Archive for 2009
Who’s Your Mama : Event at Food for Thought in Amherst on November 13th
11:41 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Books| Events| Family| Women| boston · 1 Comment
4 Nov 2009
I met the organizer of this event, TK, at the Allied Media Conference this past summer. Another amazing mami media maker puts together an amazing event. Those in the Amherst area represent and support.
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 * 7PM
Food for Thought BooksPlease join us for a very special evening of women’s voices and responses to benefit To Tell you the Truth. Featuring Who’s Your Mama: Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers (Edt. by Yvonne Byone) Contributors: JLove Calderon (We Got Issues!/ That White Girl), Marcella Runell Hall Hall (Hip Hop Education Guidebook) and Marla Teyolia (Empowered Mama!). On site childcare provided.
A Favorite Latina on the Web Needs Our Support
10:46 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Blogs| Linking Latinos| Media| VivirLatino| Women| media justice · No Comments
4 Nov 2009I’m really honored that Guanabee named yours truly one of their favorite Latinas on the web.
Some deal explicitly with Latino issues, some don’t. Some are funny, some are creative, some are activists, all are uniquely amazing, inspiring women who, we think, are some of the best at what they do.
I am especially honored by some of my company on the list, including dear mami amiga, Noemi Martinez of Hermana Resist. As a single mami media maker, I appreciate what Noemi does and understand the struggle it is to express yourself in a given medium with no source of funding and with kids yelling, learning, laughing and getting sick as your background soundtrack. Which is why I am asking you to help my mami hermana.
NY’ers and Others : Don’t Forget to Vote Today
12:51 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · New York City| Politics · No Comments
3 Nov 2009It’s election day in New York City (and in many other places I’m sure). If you can vote, please do with everything I said before last year’s presidential election holding true.
The biggest race here in my hood is for mayor, with wannabe third term Bloomberg and Bill Thompson as the top contenders and making sure they pander, er campaign to the Latino community. I have seen many more Bloomberg operatives in my immigrant ‘hood and much more of his trash lining the streets of my hood but he does have what, a few billion in his wallet? My mom’s phone has been ringing off the hook though with Spanish language robo-calls featuring former Bronx borough pres Fernando Ferrer telling us to support Thompson.
I won’t tell you who to vote for pero if going by any of the Spanish language campaign ads is any indication, I may have to vote for the Rent is Too Damn High Party (ok, ok I do like the Basta Bloomberg ad).
Tuesday Teatro : Brownsville Bred
7:43 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · New York City| theatre · No Comments
3 Nov 2009
If you are in NYC on any Monday evening this month, stop by the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe to see Elaine del Valle’s award winning one-woman show, Brownsville Bred.
The autobiographical show takes the audience through an “emotional rollercoaster” that is uplifting, heartbreaking and powerful as they witness Del Valle recreate life in the tough projects of 1980’s Brownsville, Brooklyn NY. Amongst eight other characters, Del Valle narrates as herself from ages 11 to 17. Del Valle’s loving father, another empathetic character, leaves the family of five as he falls from stature as a talented musician to a defeated heroine addict. Not unlike most impoverished families, Elaine’s mother emerges as the loveable spirit that holds the family together and guides them to a hopeful future. Crime, Drugs and Poverty mix with the Joys of Family, Hope, Salsa and the Birth of Rap, as Del Valle’s innocence recounts a journey to womanhood, a neighborhoods crack & crime epidemic, Salsa rumbas, and her love of Run DMC, which often times help her verbalize a unique struggle and triumph that has audiences cheering and laughing through their tears while swaying to urban rhythms.
Oh Wait So Lou Dobbs Lies, Again?
3:10 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration| Media · 2 Comments
2 Nov 2009Last week I wrote about how Lou Dobbs’ twisted obsession with framing reality to fit his hateful agenda has been stepped up. Turns out that Dobbs’ characterization of the “attack” on his home was ::gasp:: not entirely accurate. I mean, hell even the NY Post, who usually is an apologist for racist behavior and attitudes even wrote it up. Our Unapologetic Mexican friend, Nezua, breaks it down.
Monday Morning Cuteness
9:21 am By la Macha · Funny| children · No Comments
2 Nov 2009From Mexico, we get this warning to wash our hands! Or, !Lavarse las Manos!
And with the latest news about the H1N1 virus not looking so good, washing your hands is such a good idea!
Anti-Racist Movements Need White Gatekeepers?
9:05 am By la Macha · Blogs| Quicklinks| race · No Comments
2 Nov 2009Maia is asking all the right questions in her essay, “anti racism…what went wrong?”
the problem is that when he [tim wise] does anti racism work. he explains that he ‘opens the door’ for other poc to be considered leaders and experts in anti racism. why the fuck in the anti racism movement to we still need white gatekeepers? this is what gets me. it’s the anti racism movement! we dont have a bunch of men leading and speaking as the voice of feminism. we dont have a bunch of skinny chicas being the (body) of fat acceptance. we dont have a bunch of straight folks being the voice of lbgtqia ness. but in the anti racism movement. it is white folks who speak. so that white audiences with money are not required to listen and take seriously the voice of color.
Monday Morning Musica y Moviemiento : All the Ladies Say
7:49 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Culture| Events| Movies| Music| New York City| Women| dance| history · No Comments
2 Nov 2009The history of hip hop is often told in a male voice and from a male point of view. The role of mujeres, from MC’s to B Girls, is told as an aside. Enter the legendary Rokafella, a figure I knew growing up, as an example of fierceness, presenting a new documentary that highlights the lives of six street dancers exploring motherhood, sexual tension, femininity versus masculinity and the rap industry/mainstream images.
This coming Saturday at BAAD!, in the Bronx, NY you can catch a sneak peek screening of All the Ladies Say. The event includes performances by guest artists and photos by Vanessa Bahmani and Emily Lady Caprice. This event is a fundraiser to support the completion of the film and will be followed by an after party with an open jam.
Feliz Halloween
6:27 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · holidays · No Comments
31 Oct 2009
Hola!
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