Archive for March 8th, 2006
“Chocolate City” turning brown
6:05 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture|Immigration|Labor|States · Comments Off
8 Mar 2006
Remember “Fear of a Black Planet”? How about “Fear of a Brown New Orleans”? I’m not sure if it’s mainstream media’s antagonistic reporting that’s fueling public paranoia or vice-versa, but how many article like this can we read in a week? ABC News muses:
At a New Orleans construction site, the breakfast of choice is no longer coffee and beignets but coffee and tortillas.
Hurricane Katrina, as devastating as it was, has created great opportunities for many. After all, somebody has to tear down, clean up and rebuild this city. And by and large, the people doing the dirty, dangerous work are not native New Orleanians but Hispanics who have flocked in to fill the void left by hundreds of thousands who fled the storm.
La Tula: Heard of her?
2:44 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba|Culture|literature|Women · Comments Off
8 Mar 2006
I, unfortunately, had not, but am glad to come out of my own ignorance and discover her work. Following La Mala’s theme of highlighting exceptional mujeres, I found this little gem on Regalado blog out of Cuba (thanks, special friend, for sharing your 14,000 obscure Latino feeds with me — you know who you are). Translated for your reading pleasure:
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda was blocked from entering the Real Academia Española. She is considered a precursor to modern feminism, as much for her vibrant attitude as for the strength that she gave her female literary characters.
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), a Cuban born writer that lived in Spain from age 22, is considered one othe most authentics voices of Latino romanticism.
Her life was a cumulus of tragedies comparable only to those of her characters. The death of her father and the rushed re-marriage of her mother drove her out of Cuba to Europe, where she came into contact with the romance literature of the time; Victor Hugo, Chateaubriand and Lord Byron.
International Women’s Day : Comandanta Ramona
2:39 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Justice|mexico · 1 Comment
8 Mar 2006
She left the world too soon, after a struggle with kidney cancer. She was petite in stature but powerful in her strength of character and commitment. Comandanta Ramona left a legacy because of her struggle in Chiapas that Latinas and all mujeres can look up to. She was the founding member of the Clandestine Indigenous Revolutionary Committee (CGRI), the leadership body of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). She consulted indigenous Zapatista communities about the exploitation of women and subsequently penned the Revolutionary Laws of Women which were passed on this day in 1993. During the 1994 uprising in San Cristóbal, she was placed in charge of the military. Comandanta Ramona was the first Zapatista representative to speak during peace talks with the Mexican government subsequent to the uprising.
La Patria es Una Mujer: Lolita Lebron
1:33 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Justice|Puerto Rico · 10 Comments
8 Mar 2006
With all the discussion here on VL around Jen’s post : Is Puerto Rico Latin America?, and in light of today being International Women’s Day I thought it would be appropriate to highlight Latina mujeres who have impacted the world. One of my personal sheros is Lolita Lebron.
Mujeres on the Radio
9:20 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City|San Francisco · Comments Off
8 Mar 2006
If you like your mujeres with sound, some Pacifica radio stations are having special programming all day today to celebrate International Working Women’s Day. For those in my hood, New York City, you can tune into WBAI, 99.5 FM. For those in the Bay Area, you can tune to KPFA, 94.1 FM. If you don’t live in either coast, thanks to the wonder of the internet you can also listen online.
International Women’s Day
8:50 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Events|Justice|Latin America · Comments Off
8 Mar 2006
Today is International Working Women’s Day, a day to recognize the struggles of mujeres, our histories, our struggles, and our victories. While we, as a society, should always acknowledge the trabajo done and trabajo that still needs to be done by our mothers, hijas, hermanas, abuelas, tÃas, and amigas, it’s always positive to take a step back and look where we have come from, where we are going and where we need to go. There is a saying that those who do not know their history are bound to repeat mistakes of the past so today I would like to acknowledge some mujeres de ayer y de hoy who are luchadoras, not just for Latinas, but for women as a whole. Stay tuned and join us as I look as influential Latina women.
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