Archive for July 27th, 2009
Nadya Suleman, dubbed “Octo-Mom” by the media, inked the deal with European TV company Eyeworks, reports say.
We all knew it was only a matter of time before this happened. People were predicting it from the moment the news hit that a woman gave birth to eight children.
And here we are, not even a year later and it’s been done. Nadya Suleman has done the deed. She signed a contract for a reality show.
via the BBC News:
Contracts filed with a Los Angeles court say the children will earn the money over a three-year period.
Filming is scheduled to begin on 1 September, but a judge must first approve the contracts.
Film crews will not follow Suleman and her children 24 hours a day, but will document certain milestones, such as birthdays and special events, her lawyer said earlier.
The court documents say Suleman’s children, who are up to eight years old, will collectively earn $125,000 for 36 days of shooting in the first year of production, $75,000 for 21 days in the second year, and $50,000 for 14 days in the third year.
Thankfully, this seems to be off the radar of U.S. news (what with Michael Jackson’s autopsy results coming soon and Sarah Palin quitting, who can blame them?). Otherwise, I’m sure we’d be treated to a whole slew of commentary about how selfish and irresponsible the “octo-mom” truly is. As it is, I wish the woman luck, and hope her children do well–but good goddamn. How I wish she would get married to an independently wealthy person who kept her out of the news for my lifetime.
Latin America on Democracy Now!
7:48 pm By la Macha · Colombia|honduras|Latin America · Comments Off
27 Jul 2009The entire Democracy Now! is really good today–it’s pretty much an entire show about Latin America.
First up is this update on Honoduras and Zelaya:
After a failed attempt to return to Honduras over the weekend, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has complained that US condemnation of the coup against him is waning. Zelaya had tried to cross back into Honduras from Nicaragua on Friday but stayed for less than an hour. We speak with the wife of the ousted Honduran president, First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya. She’s spent the past day trying to get to the border with Nicaragua, and she joins us now from the town of Jacaleapa. [includes rush transcript]
Then comes this important interview about the U.S. using three bases in Columbia for anti-drug operations:
The Colombian government has agreed to grant US forces the use of three Colombian military bases for South American anti-drug operations. The move has heightened tensions between Colombia, the largest recipient of US military aid in the Americas, and its neighbors, particularly Venezuela and Ecuador. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned that the US Army could “invade” his country from Colombia. [includes rush transcript]
There is also an important update about Leonard Peltier. It’s worth the hour it will take to listen to it all!
Obama and Latin America: The First Six Months
11:09 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Latin America|Obama|Politics · 1 Comment
27 Jul 2009We have been exposed to the Obama administrations dealings with Latin American policy on multiple fronts. Honduras, Peru, Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico.
But what of the larger historical context? How is the Obama administration continuing the imperialist and colonial legacy of the U.S. in Latin America?
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How Can Mami Movements Move Forward and be Resourced
9:06 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|children|Family|Justice|Media|media justice|Women · 1 Comment
27 Jul 2009Crossposted from la Mamita Mala
This is a continuation of this post, based on conversations had at the Women’s Equity Media Summit with Noemi and BFP.
In all honesty, I don’t even quite remember the questions we were answering pero I know that BFP primarily came up with this:
Multiple Media tools politicized for transformative justice
Are those our resources? Our goals? Part of our vision? Sounds like a plan of attack to me, a way to use our weapons of media, media as defined as how we communicate ourselves to others.
And how are mamis of color movements resourced?
501c3′s are not the only way we seek/need resources or want to be resourced as. We are more than charity cases, communities to be served.
BFP gave an excellent example about how in her hood the only way families, especially Latino families could get services like coats for the winter, was if they fit a certain mold, that is cleaned up and made themselves more presentable, looked deserving of services.
We should not be resourced based on our education but rather on our history of work
Education is a privilege. I personally have two years of college under my belt pero most people won’t even consider me for jobs or my opinion because I had to drop out to take care of my child. Forget the years of experience or how I have personally have helped others get their degrees. Without letters after my name on a piece of paper, I don’t fit in.
We should be resourced in terms of the role we play as part of larger struggles, as part of a continuation of historical lines of struggle.
We should not be tokenized
We should not be expected to compromise our values
We should not feel the need to compartmentalize ourselves
Resourced doesn’t just mean money, it means, especially within the context of online work, linking, citing
we should be resourced by the community, as we are part of the community
How are you resourced vs how you would like to be resourced?
Junot Diaz : writing feels like rolling up my emotional sleeves and putting my hand into a fire
7:34 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Books|Culture|Dominican Republic|Dominicans|literature · 1 Comment
27 Jul 2009
I don’t know why I didn’t come across this interview with my Dominican boyfriend, Pulitzer Prize winning Junot Diaz, before, pero it made me love him more. Hopefully we won’t have to wait 11 years for his next book.
Before I immigrated, I had no interest in books, no interest in newspapers, no interest in anything like that. There were plenty of little comics in the Dominican Republic, little pictorial books, penny dreadfuls: I had no interest in those whatsoever. But when I immigrated to the United States there was the crisis of being an immigrant who couldn’t speak the language very well, who didn’t understand the culture very well. I needed a way to express myself and a way to be engaged in the English language without it being a form of punishment. Speaking, during those early years, was a punishment. There was a lot of ridicule and a lot of cruelty, and instead of practicing aloud I could more safely read and practice language in my head.
Coup Fears In Latin America Run Strong
6:02 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · honduras|Latin America|Politics · 1 Comment
27 Jul 2009
My daughters grow up with the word “coup” as part of their vocabulary because it is part of their history. It’s not just something witnessed online the way many , including myself, have witnessed the ongoing struggle in Honduras. Coups are a familial story, something one of their parents survived, like genocide. It is not an abstract concept. So it is for most of Latin America.
A poll released last month shows that last year almost half of people polled in Honduras felt their country’s political situation was unstable.
When asked whether they agreed or disagreed that their country was headed toward a military coup d’etat, 29% of respondents agreed, which is a high percentage by Latin American standards, where the regional median was 15% in 2008. Also, when asked whether they agreed or disagreed that their country was headed toward a better democracy, nearly one in two respondents disagreed, and only 29% agreed.
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