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Creating in Crisis: On Exhibiting Visual Art, Daniel Handal

Julia Pretsfelder — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:25:56 +0000

Final girls are a narrative trope in horror movies and the subjects of artist Daniel Handal’s most recent eponymous series. Though watching the final girl ultimately crush her murderous tormentor is cathartic for some of us as viewers, the 50-year-old artist transcends our campy empathy by reimagining these nostalgia-tinged staples of ‘80s slashers as empowering

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Selena: The Series’ Noemi González on Creating in Crisis, What Brings Her Joy & More

Alicia Ramirez — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:00:52 +0000

Actress Noemí González thinks that her gut and commonalities with Selena Quintanilla’s family are what led her to Selena: The Series. The 27-year-old is set to play Suzette Quintanilla, sister to Tejano music legend in Netflix’s upcoming show, set to premiere Dec. 4. “I couldn’t believe that Selena had passed, and a year later, my

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Creating in Crisis: On Sustainable Fashion, Nathalia JMag

Julia Pretsfelder — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:38:48 +0000

While some of us spend endless time indoors and others brave the outdoors in masks, fashion has become a meaningless yet constant part of our lives. Whether you’re joyously wallowing in pajamas or daydreaming about re-presenting yourself once “things go back to normal,” clothing’s sway on how we feel moving through the world is ultimately

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Creating in Crisis: On Book Publishing, Angie Cruz

Amaris Castillo — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:25:41 +0000

Angie Cruz’s critically-acclaimed novel Dominicana was shortlisted for the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction in April. The Dominican-American author is the only Latina up for the prize, to be announced on Sept. 9. Dominicana centers on Ana Canción, a 15-year-old Dominican girl whose family forces her into an arranged marriage with a much older man.

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Creando en Crisis: Sobre La Fotografía, Mayeli Villalba

Julia Pretsfelder — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:53:16 +0000

You can read this text in English here. Acerca del 1% de la población paraguaya se identifica como afroparaguayx. Fotógrafa Mayeli Villalba es conocida por su documentación de la comunidad Kamba Cúa junto con paraguayxs que, como ella, siempre le han dicho “no pareces paraguayx” pero no crecieron en una familia que se identifica como

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Creating in Crisis: On Photography, Mayeli Villalba

Julia Pretsfelder — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:49:01 +0000

Afro-Paraguayans make up about 1% of Paraguay’s population. Photographer Mayeli Villalba is known for her documentation of the Kamba Cua community along with Paraguayos who, like her, have always been told they “didn’t look Paraguayan” but did not grow up in a family that identified as Black. “I was never taught about our existence at

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Creating in Crisis: On Poetry, Aja Monet

E.R. Pulgar — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:15:58 +0000

“I come from an oral tradition rooted in the power of stories to transform our lived experiences,” says poet Aja Monet of her practice. “My gravitation toward poetry came from trying to make sense of the madness that is being a young Black girl in America and never feeling quite like you fit in with

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Creating in Crisis: On Writing, Elizabeth Acevedo

Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo — Mon, 18 May 2020 16:46:18 +0000

For some, the oddity of the self-care and hyper-productivity conversations that have arisen in creative communities since the onset of the pandemic is partially due to the fact that the luxury of the former is a distant one and the familiarity of the latter is almost uncomfortable. Creating from crisis is an all but new

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