Quote by Silvia Molina: “Anger is an energy. It is not an enemy.”

Anger is often told to be suppressed, moderated, or apologized for — especially in women. But anger is information: it tells you something is wrong and gives you the energy to respond. Treated as a tool rather than a flaw, it becomes a force for change.

Mexico in 1985 was shaken by catastrophic earthquakes in September that killed thousands in Mexico City, exposing the failures of the government's emergency response. Civil society, including many women's organizations, mobilized with remarkable speed, and the disaster became a catalyst for a new feminist political consciousness.

Mexican novelist and short story writer whose fiction explores the lives of women in contemporary Mexican society with psychological precision and social critique. She received the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize for her novel La familia vino del norte in 1987.