Mujeres Talk: Living Without A Car
I rode home the other day in the pouring rain, on my bicycle. A few drops fell as I left my office, a few more as I packed the bike and headed into traffic. The umbrellas were out, the windows … Read More
Mujeres Talk: The Right to Learn and Work in a Safe Place
Partially presented at the 2012 NACCS Conference Roundtable Panel “’Callin’ it like it is’: Transforming Gendered, Sexual and Heteropatriachal Violence in Chicano Studies and Academic Institutions” People who pursue knowledge and participate in social justice activities have the right … Read More
Mujeres Talk: Thoughts on Limbaugh, Sex for Pleasure and Birth Control
The recent radio blast by Rush Limbaugh regarding 3rd year law school student, Sandra Fluke, and her advocacy for female student rights to contraception at Georgetown University was jarring for this MALCS blogger. Sandra Fluke was verbally attacked by Rush … Read More
Mujeres Talk: Latin@s in Film and Television?
Another Oscar season has come and gone and for anyone interested in the representation of people of color in mainstream visual culture or the dramatic arts, it has been a disappointing season once again. This year, the talk was all … Read More
Mujeres Talk: And Ain’t I an American?
America is a Hemisphere North, Central, South, United, not Divided, Historically and culturally Indigenous at its core, majestic land of the Eagle and Condor. Two continents centrally merged as one. We called ourselves, “Children of the Earth, Stars, Moon and … Read More
Mujeres Talk: Glee and Chiquita-fication
The February 7, 2012, episode of Glee, titled “The Spanish Teacher” features Ricky Martin in a guest appearance as David Martinez, who, as a Latino teacher of Spanish, becomes a rival to Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) for both the affections of … Read More
Mujeres Talk: Spilling the Beans – Mujeres Talk Can Be a Virtual Public Sphere
In the first two months of 2012, there are already major crises facing Latina/o and Chicana/o communities. From Alabama’s HB56, which makes all civic participation illegal for undocumented children and their parents, to Arizona’s recent “confiscating” of certain books from … Read More