Feminism.
Indeed, a hot topic but one that is fundamental to discuss. The two speakers you watched today define themselves as feminists. Do you?
I hope you enjoyed the cadence, rhythm and flow of Yara Shahidi and Sarah Kay. Rewatch both and feed your brain. You can access Kay's TED Talk here and Shahidi's acceptance speech here.
For tomorrow, you will need a copy of Cofer's text. If for some reason the link doesn't work, just google "The Myth of the Latin Woman" by Judith Ortiz Cofer.
I'll see y'all tomorrow for more learning and steps toward the intersection of ability and courage.
Love and Light,
Beltran
Today's Song: "It's The Same Old Song" The Four Tops
P.S. - For some viewing fun, Oprah answering questions backstage after her Golden Globes acceptance speech.
Can't wait to see what we do with the text
ReplyDelete"The key to fulfillment to success,happiness,contentment in life is when you align personality with what your soul actually came to do" - Oprah
ReplyDelete"A sloe-eyed dark woman shadows me.
ReplyDeleteIn the morning she sings
Spanish love songs in a high
falsetto, filling my shower stall
with echoes.
She is by my side
in front of the mirror as I slip
into my tailored skirt and she
into her red cotton dress.
She shakes out her black mane as I
run a comb through my closely cropped cap.
Her mouth is like a red bull’s eye
daring me.
Everywhere I go I must
make room for her; she crowds me
in elevators where others wonder
at all the space I need.
At night her weight tips my bed, and
it is her wild dreams that run rampant
through my head exhausting me. Her heartbeats,
like dozens of spiders carrying the poison
of her restlessness,
drag their countless legs
over my bare flesh."
Bless Judith Ortiz Cofer for daring to say what too many Latinas feel in silence.
Loved today's videos!
ReplyDeleteVery powerful and awakening acceptance speech by Yara taught me a lot.
ReplyDeleteAll the videos this week have been so inspiring!
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ReplyDelete“Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.” -- Chimamanda Adichi.
So true. So powerful.
I loved today's ted talk and the message was very inspiring to me, I feel like I still need to reach that first step, "I can."
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