Monthly Archives: September 2009
The Story of Angeline Hassell : The Double Victimization of Survivor’s of Domestic Violence
Cross-Posted at VivirLatino Angeline Hassell’s struggle to assert her mami rights and her struggle against violence perpetuated first by her partner than by the family court system here in NYC is something I’ve posted on before. Here’s Angeline, in her … Continue reading
la Mala at Hispanic Panic NYC Tonite!
I am so excited to be a part of Hispanic Panic tomorrow nite and I hope that some of you in the NYC area can join this fabulous collection of Latino poets and writers that Charlie Vazquez, the host, has … Continue reading
Casa Mala Lives, Pero Mala is Worn the Hell Out
In many ways I’m feeling like a failure, even though in the eyes of the world I’m not. I’m just doing what I have to do. I’m working long ass hours so I can pay rent and keep taking care … Continue reading
Boricua en la Luna : Why Citizenship and Identity Don’t Always Intersect
Reposted from VivirLatino Apparently Citizenship Day came and went. The entire I pondered my citizenship: how I was born into it, how my parents were born into it, and how my abuelos, when they were toddlers, woke up with it … Continue reading
Voices Against Violence Zine
Call out for Submissions Voices Against Violence Zine is accepting submissions for our next issue. Please send in your essays, poetry, letters, personal accounts, artwork & photography to be included. What is the Voices Against Violence Zine? A small zine-diy … Continue reading
Mamita Mala Spits Her Mami Historia Via Poetry at bluestockings NYC
It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve stood in front of an audience and spit some poetry and truth me told i have a few new ones rolling around in the space between mi vientre y mu boca pero … Continue reading
Letting Go Con Amor
This seems to be a recurring theme for me these past few days. I believe in mensajes y señales, some sent to me from ancestors in my dreams, some sent to me in emails and the actions of others. People … Continue reading
The Third Invisibility/Silencing : Deliberate Cropping
I’ve written a few posts on some of the invisibility/silencing that I experienced at NN09 and that happens quite often actually in so called progressive spaces, even how some of this erasure was deliberate, on my part and on the … Continue reading