25: Reproduction as Multivocality by https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2 De la Torre and Chicana Radio en-us 2017-12-29 07:28:48 UTC 2025-11-25 15:49:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Programas Sin Vergüenza hkhawaj2 https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136624 The article was very interesting and insightful. Media activism for the Chicanas and representation of bilingual and bicultural is very important and is something that can be easily overlooked. The Chicana feminist conscious groups were a great way for women to draw attention to their rights in the wider community. The radios would discuss issues such as class, gender, race, citizenship, patriarchy, education, sexuality, and abortion. This was a great pathway for vital information to be spread to the community that might have not be spread otherwise. Such discussions on air also makes women realize that they are not alone and that their struggles are being heard and hopefully will be taken care of. Also, the fact that these women engaged in a field that was typically male dominated and took passionate actions seems to challenge the social norms. The oppression faced by Chicanas was very different that was faced by a middle class white woman and it was essential to discuss the differences. 

]]> 2017-12-29 07:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136624 https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136625 I enjoyed the analysis of the "La Soldadera" photograph by Raul Ruiz. The essay discussed how although the subject of the photograph is a woman, which is rare in the context of a revolution, the focus of the photograph remains on the woman's body. Because she is looking away and her head is cropped, the attention shifts to her chest, which is covered in bandoleras (Blackwell, 173). Therefore, "the crossed bandoleras represents an intersection—simultaneously symbolizing her revolutionary commitment while invoking the complex ways women and women’s bodies are made to stand in for the nation within both historic projects of nation building as well as numerous revolutionary struggles" (Blackwell, 713). This quotation really stood out to me because it demonstrates that although strong women are a vital part of revolutions, their bodies are still viewed as objects to be used. Moreover, they are made to be of lesser value as humans and as contributors to the revolution than their male counterparts. Blackwell makes a later note that the background of the photograph is blurred, which could signify the lack of knowledge/understanding about the woman's background (Blackwell, 192). As I think back to what we discussed in class on Tuesday, Chicana women obviously have a complex role in their society and in the Mexican Revolution. Therefore, I also feel that the photograph is centered on the woman's body in the context of the revolution, and excludes other important details of her greater roles and relationships. However, the rest of the essay goes onto discuss how women were represented in the visual field through many mediums of media. This is greatly important because it sheds light on the power and strength of women and establishes them as political icons versus women in the home. ]]> 2017-12-29 07:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136625 Programming to Hear the Chicanas Voice https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136626 I had admired the passion the Chicanas expressed during the 1970s by De la Torre and how they had used radio stations and programming so they can get their voices heard. Where they were seen as radical women of color because their message was seen as something very taboo and extreme and them even broadcasting it on the radio was viewed as odd. Since the concept of programming and creating cutting-edge radio station was and still is a dominated male field. Where if a group of Chicanas has to ability to gain such skill, they are also challenging the social norms in the technological aspect. Bringing up the ideas of race during this time period of feminism brought more ideas that needed to be enforced to try and break the phase of what feminism society portrays it as, middle-class white women. Since the Chicanas dealt with different experiences than White and African-American women and it brings more evidence towards how women from different sides face oppression. Where not only acknowledging that these women exist other than white but bringing them towards letting their voice be heard and understanding what we can do to diminish such oppression. Rather than letting these women be shut off and having to go through measures that could have been addressed differently if they were acknowledged as people, not only references to women that are oppressed.


]]> 2017-12-29 07:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136626 Chicana Women and Public Radio aharwood4 https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136627 De La Torre’s piece Shameless Programs: Mapping Chicanas in Community Radio in the 1970s provides a unique perspective from which cultural and racial aspects of the second wave can be examined. More specifically, she makes the argument that the ability to raise consciousness of the Chicana woman’s experience during the feminist movement in the 1970s had been facilitated by the emergence of public radio. Consequently, female hosts were, for the first time in American history, able to reach audiences of Chicana/o origin effectively reflecting the “bilingual and bicultural experience” of many. 
            Discussing race and culture during the second wave often leads to conversation surrounding the civil rights movement and the push for African-American women’s rights. De la Torre’ piece, however, is a reminder that black populations were not the only ones suffering from the triple bind of gendered, racial and cultural discrimination. In essence, her work emphasizes that the use of public radio to promote the agenda of international analysis of women’s lives and experiences was a revolutionary concept central to the success of the feminist movement. While the Chicana woman’s experience was separate from that of her white middle-class and African-American sisters, the focus on multiple-issue topics generated a largely intersectional feminist approach that remains prominent to this day. Thus, the use of this ‘second-wave length’ is an inspiring reminder that if women suffering from a triple minority status are able to effectively contribute to the intersectional nature of the feminist movement, those who are not limited by such realities have a larger role to fill in the context of making feminism a movement inclusive to all women.
]]> 2017-12-29 07:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136627 “‘Programas Sin Vergüenza (Shameless Programs)’ inunez5 https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136628 I really enjoyed reading, “‘Programas Sin Vergüenza". First things first, I was really surprised when I read the title and it was in Spanish. It was nice to see that there were going to be some texts that addressed us bilingual/bicultural/hispanic people.
 I really liked reading this text because it personally gave me insight into how Chicanas and people of similar background to mine, united in order to produce more representation of bicultural/bilingual people. Not only that, but it demonstrated how the Chicanas worked towards pushing on the Chicana Feminist Consciousness. They worked hard to make sure that they were heard and that they reached not only the local community, but the wider community. The community radio stations was inclusive and addressed important issues that the Chicana community faced and just hispanic women altogether; they addressed the issue of patriarchy and the struggle that women face while growing up in a household that is primarily focused on the man and patriarchy. Also, the radio station encouraged education and touched on the subject of abortion, sexuality, and gender, which were viewed as topics of "sin verguenzas"/shameless people. The community radio stations served as an outlet for all of these women and the bicultural/lingual community altogether by helping them express their culture and by helping them illuminate their struggles as well as share what it meant to be part of the Chicana/o community.

One last thing that I enjoyed about the text is the fact that they touched on the underlying meaning of "Sin Verguenza" because it is one of the most used words by hispanics. And, the word is definitely mostly used with a negative connotation and is in fact directed to women to express how they are "stepping out of line" and not ]]> 2017-12-29 07:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stuber_tracy/ww786uu381a2/wish/218136628