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@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialPATRICK MARTINEZ, a Los Angeleno of Mexican, Native, Filipino descent, is a mixed media, multidisciplinary artist. His work evokes & refers to the lives and the struggles of Black & Brown people, rooted in place & culture. #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxContemporaryArtist
@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialDays 8-14 of #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxContemporaryArtist follow along every day!! #Art
@sexworkhistorian.bsky.social(1/7) Thread on Blackness and LatinX identities for #LatinXHeritageMonth
@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialHARMONIA ROSALES, an Afro Cuban American born in Chicago, paints Black women with the richness they deserve & have long been denied. Placing them at the center of ancient mythologies, incld Yoruba ones, achieving power & cultural reverence. Day 14 of #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxContemporaryArtist
@ncmegaphone.bsky.socialDuring Latinx Heritage Month, we will be spotlighting advocacy organizations centering Latinx communities. This week's spotlight is: @brava_nc!
For ways to get involved with Brava NC, sign up for updates & opportunities here: https://tinyurl.com/9dpfseds
@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialPRISCILA DE CARVALHO (Day 13!), born in Brazil, based in Brooklyn, constructs a sense of place through memory, cultural stories, structures, images. Installations, sculpture, painting; many of her works are in the public sphere. #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxContemporaryArtist
@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialLADY PINK is one of the OGs of graffiti. Ecuador-born, NYC-raised, she started writing in 1979, one of the only female writers in the scene. Her art has became more political & fantastical & centering women, indigenous South American spirituality. #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxContemporaryArtist
@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialADRIANA GORDILLO is Columbian based in my same town - St Paul Imniza Ska. A multidisciplinary visual artist & poet, her work forms bridges across gender & cultural expectations, migration, memory & personal histories, dreams and myths. Day 11 #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxContemporaryArtist
@beaconpress.bsky.socialIn his monograph, THE SENSE OF BROWN, José Esteban Muñoz emphasizes that brownness isn’t reducible to Latino identity, that Latino identity doesn’t automatically align with brownness. Latino is an identity-in-difference. #LatinxHeritageMonth @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social
@ncmegaphone.bsky.socialWe went to La Fiesta del Pueblo, a celebration of Latinx culture, and asked “What is one change you want to see in your community?” Check out what Alexis has to say! #ncpol #lafiestadelpueblo #latinxheritagemonth #fy
@fridaytea.comWays to celebrate #LatinxHeritageMonth with your fave Mexican-American owned tea house:
🪅 Tour Latin America with our Heritage Sampler!
🪅 Ask our tearistas for whistle kit materials!
🪅 Submit receipts from Friday Tea to Intentionalist's website through 10/15 to help us top the leaderboards!
@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialKANDY G. LOPEZ is Day 10! #LatinxHeritageMonth
A multimedia portrait artist, her works explore identity - that of her self, of members of her Afro-Caribbean-Latinx community. She has become known for her fiber portraits but her collage & stained glass work is also amazing. #LatinxContemporaryArtist
@sexworkhistorian.bsky.socialBeing fatphobic means being anti-LatinX
Being fatphobic means being anti-LatinX
Being fatphobic means being anti-LatinX
Being fatphobic means being anti-LatinX
Being fatphobic means being anti-LatinX
Being fatphobic means being anti-LatinX
@sexworkhistorian.bsky.social(1/3) In case it wasn't clear (to some), here are some articles discussing LatinX identities and sex work b/c, fun fact, LatinX folks engage in sex work. Enjoy ☂️
@ncmegaphone.bsky.socialWe went to La Fiesta del Pueblo, a celebration of Latinx culture, and asked “What is the biggest challenge facing your community right now?” Check out what Luis has to say! #ncpol #lafiestadelpueblo #latinxheritagemonth
@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialVERONICA BELLO was born in Caracas but never lived there, grew up in CDMX & is now Brooklyn-based. These details are related to her fiber art where she creates remembered/imagined spaces from family fotos and memories, lacunas included. Day 9 of #LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxContemporaryArtist
@beaconpress.bsky.socialPandemic lockdown was not so long ago. The racial capitalism that Latinx communities faced then is the same they’re facing now. It’s the same they’ve always faced as a crucial labor force in the US. #LatinxHeritageMonth buff.ly/SlWVggn
@fotoslasirena.bsky.socialJOIRI MINAYA grapples with the way stereotypes of “the tropics” effectively erase, hide the lives and even bodies of women. New York-based, of Dominican descent, she works with painting, installation, film, digital media, textile, performance. Day 8 of
#LatinxHeritageMonth #LatinxContemporaryArtist
@sexworkhistorian.bsky.social(7/9) Afro-LatinX folks face distinct phenotypic discrimination, higher average poverty rates, and worse labour outcomes compared to non-Black LatinX folks, while battling internal community stereotypes that marginalize Blackness.