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LatiNegras I ADORE: La Lupe!

If you don't know about La Lupe please watch these videos! If you adore her like I do, please watch these videos!

From La Lupe: The Queen Of The Latin Soul from E! Entertainment Television Latin America (sorry only in Spanish!). My only complaint is that besides Celia Cruz, only men were interviewed to talk about her impact and musica.













Learn more about the PBS Independent Lens Documentary about La Lupe



Know which Almodovar film this song was on the soundtrack?






foto credit [un]common sense y soundcrank

Updating LatinoSexuality.com

I've got a free week coming up the first week of November and I will be spending time updating the site I host LatinoSexuality.com

If there are organizations, people, place, events, books, or any other space/object/cosita that you think must be included please leave the information in the comments section, or email me bianca@nyc.com.

Also, if your organization has information in Spanish online send that too!

xo
Bianca

Remember Angie Zapata y Gwen Araujo

Angie Martinez foto credit to GLAAD Blog









Gwen Araujo foto from Washington Blade




As some folks watch CNNs Latino In America and keep those of us without cable (or desire) to watch updated on twitter or facebook, I know that Angie Zapata and Gwen Araujo will not be included.

Just because CNN forgets our women doesn't mean we should to. Here is a list of the HANDFUL of Latino organizations/spaces that actually covered Angie y Gwen's murder and the trial that convicted the individuals who killed them (several mainstream and national media outlets like these and these, did not cover their murders or trial at all). If you know of other LATINO spaces that covered their murders and trial please leave a link in the comments!

Multiple media on VivirLatino about Angie Zapata

Gwen Arajuo, Rest In Peace from Blabbeando


A Candle For Angie from Nezua at The Unapologetic Mexican

Support Justice for Angie Zapata from bfp at FlipFloppingJoy

Young & Out: Anything But Safe by Daisey Hernandez posted on FIERCE!

Light A Candle for Angie Zapata from the ColorLines Blog RaceWire

Transgender Teen Angie Zapata Murdered In Colorado from Guanabee

Doulas! Not Just For The Wealthy!

My homegirl Sparkle posted this video and I think it must be shared!

Taye Diggs on Jimmy Kimmel this week discussed how he and his wife chose to have a doula for the birth of their son. He also speaks about placenta encapsulation. As you may already know, I'm an abortion doula in NYC and Sparkle is a birth doula.

One of Sparkle's statements when she posted this was that doulas are not just for the wealthy! If you are planning to have a baby, or if you find yourself needing an abortion, look into the benefits of having a doula to assist you.

Sunday Night Common Sense (On Monday)

I'd had a hectic and fabulous weekend, so the Sunday Night Common Sense is a bit late. But one of the reasons I was late with this was because I enjoyed myself so much at my new book club: Caribbean Literature Book Club which I read about from the Literanista.

Our reading selection was Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks. It was just the founder Marcia and I but we had a fabulous time together!

So, today we have one of my favorite quotes from Fanon:

Yes to life. Yes to love. Yes to generosity.
p. 222
emphasis in original

Anatomically Correct Slow Jam

My homegirl Tamika of Tamika & Friends, Inc. posted this video and I think it's great! I'm going to use it the next time I teach!

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