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In celebration of Black History Month, our staff complied a list of recommended reading. Here’s a rundown of what to read: “Women, Race & Class” by Angela Davis, “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde, “Black Feminist Thought” by Patricia Hill Collins, “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander, “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, & “Sister Citizen” by Melissa V. Harris-Perry.
MILDRED'S UMBRELLA.
A cause and no curve, a cause and loud enough, a cause and extra a loud clash and an extra wagon, a sign of extra, a sac a small sac and an established color and cunning, a slender grey and no ribbon, this means a loss a great loss a restitution.
Gertrude Stein
Greg Dean as Anibal De La Luna and Patricia Duran as Celestina del Sol in Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company CLOUD TECTONICS
CLOUD TECTONICS is an uncommon and complex yet typical and simple love story set, first and foremost between the mild Aníbal de la Luna and the magical, feisty Celestina del Sol, and secondly, in Los Angeles. Both are lost souls. Anibal picks up the hitchhiking Celestine in a portentous rainstorm. Celestine is searching for her untrue lover who is also the father of her unborn child. She finds trueness in Anibal instead.
The play is written by Puerto Rican author and master author José Rivera. Please note: I don’t label him lightly. (I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’ve never written, “White playwright …”) I mention his heritage because he is a constant and ardent investigator and explorer of ethnic identity, particularly Latino identity. He combines poetic language, Spanish language, and the bizarre, fantastic nature of magical realism - Celestina, of course, has been pregnant for two years - to create this unique and imaginative play. I talk to actress Patricia Duran, Celestina in the Mildred’s Umbrella production of CLOUD TECTONICS.
Photo credit: Rod Todd Image courtesy of Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company
An interview with our lovely Associate Artistic Director, Patricia Duran!
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tU-D-m2JY8)
Nobody re-chews a piece of gum. You throw it away. And that’s how easy it is to feel you no longer have worth. Your life no longer has value.
Elizabeth Smart
Who needs pepper spray when the knee-to-junk jab is enough to leave him cowering in agony
Fight? Flight? or Freeze?
I knew that if I wanted to, I could kick from behind. I knew I could get him on his back and even probably choke him if necessary. I had been taking kickboxing and self-defense classes and knew that the right calculated slither from beneath him could foil the violent desire of his pinky-sized, but all-powerful, penis. Completely clearheaded, I envisioned the exact movement of my limbs that would render him powerless. I knew I could push him off the bed, choke him, and throw a fairly decent punch.
But if I resisted, I mused, what would happen? If I was going to get him off me, it might mean injuring him. What would happen to me, a young girl working in an illegal trade, if I hurt this man? Scratches or marks were courtroom collateral that could be held against me. If I fought, I would be leaving without compensation. If I fought, he could retaliate and rape again, or worse. If I fought and ran into the streets, soaked by green beer, I could be followed by civilians seeking to save me from sex-trafficking, or worse, vigilante justice seekers looking to avenge my John for his injuries.
If I fought, I could be arrested. New York state laws explicitly exclude prostitution from rape protection laws. I didn’t think today was a day I would lose my life, and had I been at real risk of being murdered, I thought to myself, the situation and the risks incurred by my potential resistance would carry a far different weight.
“I froze. I froze. I froze.”
Consent Education.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
And please note that there are no specific pronouns. Consent is ALWAYS required from ALL individuals, regardless of gender, sex, relationship, et cetera.
So important to teach affirmative consent early!
I want to use my platform as an NFL linebacker to discuss how we talk about rape and sexual assault — because not enough men are.
“It’s important for men, especially in a hyper-masculine culture that breeds so many assholes, to stand up and challenge the values that have been passed down to us. This is not just a woman’s problem.”
Touching... or creepy?
Don’t think we’re taught that men are entitled to women and women are objects? Think again.
Dude, enough with the entitlement. She doesn’t owe you shit. Why are you telling her to smile? Are you owed a smile? No, you are not. You aren’t owed shit. I had a guy ask me for my phone number when I was getting out of my car to get…
“Even if you married her and paid for everything if doesn’t give you possession over her body. Slavery is illegal, and marital rape has been against the law in all 50 states since 1993.“ Wow, only since ‘93? Sheesh.
Dear You, As I write this I cannot help but see both you and that scared teenage girl whom I was on that day. I can see you as clearly in my mind as if...
Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
-Mary Wollstonecraft (via profeminist)
Students protest over case of sophomore Madi Barney, who publicly revealed she was raped and then punished for violating the mormon school’s bylaws
See Instagram photos and videos from Celeste Barber (@celestebarber)
Loving this!
An exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum tells of Western undergarments from the eighteenth century to today.
