwyn in a nutshell. This even extends to innocent male children.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men. Quite fitting for the book's radical feminist.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men. Quite fitting for the book's radical feminist.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His birth name is never mentioned. This likely due to the fact that he's the son of a corrupt Mexican official. Either that or because, like Amber, he shed his Spanish "colonizer" name after aligning with the Mexica movement. Then it's revealed that "Gato" was not even his new name (as it was still a Spanish nickname).
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His birth name is never mentioned. This likely due to the fact that he's the son of a corrupt Mexican official. Either that or because, like Amber, he shed his Spanish "colonizer" name after aligning with the Mexica movement. Then it's revealed that "Gato" was not even his new name (as it was still a Spanish nickname).
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* ADateWithRosyPalms: Rebecca admits to the ''sucias''that she's "haven't had sex with anything but her own hand" in ten months due to the passionless marriage with Brad.
* PrettyBoy: He's described as such by Lauren.
* ExtremeDoormat: Juan repeatedly tried to express his love for Usnavys through his meager salary and refusing to even court another, despite all the emotional abuse he receives from her.
* AbusiveParents: She openly despises her adopted toddler son, simply because he's male. She repeatedly neglects him while under her care. When he begins to cry (usually for food), she chalks this up to "male entitlement".
* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After having had enough of her son, and Elizabeth standing up for him, Selwyn walks out on her.
* StrawFeminist: In the second book, Selwyn goes on a full-on misandrist rant about her and Elizabeth's adopted son.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name contains the word "womyn", which in feminist discourse is considered an (somewhat controversial) alternate spelling of "woman" that both serves to be more inclusive of queer women, and to remove the implication of women being a subsidiary of men.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After having had enough of her son, and Elizabeth standing up for him, Selwyn walks out on her.
* StrawFeminist: In the second book, Selwyn goes on a full-on misandrist rant about her and Elizabeth's adopted son.
* ImAManICantHelpIt: At a ''sucias'' outing with their partners years ago, Roberto groped Elizabeth in the ocean, whilst claiming that he was only doing what came naturally to him as a man.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He has such horrible backward views on women that would make a man from the 1960s blush.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: He frequently suggests to "kill the rich", while he enjoys leeching off of his father's trust fund.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: He frequently suggests to "kill the rich", while yet he enjoys leeching off of his father's trust fund.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is never mentioned. This likely because, like Amber, he likely shed his Spanish "colonizer" name after aligning with the Mexica movement.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Gato loves being at the forefront of the spotlight for his performances with Cuicatl. So when Cuicatl gets a million dollar record deal and becomes more famous than him, he hides his jealousy by accusing her of being a sellout and forgetting her roots, and quickly leaves her for another woman.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Gato goes back to referring to Cuicatl by her former name, Amber, as he thought she didn't deserve her Nahuatl name for "selling out".
* MeaningfulName: His name in Nahuatl is Yoltzin, "small heart", which if Amber/Cuicatl had known before would've clued her in to her husband's selfish nature.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hisreal birth name is never mentioned. This likely due to the fact that he's the son of a corrupt Mexican official. Either that or because, like Amber, he likely shed his Spanish "colonizer" name after aligning with the Mexica movement.movement. Then it's revealed that "Gato" was not even his new name (as it was still a Spanish nickname).
* MaliciousMisnaming: Gato goes back to referring to Cuicatl by her former name, Amber, as he thought she didn't deserve her Nahuatl name for "selling out".
* MeaningfulName: His name in Nahuatl is Yoltzin, "small heart", which if Amber/Cuicatl had known before would've clued her in to her husband's selfish nature.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His
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!! Amaury Pimentel
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He has such horrible backward views on women that would make even a man from the 1950s blush.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He has such horrible backward views on women that would make even a man from the 1950s 1960s blush.
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!! Partners
[[folder: Ed]]
!! Ed
Lauren's Tex-Mex fiancé who's secretly cheating on her.
* ImAManICantHelpIt: His excuse to Lauren when she catches him having sex with another woman in their bed. He "reasons" that it's better that he lets out all his urges out now than after the wedding. Lauren understandably doesn't see it this way.
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[[folder: Amaury]]
!! Amaury
Lauren's Dominican boyfriend, and second fiancé.
* MixedAncestry: He's half-Dominican and half-Puerto Rican.
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[[folder: Juan]]
!! Juan Vasquez
Usnavys' on-and-off boyfriend, later fiancé.
[[folder: Selwyn]]
!! Selwyn Womyngold
Elizabeth's girlfriend.
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[[folder: Roberto]]
!! Roberto Asis
Sara's husband.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While hiding out in Argentina, he sleeps with various prostitutes. When he discovers that Sara back in America had bought herself a little black dress, he (correctly) assumes that she's cheating on him, and immediately returns to kill her.
* KarmicDeath: He's killed in a collision with a truck while trying to kill Sara.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He has such horrible backward views on women that would make even a man from the 1950s blush.
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[[folder: Brad]]
!! Bradford T. Atkins
Rebecca's husband.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He frequently suggests to "kill the rich", while he enjoys leeching off of his father's trust fund.
* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Brad to a T.
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[[folder: Gato]]
!! "Gato"
Amber's (later ex) husband.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is never mentioned. This likely because, like Amber, he likely shed his Spanish "colonizer" name after aligning with the Mexica movement.
!! Partners
[[folder: Ed]]
!! Ed
Lauren's Tex-Mex fiancé who's secretly cheating on her.
* ImAManICantHelpIt: His excuse to Lauren when she catches him having sex with another woman in their bed. He "reasons" that it's better that he lets out all his urges out now than after the wedding. Lauren understandably doesn't see it this way.
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[[folder: Amaury]]
!! Amaury
Lauren's Dominican boyfriend, and second fiancé.
* MixedAncestry: He's half-Dominican and half-Puerto Rican.
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[[folder: Juan]]
!! Juan Vasquez
Usnavys' on-and-off boyfriend, later fiancé.
[[folder: Selwyn]]
!! Selwyn Womyngold
Elizabeth's girlfriend.
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[[folder: Roberto]]
!! Roberto Asis
Sara's husband.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While hiding out in Argentina, he sleeps with various prostitutes. When he discovers that Sara back in America had bought herself a little black dress, he (correctly) assumes that she's cheating on him, and immediately returns to kill her.
* KarmicDeath: He's killed in a collision with a truck while trying to kill Sara.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He has such horrible backward views on women that would make even a man from the 1950s blush.
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[[folder: Brad]]
!! Bradford T. Atkins
Rebecca's husband.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He frequently suggests to "kill the rich", while he enjoys leeching off of his father's trust fund.
* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Brad to a T.
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[[folder: Gato]]
!! "Gato"
Amber's (later ex) husband.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is never mentioned. This likely because, like Amber, he likely shed his Spanish "colonizer" name after aligning with the Mexica movement.
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* EmbarrasingNickname: Lauren calls her Becca Baca.
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* EmbarrasingNickname: EmbarrassingNickname: Lauren calls her Becca Baca.
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* MixedAncestry: Ethnically, Lauren is half-Cuban, half-white. Racially, she's just white.
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* FreudianExcuse: Lauren admits that the reason she desperately tries to find a man who will love her despite any red flags is because no one cares to love her when she was growing up. See ParentalNeglect. Her parents' uncaring nature and lack of ambition is what also motivated Lauren into becoming an overachiever.
* HasAType: Although not explicitly stated, Lauren seems to have a preference for Latino men, despite holding low opinions of them. This could be justified since Lauren is more familiar with men of her ethnicity, combined with the fact that she never seems to meet men of other ethnicities, and she doesn't trust white men.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Lauren went most of her adult life getting into nowhere relationships with sleazy men in hopes that she will find true love.
* MixedAncestry: Ethnically, Lauren is half-Cuban,half-white. Racially, she's just white.half-white.
* ParentalNeglect: Her mother was a white trash drug addict who was more worried about getting her next fix than about her own daughter. Her father, despite being the more caring parent by default, spent most of his time reminiscing about pre-Castro Cuba.
* TheUnfavourite: Lauren is this to her mother, who favoured Lauren's brother because he became a trashy drug addict like her.
* HasAType: Although not explicitly stated, Lauren seems to have a preference for Latino men, despite holding low opinions of them. This could be justified since Lauren is more familiar with men of her ethnicity, combined with the fact that she never seems to meet men of other ethnicities, and she doesn't trust white men.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Lauren went most of her adult life getting into nowhere relationships with sleazy men in hopes that she will find true love.
* MixedAncestry: Ethnically, Lauren is half-Cuban,
* ParentalNeglect: Her mother was a white trash drug addict who was more worried about getting her next fix than about her own daughter. Her father, despite being the more caring parent by default, spent most of his time reminiscing about pre-Castro Cuba.
* TheUnfavourite: Lauren is this to her mother, who favoured Lauren's brother because he became a trashy drug addict like her.
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* RagstoRiches: She goes from living in poverty in the projects in Jamaica Plains to an overwhelmingly wealthy vice president of the United Way.
* ReallyGetsAround: Usnavys loves to have at least two or three men at any single given time.
* ReallyGetsAround: Usnavys loves to have at least two or three men at any single given time.
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* RagstoRiches: RagsToRiches: She goes from living in poverty in the projects in Jamaica Plains to an overwhelmingly wealthy vice president of the United Way.
* ReallyGetsAround: Usnavys loves to have at least two or three men at any single given time. This continues even after her marriage to Juan.
* ReallyGetsAround: Usnavys loves to have at least two or three men at any single given time. This continues even after her marriage to Juan.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Lauren describes her as "scary beautiful", and worked as a runway model before she became a news anchor. Sadly,
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* RagsToRiches: She starts off as a lowly bar singer who lives in a ratty apartment and has to borrow money from the ''sucias'', and ends up a multimillion dollar world famous singer.
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* LatinoIsBrown: Discussed and deconstructed by the ''sucias''. Their group includes two white Latinas, two black Latinas, and two actual brown Latinas who are out of touch with their heritage, yet the four non-brown Latinas fall victim of American media frequently portrays all Latinas as having brown skin and raven-black hair. Case in point, the editors at the ''Boston Gazette'' purposely darkened Lauren's face on billboards to invoke this trope, and the bosses at the news channel don't consider Elizabeth to be truly black because of her Spanish last name.
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* LatinoIsBrown: Discussed and deconstructed by the ''sucias''. Their group includes two white White Latinas, two black Black Latinas, and two actual brown Latinas who are out of touch with their heritage, yet the four non-brown Latinas fall victim of American media frequently portrays all Latinas as having brown skin and raven-black hair. Case in point, the editors at the ''Boston Gazette'' purposely darkened Lauren's face on billboards to invoke this trope, and the bosses at the news channel don't consider Elizabeth to be truly black Black because of her Spanish last name.
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* BerserkButton: Don't tell her she's fat, or even suggest that she cut down on her expenses.
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* BerserkButton: Don't tell her Implying that she's fat, or even suggest suggesting that she cut down on her expenses.
* FreudianExcuse: Her excessive materialism may have stemmed from growing in the Jamaica Plains projects in extreme poverty.
* LadyKillerInLove: A female example. Usnavys juggles multiple men at once, but only has eyes for her college sweetheart Juan Vazquez.
* RagstoRiches: She goes from living in poverty in the projects in Jamaica Plains to an overwhelmingly wealthy vice president of the United Way.
* ReallyGetsAround: Usnavys loves to have at least two or three men at any single given time.
* RagstoRiches: She goes from living in poverty in the projects in Jamaica Plains to an overwhelmingly wealthy vice president of the United Way.
* ReallyGetsAround: Usnavys loves to have at least two or three men at any single given time.
* TwoferTokenMinority: She's a Black Latina lesbian. Her boss even proudly bragged how he got all the diversity advocates off his back when he hired her for this reason (except for the lesbian part).
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* DomesticAbuse: Sara is repeatedly beaten by her husband Roberto, whether it's because he suspects her of cheating (when she's not), or to vent out his frustration if he loses a court case.à
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* DomesticAbuse: Sara is repeatedly beaten by her husband Roberto, whether it's because he suspects her of cheating (when she's not), or to vent out his frustration if he loses a court case.à
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* HappilyMarried: The image she tries to portray to the ''sucias''. It's not.
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* HappilyMarried: The image she tries to portray to the ''sucias''. It's not.anything but.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She believes Roberto really is a good man, despite his abuse of her. Just when we think she's wised up by the end of the first book, the second book shows that her deliberately going back to him, convinced that he's changed. She even flips out at the ''sucias'' who try to make her see reason, accusing them of not knowing what true love is.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Despite being heavily pregnant, this doesn't deter Roberto from beating her near-death.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She believes Roberto really is a good man, despite his abuse of her. Just when we think she's wised up by the end of the first book, the second book shows that her deliberately going back to him, convinced that he's changed. She even flips out at the ''sucias'' who try to make her see reason, accusing them of not knowing what true love is.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Despite being heavily pregnant, this doesn't deter Roberto from beating her near-death.
* EmbarrasingNickname: Lauren calls her Becca Baca.
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* InternalizedCategorism: Rebecca claims to be white Spanish, despite her very obvious Indigenous features. The second novel reveals that she genuinely didn't know of her Indigenous roots, and readily accepted the truth after Cuicatl researched her family tree.
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* InternalizedCategorism: Rebecca claims to be white Spanish, despite her very obvious Indigenous features.Spanish. The second novel reveals that she genuinely didn't know of her Indigenous roots, and readily accepted the truth after Cuicatl researched her family tree. Though the fact that her very obvious Indigenous appearance didn't clue her in to her true heritage suggests that this trope is still in play.
* IronicName: Her last name Bacca sounds a lot like ''vaca'', Spanish for "cow". The word is generally used to refer to a fat person, yet Rebecca is the skinniest of the group.
* IronicName: Her last name Bacca sounds a lot like ''vaca'', Spanish for "cow". The word is generally used to refer to a fat person, yet Rebecca is the skinniest of the group.
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* CategoryTraitor: She calls out other Latinos who supposed "whitewashed" Latinos, such as Rebecca (with justification) who claims to be Spanish, and even extends this to celebrities such as Cameron Diaz and Christina Aguilera. She herself becomes a target of this when she
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* CategoryTraitor: She calls out other Latinos who supposed supposedly "whitewashed" Latinos, such as Rebecca (with justification) who claims to be Spanish, and even extends this to celebrities such as Cameron Diaz and Christina Aguilera. She herself becomes a target of this when she signs a million dollar record deal to sing in English and Spanish, the two "colonizer" languages she'd been bashing up until now.
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* GranolaGirl: She follows a vegan diet supposedly to mimic the eating habits of her Aztec ancestors. Either she doesn't know or deliberately ignores that even the Aztecs ate the occasional meat and fish when it was available.
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* DomesticAbuse: Sara is repeatedly beaten by her husband Roberto, whether it's because he suspects her of cheating (when she's not), or to vent out his frustration if he loses a court case.à
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[[folder: In general]]
* FiveTokenBand: Well, six. A half-Cuban, half-white (Lauren), one Cuban Jew (Sara), a Colombian (Elizabeth), a half-Dominican, half-Puerto Rican (Usnavys), and two Mexican Americans (Rebecca and Amber).
** This also extends to their religious (or lack of) beliefs: Lauren is (presumably) an atheist, Rebecca and Usnavys are Catholics, Elizabeth is a born-again Christian, Sara is a Jew, and Amber practices a form of Aztec spirituality.
* LatinoIsBrown: Discussed and deconstructed by the ''sucias''. Their group includes two white Latinas, two black Latinas, and two actual brown Latinas who are out of touch with their heritage, yet the four non-brown Latinas fall victim of American media frequently portrays all Latinas as having brown skin and raven-black hair. Case in point, the editors at the ''Boston Gazette'' purposely darkened Lauren's face on billboards to invoke this trope, and the bosses at the news channel don't consider Elizabeth to be truly black because of her Spanish last name.
* TokenMinority: It's implied that the ''sucias'' were the only Latinas in their journalism and communications program back in Boston University.
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[[folder: Lauren]]
!! Lauren Fernandez
* MixedAncestry: Ethnically, Lauren is half-Cuban, half-white. Racially, she's just white.
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[[folder: Usnavys]]
!! Usnavys Rivera
* BeserkButton: Don't tell her she's fat, or even suggest that she cut down on her expenses.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Usnavys thinks she's this, but if the second book is of any indication, she's actually morbidly obese and a borderline diabetic.
* GoldDigger: She looks down at Juan for not being able to buy her the luxuries she desires on his meager salary, even though she makes more than enough to get those things herself. Ultimately downplayed in that she genuinly loves him.
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[[folder: Elizabeth]]
!! Elizabeth Cruz
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[[folder: Sara]]
!! Sara Behar-Asis
* DomesticAbuse: Sara is repeatedly beaten by her husband Roberto, whether it's because he suspects her of cheating (when she's not), or to vent out his frustration if he loses a court case.à
* ExtremeDoormat: She believes she deserves all the abuse Roberto gives her. That is, until he kills their housekeeper and causes her to miscarry.
* HappilyMarried: The image she tries to portray to the ''sucias''. It's not.
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[[folder: Rebecca]]
!! Rebecca Bacca
* TheFundamentalist: By the second book she becomes tight with her Catholic beliefs, notably how she refuses to get a surrogate to carry her baby, and when she decides to through with it, she refuses to let Cuicatl be the surrogate because the latter previously has an abortion. She's also uncomfortable being around Elizabeth after she came out as a lesbian.
* InternalizedCategorism: Rebecca claims to be white Spanish, despite her very obvious Indigenous features. The second novel reveals that she genuinely didn't know of her Indigenous roots, and readily accepted the truth after Cuicatl researched her family tree.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Rebecca's parents were furious that their daughter divorced her "perfect" white husband to marry a Black man.
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[[folder: Amber]]
!! Amber Quintanilla/Cuicatl
* CategoryTraitor: She calls out other Latinos who supposed "whitewashed" Latinos, such as Rebecca (with justification) who claims to be Spanish, and even extends this to celebrities such as Cameron Diaz and Christina Aguilera. She herself becomes a target of this when she
* DoNotCallMePaul: After her Aztec naming ceremony, she insists to be called Cuicatl, shutting down anyone who calls her by her "colonizer" name. However she'll occasionally let it slide from her friends whenever they're in distress.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. In ''Dirty Girls on Top'', she reveals to Rebecca that she had an abortion back when she was with Gato.
* OneNameOnly: Prior to her naming ceremony, Amber played under her first name only, dropping her last name Quintanilla to avoid being associated with late Tejana singer, {{Music/Selena}}.
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[[folder: In general]]
* FiveTokenBand: Well, six. A half-Cuban, half-white (Lauren), one Cuban Jew (Sara), a Colombian (Elizabeth), a half-Dominican, half-Puerto Rican (Usnavys), and two Mexican Americans (Rebecca and Amber).
** This also extends to their religious (or lack of) beliefs: Lauren is (presumably) an atheist, Rebecca and Usnavys are Catholics, Elizabeth is a born-again Christian, Sara is a Jew, and Amber practices a form of Aztec spirituality.
* LatinoIsBrown: Discussed and deconstructed by the ''sucias''. Their group includes two white Latinas, two black Latinas, and two actual brown Latinas who are out of touch with their heritage, yet the four non-brown Latinas fall victim of American media frequently portrays all Latinas as having brown skin and raven-black hair. Case in point, the editors at the ''Boston Gazette'' purposely darkened Lauren's face on billboards to invoke this trope, and the bosses at the news channel don't consider Elizabeth to be truly black because of her Spanish last name.
* TokenMinority: It's implied that the ''sucias'' were the only Latinas in their journalism and communications program back in Boston University.
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[[folder: Lauren]]
!! Lauren Fernandez
* MixedAncestry: Ethnically, Lauren is half-Cuban, half-white. Racially, she's just white.
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[[folder: Usnavys]]
!! Usnavys Rivera
* BeserkButton: Don't tell her she's fat, or even suggest that she cut down on her expenses.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Usnavys thinks she's this, but if the second book is of any indication, she's actually morbidly obese and a borderline diabetic.
* GoldDigger: She looks down at Juan for not being able to buy her the luxuries she desires on his meager salary, even though she makes more than enough to get those things herself. Ultimately downplayed in that she genuinly loves him.
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[[folder: Elizabeth]]
!! Elizabeth Cruz
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[[folder: Sara]]
!! Sara Behar-Asis
* DomesticAbuse: Sara is repeatedly beaten by her husband Roberto, whether it's because he suspects her of cheating (when she's not), or to vent out his frustration if he loses a court case.à
* ExtremeDoormat: She believes she deserves all the abuse Roberto gives her. That is, until he kills their housekeeper and causes her to miscarry.
* HappilyMarried: The image she tries to portray to the ''sucias''. It's not.
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[[folder: Rebecca]]
!! Rebecca Bacca
* TheFundamentalist: By the second book she becomes tight with her Catholic beliefs, notably how she refuses to get a surrogate to carry her baby, and when she decides to through with it, she refuses to let Cuicatl be the surrogate because the latter previously has an abortion. She's also uncomfortable being around Elizabeth after she came out as a lesbian.
* InternalizedCategorism: Rebecca claims to be white Spanish, despite her very obvious Indigenous features. The second novel reveals that she genuinely didn't know of her Indigenous roots, and readily accepted the truth after Cuicatl researched her family tree.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Rebecca's parents were furious that their daughter divorced her "perfect" white husband to marry a Black man.
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[[folder: Amber]]
!! Amber Quintanilla/Cuicatl
* CategoryTraitor: She calls out other Latinos who supposed "whitewashed" Latinos, such as Rebecca (with justification) who claims to be Spanish, and even extends this to celebrities such as Cameron Diaz and Christina Aguilera. She herself becomes a target of this when she
* DoNotCallMePaul: After her Aztec naming ceremony, she insists to be called Cuicatl, shutting down anyone who calls her by her "colonizer" name. However she'll occasionally let it slide from her friends whenever they're in distress.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. In ''Dirty Girls on Top'', she reveals to Rebecca that she had an abortion back when she was with Gato.
* OneNameOnly: Prior to her naming ceremony, Amber played under her first name only, dropping her last name Quintanilla to avoid being associated with late Tejana singer, {{Music/Selena}}.
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