"When I was in college, my mom hated my Ecuadorian boyfriend, warning me, 'Be careful with those extranjeros machistas!' What Mami did love was her cockatiel Coco, who tried to peck Diego (the 'macho' Ecuadorian) every time he went near the cage. Diego hated Coco, and probably my mom equally, and was waiting for an opportunity to get his revenge. "One day, Diego and I were alone in my house and he decided it would be adventurous to have sex with me in my mother's bed or 'with her little virgencita,' as he sarcastically put it. The altar filled with huge saints in her bedroom gave me pause, bu… Read more