Gabby Rivera: The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero | TED

Translator: Ria Olva Reviewer: Azfa Adid

At no point did I think superheroes would become such a huge part of my life.

Tak pernah saya berpikir superhero menjadi bagian besar pada hidup saya

As a kid, I looked at them, and I saw everything I wasn't.

waktu kecil, saya lihat mereka punya yang tidak saya miliki

They had big muscles,

Mereka punya otot besar

supermodel good looks,

Supermodel dengan tampang cakep

and phenomenal cosmic powers.

dan kekuatan kosmiknya yang fenomenal itu

And me?

Saya sendiri?

I kind of looked like this,

Saya terlihat seperti ini,

except shorter and with frizzier hair,

Kecuali lebih pendek dan rambut keriting

and I never felt powerful.

Saya tidak pernah merasa kuat

I was always just one big ball of nervous, soft energy,

Ibaratnya bola besar, selalu gugup dan lemah lembut

and superheroes, much like the bullies at school,

dan superhero seperti perundung di sekolah

didn't seem to have a lot of room for that, for me.

Sepertinya tidak butuh seperti itu, seperti saya

So I stayed away.

Jadi saya memilih menyingkir

And besides, who needs superheroes

dan juga, siapa yang butuh superhero

when you're surrounded by Puerto Rican women from the Bronx?

Saat Anda dikelilingi wanita Puerto Rico dari Bronx?

(Laughter)

(Ketawa)

My tías were cops and paramedics,

Bibi saya polisi dan paramedis

my abuelas were seamstresses and sold jewelry up the street,

Nenek saya penjahit dan jual perhiasan di jalanan

and my mom got her master's degree

Dan ibu saya memiliki gelar master

in education and taught kindergarten in New York City public schools

pendidikan dan guru taman kanak-kanak sekolah negeri kota New York

for over 30 years.

Selama lebih dari 30 tahun

So my superheroes were sitting around the dinner table with me.

Jadi superhero saya duduk di meja makan dengan saya

And I don't know how much time

Dan saya tidak tahu berapa lama

you've spent with Puerto Rican women from the Bronx,

Anda habiskan waktu dengan wanita Puerto Rico dari bronx

but we're also some of the world's greatest storytellers.

Kami pendongeng terhebat di dunia,

And I'd sit there at my grandmother's dining room table

saya duduk di ruang makan nenek saya

and I'd listen to the women in my family

Saya simak obrolan wanita di keluarga saya

tell these wild, rambunctious tales about navigating their lives in the Bronx.

Tentang cara navigasi hidup mereka di Bronx

And I wanted to be them so bad.

Dan saya ingin sekali seperti mereka

But I wasn't tough like them either.

Tapi saya tidak tangguh seperti mereka

So mostly, I listened,

Jadi, saya cuma mendengar saja

and I soaked it in,

Saya meresapi cerita mereka

and I found myself gravitating to the soft threads in their stories,

saya tertarik sisi lembut pada cerita mereka

and I wrote those down.

Dan saya tulis semuanya.

The funny, the goofy, the gentle --

yang lucu, konyol, dan lembut

those were my in to storytelling,

pada cerita saya

so much so that I wrote a young-adult novel

Cukup banyak sehingga saya menulis novel untuk dewasa muda

called "Juliet Takes a Breath,"

berjudul "Juliet Takes a Breath"

about a chubby, queer Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx

soal anak gadis Puerto Rico dari Bronx yang gendut dan lesbian

navigating sexuality, family and identity.

mencari jati diri, seksualitas, dan keluarga

And on the strength of "Juliet,"

Dan karena kekuatan "Juliet",

Marvel Comics tapped me to write the solo series

Marvel Comics mengajak saya menulis seri solo

for their first-ever Latina lesbian superhero,

soal superhero lesbian Latin pertama,

America Chavez.

America Chavez

Yeah!

Yeah!

(Cheers)

(tepuk tangan)

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

Listen, OK.

Ok, dengarkan

Created by Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta for the Marvel miniseries "Vengeance,"

Dibuat oleh Joe Casey dan Nick Dragotta untuk miniseri Marvel "Vengeance,"

America Chavez has been in the Marvel Universe

America Chavez ada di Marvel Universe

for over seven years.

lebih dari tujuh tahun

She's tough, Latina,

Dia kuat, Latin,

and she's so strong that she can punch portals into other dimensions.

Begitu kuatnya hingga ia bisa pukul portal dan pindah ke dimensi lain

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

I know, right?

Ya, kan?

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

And people were so excited,

Dan orang-orang sangat semangat

because finally, someone who shared her identities -- queer and Latina --

karena akhirnya, seseorang berbagi identitas - lesbian dan Latin -

would be writing her story.

akan menulis ceritanya

And I saw that, right?

dan saya perhatikan itu, bukan?

And also, when I looked at America,

Lalu, saat saya lihat America,

I saw a young Latina in survival mode.

Saya lihat anak muda Latin yang berusaha bertahan hidup

See, because her moms had sacrificed themselves to the universe

karena ibunya berkorban untuk dunia

when she was a kid,

Saat ia masih kecil

and she'd been on her own ever since.

sejak itu, dia hidup sendiri

No wonder she had to be tough.

Tidak heran ia tangguh.

And that link, that link of having to be tough,

dan hubungan itulah, menjadi tangguh

that rested heavy with me.

berkesan bagi saya

Like I said, I'm from the Bronx, and the Bronx is tough,

Seperti yang saya bilang, saya dari Bronx dan Bronx keras

tough like walking past sidewalk memorials

tangguh seperti berjalan melewati tempat penuh kenangan

and dodging cop towers on your way to the train type of tough.

atau menghindari polisi saat menuju ke kereta

When stuff happens that's bad, people are like,

Ketika hal buruk terjadi, orang akan mengatakan

"Yo, you gotta keep it moving. You gotta keep trucking.

"Yo, jalan terus. Kamu harus jalan terus"

Don't cry. Don't let it get to you."

"Jangan menangis. Jangan terbawa emosi"

And my mom and my tías and my abuelas,

dan ibu, bibi, dan nenek saya,

I never saw them take a moment to rest or to invest in self-care.

Saya tidak pernah lihat mereka istirahat sejenak atau merawat diri

And their soft? It never left the house.

Sisi lembut mereka? Tidak pernah keluar dari rumah

And so that was the first thing that I wanted to give to America,

Itulah hal pertama yang saya beri ke America,

the thing that I wished I'd been able to give to my abuelas and my tías,

hal yang saya harap bisa berikan ke nenek dan bibi saya

the thing that I'm trying to give to my mom now:

hal itu juga yang akan saya beri ke ibu saya saat ini

permission to be soft.

izinkan diri menjadi lembut

Like, it's OK to sit in silence

Contohnya, tidak masalah duduk diam

and go on a journey just to discover yourself,

dan jalan-jalan untuk mencari jati diri

and your pain will make you crumble and you will fall

dan rasa sakit membuat Anda hancur dan jatuh

and you will need to ask people for help,

dan Anda butuh bantuan orang lain

and that's OK,

itu tidak masalah,

and that being vulnerable is good for us.

Jadi rentan baik untuk kita,

But see, I didn't come to all this compassion and healing stuff

Tapi, ide mengenai kasih sayang dan penyembuhan diri

like, you know, out of nowhere,

tidak datang tiba-tiba

and so when it came to America's story,

jadi setiap saya tulis cerita America,

I wanted to give her the space to be human, to mess up,

saya mau beri ruang menjadi manusia, untuk gagal

and to find soft on her own.

dan temukan sisi lembut pada diri anda

So she kind of had to quit her day job. You know what I'm saying?

ia berhenti kerja, dan Anda tahu apa yang saya ucapkan?

I had to give her a superhero sabbatical,

saya beri Anda cuti panjang jadi superhero

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

and the first thing I did was enroll her in Justice Sonia Sotomayor University.

pertama-tama saya daftarkan ia ke Universitas Justice Sonia Sotomayor

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

(Applause)

(tepuk tangan)

Because where else would she feel safe and represented and liberated

ke mana lagi ia merasa aman, terwakili, dan bebas

but a university dedicated to the first Puerto Rican woman

Kalau bukan di Universitas pertama Puerto Rico, didedikasikan untuk wanita

nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States?

dinominasikan oleh Mahkamah Agung Amerika Serikat

And her first class is "Intergalactic Revolutionaries and You,"

Kelas petamanya "Intergalaksi Revolusioner dan Anda"

and America is so excited, she's ready to show off her strength,

America sangat bersemangat dan siap untuk tunjukkan kekuatannya,

she's ready to show off her portal-punching skills,

Dia siap untuk tunjukkan keterampilan memukul portal,

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

and I stripped that safety net from her right away.

Saya lepaskan jaringan pengaman darinya

And I limited her powers, and I changed up her location

saya batasi kekuatannya, dan ganti lokasi

and shook up her world, because that is what college is like,

guncang dunianya, karena begitulah kehidupan kuliah

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

especially if you're alone.

Terutama, saat Anda sendiri.

But I didn't want America to be alone for long,

Saya tidak mau America kesepian terlalu lama

and so in a homework assignment gone totally wrong,

Jadi, saat tugas kuliah tidak berjalan mulus

she lands on a battlefield with the X-Men.

ia gabung ke medan perang bersama X-Men,

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

Because, when I was in college,

Karena, saat saya kuliah,

the Reverend Kelly Brown Douglas was my mentor,

Mentor saya ialah Pendeta Kelly Brown Douglas

and I knew that America Chavez needed one, too.

saya mengerti bahwa America Chavez butuh mentor juga

And who better to mentor America Chavez than Storm,

Siapa lagi mentor terbaik untuk America Chavez selain Storm,

the first black female superhero

Superhero wanita kulit hitam pertama

and one of the most powerful members of the X-Men?

dan salah satu anggota X-Men terkuat?

Nobody, that's who.

Tidak ada lagi

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

And Storm teaches America how to quiet her mind

Storm mengajarkan America cara menenangkan pikiran

inside of a star portal,

saat dalam portal bintang

and when America quiets her mind, she opens up the dimensions,

Ketika America menenangkan pikirannya, ia buka beberapa dimensi,

and in that silence,

dan dalam diam

she can listen for anything and anyone.

ia bisa dengar apa dan siapa saja

And no one has ever offered her silence and deep reflection

Tidak ada yang pernah menawarkannya hening dan refleksi mendalam

as a way to be powerful.

sebagai cara menjadi kuat.

And at first, she rejects it, but with Storm's encouragement,

Pertama ia menolak, namun dengan bujukan Storm,

it clicks,

berhasil,

and America quiets the world around her,

Dan America menenangkan dunia sekitarnya

and she leans into a deep vulnerability.

Ia bersandar pada kerentanan yang mendalam

I mean, her and Storm even hug.

Maksud saya, ia dan storm bahkan berpelukan

I know.

Saya paham.

And that's because my mentors loved me enough

itu karena mentor saya cukup mencintai saya

to encourage me to investigate myself and my ancestors,

mendorong saya menginvestigasi diri dan leluhur saya

and when you're 19, how do you even know what that means?

dan saat umur 19, bagaimana Anda tahu apa artinya?

I didn't learn about the history of my people in college.

Saya tidak pernah belajar sejarah leluhur saya di kuliah

I learned about the history of my people sitting on my grandmother's lap

Saya belajar sejarah leluhur saya di pangkuan nenek

when she pulled out the photo album

Ketika ia mengeluarkan photo album

and she named everyone that was here and everyone still left on the island.

dan ia menyebutkan semua orang dan yang masih tinggal di pulau itu

So obviously, I had to crash-land a grandma on America Chavez,

Jelas, saya datangkan nenek untuk America Chavez

and not just any grandma -- a big, strong, luchador grandma,

tidak sekadar nenek biasa-- besar, kuat, nenek petarung

one that loved her enough to take her to the ancestral plain,

yang sayang dengannya dan membawanya ke tempat leluhur

where America Chavez could see the history of her people

tempat America Chavez bisa melihat sejarah bangsanya

play out in the skies above.

bermain-main di angkasa

And America gets to see Planeta Fuertona,

dan America mengunjungi Planet Fuertona,

the birth planet of her grandmother,

planet kelahiran neneknya,

and she sees it get invaded,

ia melihat planetnya diserang

and she sees her grandmother and her mom flee.

ia lihat nenek dan ibunya melarikan diri

And she also sees the joy that they experience

dan ia juga menyaksikan pengalaman menyenangkan mereka

when their new homeland accepts them openly

ketika tempat tinggal baru menerima mereka dengan terbuka

and offers them tremendous care.

dan menawarkan rasa peduli yang besar

She gets to see great pain met with even greater compassion,

ia menyaksikan kepedihan bertemu dengan belas kasih yang besar

and that's right alongside the tremendous strength of her family.

bersamaan dengan kekuatan keluarganya

And so everywhere that I could, right,

begitu juga di tempat lain, bukan

I wrote her little love notes

saya tulis catatan cinta kecilnya

for her and for all the other queer kids of color

untuk ia dan semua anak kulit berwarna dan lesbian

trying to be magnificent.

mencoba menjadi pribadi luar biasa

Like, when you lose yourself,

seperti saat Anda hilang jati diri

dig deep into your ancestry, because you will find the pieces there.

gali lebih dalam soal leluhur Anda, karena Anda akan temukan di sana.

And also, reminders that soft is not a pass to duck,

Sebagai pengingat sisi lembut bukan untuk dihindari

to hide, to be silent, to cower.

disembunyikan, didiamkan, direndahkan

Soft is also a push

sisi lembut kita sebagai pendorong

to hold ourselves accountable.

sebagai tanggung jawab diri sendiri

Kind of like when America lands in World War II

seperti America masuk ke perang dunia kedua

and comes face-to-face with Hitler,

dan bertarung dengan Hitler,

and she knocks him the hell out ...

dia habis-habisan menjatuhkannya

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

just like Captain America did in 1941,

Sama seperti yang Kapten Amerika lakukan pada tahun 1941

and who knew we'd need America Chavez to punch Nazis in 2018.

siapa yang mengira kita butuh America Chavez untuk meninju Nazi di 2018

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

(Applause)

(tepuk tangan)

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

And even that, that justified act kind of wrecks her a little bit,

Walaupun kejadian itu membuatnya hancur

so I made sure that she linked up with her best friend,

saya pastikan dia tetap ketemu sahabatnya

and they talk feelings and they go on a road trip

mereka ngobrol soal perasaan mereka dan jalan-jalan

and they sing "Just a Girl" by No Doubt at the top of their lungs.

bernyanyi "Just a Girl" dari No Doubt sekencang-kencangnya

(Laughter)

(ketawa)

And when Midas, a sinister corporation,

dan saat Midas, perusahaan jahat

takes control of Sotomayor,

mengambil alih Sotomayor,

threatens to ban portals and almost kills America ...

mengancam membatasi portal, dan hampir membunuh America

her ancestors reach for her ...

leluhurnya mengontaknya...

because they know that she needs to heal.

karena mereka paham ia butuh pulih

And it is that burst of care, that healing, that gives her the fuel

dengan rentetan kepedulian mereka, ia sembuh, dan semangat lagi

to defeat Midas and reclaim herself.

mengalahkan Midas dan balik menjadi dirinya sendiri

See, because that myth

Lihat, karena mitos

of having to go it alone and having to be tough ...

harus berjalan sendiri dan harus tangguh

doesn't serve us.

tidak cocok untuk kita

America Chavez is a whole superhero,

America Chavez adalah superhero utuh

and she still needed a team of support to help her find herself.

ia butuh dukungan untuk membantu menemukan dirinya

And she needed that gentleness,

ia butuh lemah lembut

the type of gentleness that is rooted in compassion

tipe kebaikan yang berasal dari rasa kasih sayang

and still very much invested in justice and liberation.

dan investasi lebih banyak pada keadilan dan kebebasan

Because it's in that space where softness and vulnerability meet strength

karena dalam ruang kelembutan dan kerentanan bertemu kekuatan

that we transcend our everyday selves,

kita melampaui diri kita sendiri

that we become something greater, something majestic,

kita menjadi sesuatu yang besar dan agung

maybe even something super.

mungkin bahkan menjadi super

Thank you.

Terima Kasih

(Applause)

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