Posts Tagged ‘girls’
National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers
2:07 pm By la Macha · Family| Health| Women| society · Comments Off
12 Mar 2009Over at Viva La Feminista, fellow Chicana blogger, Veronica, has an interesting post up about how today is the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers.
Today we would be more correct to call Gunn’s assassination as an act of terrorism. One that was repeated six more times in the United States. Terrorism that occurred in homes and at work places. Terrorism that are committed by fellow Americans. Dr. Gunn was a simple man providing health care to women.
As the bumper sticker says, don’t believe in abortion? Don’t have one.
In light of how the Catholic church is treating a fellow Latina and survivor for her decision (and her mothers!) to protect her own health and life, I think it’s a small thing to take a moment from our day and offer profound thanks to abortion providers, and also to remember all those women who are currently denied the right to abortion access, whether it be because of imprisonment, immigration status, youth, or inability to afford the proceedure.
Chicas Like Us
8:57 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Movies| Women| children| race · Comments Off
23 Aug 2006
One of the reasons I love VL is because our readers pass us such great info. Yesterday we were informed of a film that impacted me as a Latina mami and mujer. The short film, A Girl Like Me, explores the standards of beauty and the messages that society is sending to black girls. The 7 minute piece directed by Kiri Davis and featured at the last Tribeca Film Festival features interviews with black girls talking honestly about their skin color and hair texture and what they were taught was beautiful compared what they thought themselves to be. While watching children all shades of brown choosing a white baby doll as good and a darker baby doll as bad and identifying with the darker doll was sad and horrifying it wasn’t surprising.
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, tías, 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.
¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina!
10 Oct 2005
I just stumbled upon this site targeted for 9 to 14-year-old girls, ¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina!, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). They estimate that in under 15 years, 1 in 5 children in the US will be of Hispanic origin. The site and program is a response to the fact that Hispanic girls have higher rates of pregnancy, depression, and suicide than any other racial group.
Some people may ask you “Are you a Latina or are you American?”
¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina! is really a great site with lots of information and activities for the girls. The What it Means to be Bicultural is a nice example of their articles.
Don’t worry, you don’t have to choose one or the other!
With sections on “Your Family”, “Your Body”, “Your Future”, and more, the site is very complete. Girls can find out “How to Become a Doctor”, Recipes for Day of the Dead, and even “Ask the Doctor” questions about health/body questions.
Available in English and in Spanish, I recommend that our readers share the site with the 9-14 year old girls in their lives.
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