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mujeres, stand up!

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About Me


mi gente unite!
all you have to loose is your second-class citizenship
my pics
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my best friends
mis hermanas bellas: monica y nicole
viva la mujer!
my diva crew
south beach . summer 05
i love my girls!
pastimes
reading, writing, theatre, movies, y la ruuuuumba!
music
pop, new wave, motown, hip hop, reggae, reggaeton, r&b, classic rock, alternative rock, salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, vallenato, oldies, folk, country... en fin, all music!!!
literature
down these mean streets by piri thomas, cien anos de soledad by gabriel garcia marquez, sula by toni morrison, their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston, as i lay dying by william faulkner, ethan frome by edith wharton, the metamorphosis by kafka, x el llano en llama by juan rulfo (what can I say, love me some books!)
philosophy
deleuze, derrida, lyotard, barthes, althusser, foucault
los hombres de mi vida
mi papi and me
new years eve . 1997 . cali, colombia
mi negro and me
july . 2006 . washington heights , nyc
i change myself. i change the world. gloria anzaldua
my heroes
monica, mi hermana divina...
for having the courage to do it alone!
hang in there mami!
ladynez, my psuedo twin...
for being dominicana and killing it at med school!
you rock...just like me!
lise, mi amiga del alma...
for pursuing her dream!
don't stop till you reach the top chula!
heidi, la morenita mas bella del mundo...
for holding her head up...
no matter what life throws at her!

My Interests


we are tired of words, of betrayal, ofindifference... now we have new faith, through our strong will, our movement ischanging these conditions. cesar chavez

here to... hook up with my peoples

not here to... find a mate (of any sort). i got my negroalready!!! ( view )

interests... mi gente, su cultura y el movimiento,then...

and now...

i have a dream that one day thisnation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold thesetruths to be self evident, that all men are created equal." martin lutherking jr.

las raices

mi papi y mi mami
jairo y magally . 1979

papi is from cali, colombia
cali es cali! lo demas es loma!

mami is from colon, panama
the birthplace of reggaeton!
don't ever get it twisted!

se enamoraron en nueva york
jackson heights to be exact, mi barrio natal!

have the courage to think foryourself. immanuel kant

would like to meet

el revolucionario verdadero estaguiado por sentimientos de amor. ernesto "che" guevarra

My Blog

enough with the myspace revisions

ok... i must say i have been a little obsessed with myspace... basta!!!! at least from what i hear i am not the only one... people tell me that it happens to the best of us and that it only lasts for ...
Posted by mujeres, stand up! on Sun, 21 May 2006 04:37:00 PST

my summer whereabouts

 i am back in phoenix (arizona state university)... just passed my comprehensive exams and i am now officially in the research and writing stage of my masters. should be done with writing my thes...
Posted by mujeres, stand up! on Fri, 19 May 2006 01:47:00 PST