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I often participate in Day of the Dead events.I'm also a writer, performance artist, cultural worker and community activist. I write about identity and place with politics mixed in. One of my pieces was web published here: http://clubs.ulv.edu/~pmag/v2i3ol.htmlI've recently been accepted into the MFA Program in Creative Non-Fiction Writing at Antioch. I'm very excited and look forward to adding this to my already full plate of responsibilities - except, this will be my dessert.
This is For You
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You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents, beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

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My Interests

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Finding a resolution to the Juarez murders. 500 young women have been BOUND, TORTURED, MUTILATED, RAPED then MURDERED and no one on either side of the border is doing anything to stop those responsible. Femicide and abuse of women MUST be stopped.
Art, politics, reading, writing, being a good mom, daughter, sister, partner and friend.
I'm very protective of those that I love and would defend them in any way if they were in trouble. Yet, I'm keenly aware that ultimately I can't control other people's actions.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet Bono, James McBride and Michael Ondaatje and other amazingly talented artists who write inspiring and poetic work. Michael especially makes me want to be a better writer.

Music:

Green Day, U2, The Killers, The Game, My Chemical Romance, The Ramones, Queen, B-52's, Most 80's music, some current and classical too. I also love Mariachi music and waltzes - especially the Blue Danube waltz, because these types of music remind me of my father. I used to play violin for him when I was a child (got pretty good at it too) just to make him happy.

Movies:

My Favorite Movie is "Far From Heaven" written and directed by Todd Haynes. It's a very good, thought-provoking look at racism and intolerance in a way that makes your heart break. The best scene is in the gallery when Raymond Deagan (Dennis Haysbert) is explaining to Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) the beauty of the abstract they are viewing. He clearly understands and appreciates the more sophistacated aesthetic of the painting and is the only one there who seems to even care. Because she's attracted to him, she's willing and open to appreciate this different style. This is a perfect manisfestation of at least the indifference people of color live with in today's society and the difficulty the dominant society has in accepting differences, unless they take the time to learn about and appreciate this difference through the eyes of those that understand.
I used to love "Thelma and Louise" too but didn't like the ending. It clearly sent the wrong message to women struggling with circumstances and I feel I'm much more empowered than the end tells me to be.

Television:

Anything that shows diversity and is well written.

Many of the people working on these shows work long hours with no compensation, no benefits and very little recourse. Where 7 - 9 % of writers working in traditional programming for television are minorities, that percentage jumps to 35 - 40% of those working in reality.
My question: Why is it okay to fairly compensate those few working in traditional programming, but not those working in reality when the networks make far more in reality (no pun intended).

Books:

The English Patient written by Michael Ondaajte, The Color of Water written by James McBride, Dictee written by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and The Mixquiahuala Letters by Ana Castillo.

Heroes:

First My Mother, My Father, and my Brother Ben and now my sons Alain and Gian.
My sons are my hope, inspiration and the soul of my life. We've gone through very wonderful and very difficult times in the last six years. We've been there for and held each other up as well as celebrated our achievements. They are truly my joy.

My Blog

I Am Not...

I Am Not& As a child growing up in East Los Angeles, in many ways I was told my community didn't value me just as the greater society had already shown me. A year after the Vietnam War ended, I ...
Posted by CONSUELO on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:30:00 PST

The Conquest

He kneels before the altar that is my body and offers himself to me. I accept.This man with eyes as blue as the world that once upon a time conquered my ancestors, begins his ritual.Laying me on the ...
Posted by CONSUELO on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:22:00 PST

Lost Children - To Three Of My Siblings

My Mom tilts her head slightly, creates a faint smile with pursed lips, shrugs her shoulders and releases a barely audible laugh."It doesn't matter if they don't call me. It's not like I need them to ...
Posted by CONSUELO on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:24:00 PST

Invitation To Death

Feliz Dia De Los Muertos, Happy Deathday to every Body. Didn't expect me did you? No Death is never expected. Who shall I take today? Hmm, so many of you for just one of me.Let me see, I'll take that ...
Posted by CONSUELO on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:11:00 PST

Blue Monkey and Gold Dust: I Am The Best Person I Know Best

I visited Frida's spirit in the Blue House in October of 1998. Before my trip, I read every book I could find on her. Though she was part of a renowned couple, Diego Rivera seemed like a ghost in th...
Posted by CONSUELO on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:53:00 PST

Connie

Connie. Connie Flores. That was my name when I was a little girl. But that was a long, long time ago. And from the time that Connie was born to when she finally died a LOT of things happened. You...
Posted by CONSUELO on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:33:00 PST

My Bridge of Identity

My personal bridge of resistance began when I was a child. Then, I had no filters telling me what I should or should not say or be. I stated the obvious and the not so obvious. I questioned and ans...
Posted by CONSUELO on Fri, 18 May 2007 11:29:00 PST

Days Of The Dead: I See Superman Flying In My Eyes

There's a saying in Mexico that one can die three deaths: The first when the last breath is taken and life ends; the second when the body collapses into the earth or becomes ashes; but the third is wh...
Posted by CONSUELO on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:13:00 PST

Human Rights For Women In Juarez

In the border town of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where women by the hundreds have disappeared and have been murdered, Human Rights violations continue even after several years of international protests, m...
Posted by CONSUELO on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:47:00 PST

Angela

It seems that women are still not valued in this society. It seems like when I finally believe that there is some semblance of humanity, reality comes up and slaps me hard in the face. I refuse to a...
Posted by CONSUELO on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:29:00 PST