January 2012
Who's afraid of "The Tempest"? - Books - Salon.com →
Arizona’s ban on ethnic studies proscribes Mexican-American history, local authors, even Shakespeare
BY JEFF BIGGERS
TOPICS:BOOKS, ARIZONA
As part of the state-mandated termination of its ethnic studies program, the Tucson Unified School District released an initial list of books to be banned from its schools today. According to district spokeperson Cara Rene, the books “will be...
Cultural Exchange: Mexico's UNAM aims to put it... →
The National Autonomous University of Mexico goes live with ambitious virtual campus Toda la UNAM en Línea.
By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times
December 25, 2011
Reporting from Mexico City —
It is one of Latin America’s best-known and biggest schools, with five times more students than UCLA and a treasured spot in Mexican life as the people’s house of higher learning. But to...
Cultural Exchange: Mexico's UNAM aims to put it... →
chicanainchoos:
Snip:
“With this,” Ordorika said, “we are affirming that yes, the university belongs to the people.”
Very Cool!
The Antonia I. Castañeda Prize →
Description of the award: The award is in recognition of a published article, book chapter, or single authored book of an historical orientation on the intersection of class, race, gender, and sexuality as related to Chicana/Latina and/ Native/Indigenous women.
Timeline: The publication must have been published in the previous year (2010) by a woman who is an ABD graduate student, pre-tenured...
The Ultimate Superfood Guide →
Superfoods are the most vibrant and nutritionally dense foods on the planet, which have been found to contain profound healing and dietary effects. They have often been used for thousands of years by indigenous people to heal the mind and body, and can be thought of as nature’s medicine. In today’s toxic world, it is essential to include them in your diet for optimal performance, rejuvenation and...
Latina Researchers →
Latina Researchers Conference: Increasing the Pipeline for Future Scholars
In response to the underrepresentation of historically disadvantaged populations with advanced STEM degrees or in advanced research or academic positions, the one-day professional conference seeks to: *Increase exposure of advanced research careers in the academy to the next generation of investigators. *Ensure...
7107: some love poems do not die. [day 11] →
7107:
Devoted with thanks to Julie Plug
Fade in the shimmery curtain. The snarls of her hair.
When she reads about lions, it’s because they’re captured or killed.
Rehearsing. How to wash her own face with tenderness reserved for strangers.
I associate with others devoted to wounded web.
We…
New Mexico turns 100!
larebelde:
motherjones:
congressarchives:
Today marks the 100th Anniversary of New Mexico’s statehood. In honor of this monumental anniversary, we’ve selected a number of documents to feature on our website. Check them out!
Map of New Mexico, 1908, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives
Happy birthday, guys.
Colonial occupation by Spain, Mexico and the US since 1598.
como ave nocturna para no poder andar de día:... →
La Corte Constitucional ordenó al Instituto de Seguros Sociales reconocer la pensión de sustitución a un hombre que llevaba 30 años viviendo en unión libre con su pareja del mismo sexo, luego de que ésta muriera, sin importar que la muerte se haya producido antes de 2007.
El caso comenzó en 2005, cuando la pareja permanente de un hombre homosexual falleció por una enfermedad. Cuando su pareja...
“In 1968 I was invited as poet in residence to Tugaloo College, which is a small...”
– BOMB Magazine: Audre Lorde
posting b/c i didn’t know she was at Tougaloo at all, let alone during the Civil Rights Movement. and i’m wondering how directly my not knowing is related to the white-washing/appropriation of Lorde by f*eminists specifically and white progressives generally. because that...
Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of MALCS at... →
Chicana/Latina Studies is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, biannual publication of the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (Women Active in Research and Social Change). The journal is committed to exploring Chicana/Latina experiences through research articles, literary criticism, creative writing, review essays, occasional commentaries, and book reviews.
Originally housed at the...
This Bridge Called Cyberspace →
Stage I: COMPLETED Originally, the searchable database was created for Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, and was showcased at the 2008 National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference.
Stage II: CURRENTLY ADDING CONTENT In 2009, the project grew into This Bridge Called Cyberspace, a meta-database of multiple publications. Content from...
Reclaiming the Native American Tag
laborreguitina:
leechesareforsuckers:
The reclaiming of the Native American tag on here, I hope is the start of reclaiming our image in American culture. We need to be the ones defining our culture. The stereotypical images of the Native American needs to be replaced with our current, dynamic identity as a people. Only then will we be seen as something other than subhuman savages.
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A User's Guide to BlackPast.org | The Black Past:... →
Welcome to BlackPast.org, the largest free and ungated reference center on African American and Global African History currently on the Internet. This website has over 3,000 pages reflecting the vast array of information on the history of people of African ancestry. The User’s Guide is designed to help you access this information as quickly and efficiently as possible.
The fastest way...
“Barbara Terry, 52, has worked nearly her entire adult life as a prostitute in...”
– At 52, Still Working the Streets in Hunts Point - NYTimes.com (via npr)
“When I first started writing seriously about 3 years ago, I would try to write...”
– Ocean Vuong | Ocean Vuong: The TNB Self-Interview | The Nervous Breakdown (via writeaction)
Happy Haitian Independence Day
kosdetermination:
To all my fellow Haitians and Black revolutionists!
208 years today Haiti officially declared freedom from their colonial slave masters, France, making a stance for all victims of the African Slave Trade, thus becoming the worlds first black colony and most successful slave revolt. It also became the world’s symbol for revolution inspiring similar strides in Latin American and...
December 2011
Arizona Judge Rules Mexican American Studies... →
nezua:
angryfuckingliberal:
PHOENIX (AP) - An administrative law judge ruled Tuesday that a Tucson school district’s ethnic studies program violates state law, agreeing with the findings of Arizona’s public schools chief. Judge Lewis Kowal’s ruling marked a defeat for the Tucson Unified School District, which appealed the findings issued in June by Superintendent of Public Instruction John...
