La Virgen de Guadalupe has embodied as a powerful representation of Chicana Identity by showing spiritual strength, and cultural resilience creating an impact on Chicana culture. La Virgen de Guadalupe is not just any religious figure she is our madre milagrosa who often helps us find strength and empowerment in all moments. Saintly Mother and… Continue reading Representing Chicana Identity: La Virgen de Guadalupe
Were you ever taught sex education in school? Sex education is the teaching and understanding of topics that have to do with sex and sexual orientation. It is the understanding for kids K-12 to learn about puberty, human anatomy, relationships, sexually transmitted diseases, consent, pregnancy, drugs, birth control, and the list goes on. Sexual education… Continue reading The Importance of Sex Education
Since the beginning of time society no matter if it was in north america, south America, or Europe women have always been seen as inferior towards men. Believing they provide nothing to society and are only there to support the males' needs. Due to this Chicanas sought to accomplish from a movement that would to… Continue reading Empowering Mujeres: A Journey through Chicana Feminism
While rethinking my Netflix membership, a gem of a film was recently added that made me reconsider why I even began rethinking my subscription in the first place. Sure, the premium Netflix membership is onerous. And sure, I’m quickly tiring of the never-ending new additions of true-crime dramas. And then, right before cancelling my… Continue reading Getting to the Bottom of the Secret : A Queer of Color Reading of Creator Alberto Barrera’s Netflix series “El secreto del rio”.
This is to all our sisters who were forced into an unwanted pregnancy, who lost their lives carrying a secret pregnancy, who had an abortion, and to all the women who once suffered in silence becoming mothers. As we seem to advance long from history, it seems as if we took a big step back… Continue reading Women’s Right to Abortion
While rethinking my Netflix membership, a gem of a film was recently added that made me reconsider why I even began rethinking my subscription in the first place. Sure, the premium Netflix membership is onerous. And sure, I’m quickly tiring of the never-ending new additions of true-crime dramas. And then, right before cancelling my… Continue reading Getting to the Bottom of the Secret : A Queer of Color Reading of Creator Alberto Barrera’s Netflix series “El secreto del rio”.
Chicana feminism is a journey of liberation, a reclamation of identity that begins in the quiet corners of home and reverberates through entire communities. It is a rebellion against traditions that confine and a celebration of the strength that flows through us, passed down by generations of women who endured in silence but dreamed of… Continue reading BREAKING CHAINS
Marianismo has been a taught lifestyle for many Chicana women, it is usually enforced in Mexican/ Chicano and Latino households. The term marianismo was influenced by the Virgin Mary essentially taking the term “Maria” and converting it to marianismo. Along with the religiously rooted term also came rigid expectations enforced on women who were expected… Continue reading The toxicity of Marianismo tied to the life of Chicanas
By Natalie Castillo Me, being a daughter to a woman born and raised in Mexico City, I have a lot of knowledge on the subject of Mexican mother and American daughter relationships. Surprisingly though, I have never thought about it until reading the short stories and articles in class this semester. It really opened up… Continue reading Mother & Daughter Relationships
The intersection of witchcraft and Catholic beliefs among Chicana/o people can, beyond any doubt, be perceived as cultural and spiritual resistance to colonial and patriarchal powers colonizing native Indigenous populations. For Chicana women, this blending of Indigenous culture with Catholicism through brujería (Witchcraft) and curanderismo (healing) is not only a radical form of power but… Continue reading The Intersection of Witchcraft and Catholicism in Chicana/o Spirituality
