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Ideas on Fire Podcast Interview
My interview with Ideas on Fire is live! The episode is available in Apple Podcasts (iOS), Google Podcasts (Android), Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, and all the other podcast players. We chatted about my book Graffiti Grrlz: Performing Feminism in the Hip Hop Diaspora (02:13)The future of feminist graffiti art (05:10)The intersection of art, academia, and activism in Jessica’s work (10:14)Curation … Continue reading Ideas on Fire Podcast Interview
Sneak Peak Part 2!
Sometimes googling yourself pays. I came across the trailer for my interview with the Imagine Otherwise Podcast (Ideas on Fire). The full episode is out February 13th! Jessica Nydia Pabón Colón on Social Justice Curating
Latina Outsiders—sneak peek!
I am *so* hyped for this book (and to be part of it)! Sneak peak of the cover. It comes out in June. Table of ContentsIntroduction, Grisel Y. Acosta I. Ideology and Class 1. "Punks and Hipsters: Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity," Grisel Y. Acosta 2. "The child is bewitched": Syncretism and Self-Making in Cristina … Continue reading Latina Outsiders—sneak peek!
#GraffitiGrrlz Book Review!
Throughout the book they challenge graffiti being Hip Hop and fail to call themselves feminists. However this disjunct leads Pabón-Colón to much more nuanced understandings. So, for instance, towards the end of the book she discusses why the South American ‘graffiteras’ reject the feminist label. This could have haughtily been put down to their own … Continue reading #GraffitiGrrlz Book Review!
Boricua Feminists!
f you too want to honor boricuas doing important things now and in the past, pre-order your tote bag today!
Solidarity Does Not Require Sameness #WomensMarch
there has always been and will always be controversy and conflict in coalition.
Go Back to Puerto Rico?!
(Originally a Tweet thread. Posted here because not everyone is on Twitter): The #GoBacktoPuertoRico comment, response, and reporting has my blood boiling and heart hurting. A thread on the comments and why this moment is important for #Latinx solidarity across geographical/racial/ethnic difference. I am raging at @RepJasonSmith specifically, and the #GOP generally (perpetually) b/c of … Continue reading Go Back to Puerto Rico?!
#FeministsforPuertoRico Tote Bags!
My fundraising mission continues with tote bags!I'm now taking pre-orders. Price includes shipping and a donation to CEPA (http://www.decolonizepr.com). Place your order today: Puerto Rican Feminists Medium Tote Bag:
Indelible in Our Collective Hippocampus is Her Testimony: Performing Feminism after Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
Lilith, the collective street artists responsible for spray painting Blasey Ford's testimony at Yale, speak out.
