progressive qpoc, xicanistas, community organizers, other kul artists, and yeah, admittedly... angelina jolie... okay, what jota (if she's being honest) doesn't wanna meet her?... ay, mami, esos labios!
Chavela Vargas, Ana Gabriel, Paquita, Lola, Amalia Mendoza... old school mexican blues! Aaaay!
Anything by Almodovar, Pura Lengua, Viernes Girl, Antonia's Line, Frida, Fire, Heavenly Creatures, Aimee and Jaguar, Los Olvidados, Chicago, Amores Perros, Character, Kika, Dark Habits, Like Water for Chocolate and in general most foreign or indie films.
Damn... I just don't have time to watch el pinche television... and when I do... it's all about Animal Planet!
Loving in the War Years, Borderlands, This Bridge Called My Back, The Last Generation, Mexico Profundo, The Bluest Eye, Beloved, The House of the Spirits, My Wicked Wicked Ways, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Power, Animal Liberation, Facing the Fire, House on Mango Street, Massacre of the Dreamers, So Far From God, Playing in the Dark, Parable of the Sower, & anything by Federico Garcia Lorca or Eduardo Galeano.
My mami, Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, Audre Lorde, Celia Herrera-Rodriguez, Frida Kahlo, Rigoberta Menchu, Las Adelitas, Coyolxauqui, La Malinche, Assata Shakur, Dolores Huerta, Betita Martinez, Sharon Bridgforth, and all of the mamis of this mundo who try to raise children despite the violence, despite the fear of MUJER.