la Webjefa, Author at Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social

Mujeres Talk: My Shadow Beastâ€™s Time

November 12, 2012 by la Webjefa

I have been thinking a lot about time and its processes lately. When I took and passed the Candidacy Exam in my graduate program, time was paramount. As in most universities, departmental guidelines dictate that students in the program make … Read More

New Gerber baby Mary Jane Montoya

November 11, 2012 by la Webjefa

Gerber Foods announced that the winnerof their “Gerber generation” Search is an eight-month-old Latina, Â Mary Jane Montoya of Fresno, California. Mary Jane was chosen from over 308,000 entries and will receive a $50k cash prize as well as appearances in … Read More

Some links for post-election reflections

November 29, 2012November 9, 2012 by la Webjefa

the Obamas

A detailed anatomy of Obama’s presidential win at the BBC news site – breakdowns by gender, age, income, ethnicity, religion and empathy.
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“The GOP’s Rape Apologist Caucus Did Not Fare Well Tonight” – at The Atlantic Wire.
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“The Gay Election” by Richard Socarides at HuffingtonPost
We won our first marriage equality ballot initiatives — in fact, we won all four of them (in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington). We elected our first openly gay or lesbian member of the U.S. Senate, a club historically restricted unlike any other in Washington. We added new openly gay members of the House of Representatives.

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Women, Latinos: Record numbers in Congress

November 9, 2012 by la Webjefa

From CBS News: By many measures, 2012 saw the most diverse electorate in history turn out to the polls. 2013, as a result, will see the most diverse U.S. Congress in history assume office. Latino-Americans and women played a decisive … Read More

A Black Academic Woman’s Self-Care Manifesto

November 6, 2012 by la Webjefa

Submitted by Rebeca Burciaga By Erica Lorraine Williams for The Feminist Wire In response to Toni Cade Bambaraâ€™s classic question in TheSalt Eaters, I am absolutely sure that I want to be well. In fact, I am determined to be … Read More

Mujeres Talk: 2012: A Year of Indigeneity and Indignities

November 5, 2012 by la Webjefa

2012: For most of this year, I have been reading and writing about the past, present, and future of Â la gente indÃgena de MÃ©xico y Centro AmÃ©rica. I followed the news of the efforts of el Movimiento IndÃgena Nacional to … Read More

CFP: Malcs Summer Institute 2013, Â¡AquÃ Estamos!

December 31, 2012November 2, 2012 by la Webjefa

AquÃ Estamos!/We Are Here!: Movements, Migrations, Pilgrimage and Belonging

The 2013 MALCS Summer Institute Program CommitteeÂ invites submissions for its annual Summer Institute to be held this year at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. This is only the third time in its 30-year history that MALCS has been located in the U.S. Midwest. We take seriously the location where we find ourselvesâ€”the geographical, historical, contemporary, intellectual, cultural and political place where we areâ€”for the 2013 Summer Institute.