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FUCK MUSSOLINI WITH HIS DEAD ASS Here’s a new format! Here, I’ll relate hobbies, music — new and old — opinions on current events, books I’m reading, etc. I’ll try to keep it coherent, but the mind wanders . . . What I’m Listening to This Week Title: The Highs & The Lows By: Chance the…

Margaret E. Montoya Writing & Wellness Retreat 2022 — From June 15 to June 17, I shared space with critical scholars dedicated to justice work. Thanks to all who donated to make this happen. Though I’m just $30.00 from my goal, if you are impelled to donate, please send your money to intersectional abortion providers like SisterSong, ProFamilias, or…

Title: “We Cry Together/Purple Hearts” Album: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers By: Kendrick Lamar, Taylour Paige, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah You’ve heard the album by now, I hope. K. Dot’s newest entrée after how many years? If you haven’t sat with it yet, then you might not be a…

Here’s the final paper I wrote for Catharine A. MacKinnon’s Sex Equality course at Harvard in 2016. As mentioned, CAM is a critical legal scholar and radical feminist. From her, I learned to speak clearly and briefly — I learned to value silence and speak equitably. Her vision of Justice…

“Hold Up” from the visual album, Lemonade (2016) By: Beyoncé I woke up this morning — hadn’t thought about Lemonade in about a year. Walking my cat, sifting through this retrograde and eclipse season — seeking balance upon this Libra Moon. Just uttering the chorus to myself: Hold up, they…

AWARENESS FOR MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN & FEMMES (MMIW) Single: This is Not Ameria (2022) By: Residente ft. Ibeyi Si quiere mi machete te muerde Aquí estamo, siempre estamo No nos fuimo, no nos vamo Aquí estamo pa que te recuerde Si quiere mi machete te muerde Beginning with…

Album: En Letra de Otro (2022) By: Goyo Replaying for the eighth time Goyo’s visual cover album, En Letra de Otro. Of ChocQuibTown fame, this Latin Grammy award winning powerful artist soothes you with a warm, sultry voice that praises one of the most marginalized places in Colombia, beset by…

La película concluye con una foto desenfocada de la familia Madrigal — en mi opinión, esta es la mejor clase de foto, porque refleja una intimidad que no se observa en fotos esterilizadas ¿Quien llora? Alma y Mirabel se reencuentran. Mirabel es la primera en llorar y lo hace en el mismo…