About

This blog is mostly feminist/Chican@ in scope.  It’s definitely pro-immigrant and progressive.  But it’s also a reflection of things of interest to me, so you will definitely see your share of randomness.

Regarding comments: thanks to past run-ins with trolls, comments require approval before getting posted.    Be patient if you don’t see your comment go up ASAP.  As long as you’re not flaming someone or using offensive/sexist/racist language, you should be fine.

A few things about me, for those inquiring minds that want to know (or not):

  • I’m a women’s historian.  And, duh, a feminist.
  • I used to teach various English classes at a community college in NY and I loved it, but now I’m trying to get certified to teach high school in Texas.
  • I have a thing for motherhood analyses in popular culture (even though children generally annoy me after prolonged periods, and I would rather die than birth a spawn).
  • I also have a thing for oral histories.  It’s a dream of mine to start an oral history archive in my hometown.
  • I love animals, and they’re the reason I went vegetarian back in 2000.
  • I have an unnatural love of donuts.  Chocolate iced, hold the sprinkles.
  • It must be said that I think King of the Hill is one of the greatest cartoons ever televised, I tell you whut.  I’m totally devastated that they’re taking it off the air.
  • I’m a Trekkie.  Screw Star Wars.
  • These are my boys.

You can contact me at thefeministtexican [at] gmail [dot] com.

You can also follow me on twitter.

5 Responses so far »

  1. 1

    Tumerica said,

    4 July, 2008 @ 7:18 pm

    I like you, Texican gal who lives in NY suburban hell. King of the Hill was my favorite show for years and I’ve only been to Texas once–Dallas. Didn’t even like it, though I enjoyed the food immensely (chipotle scrambled eggs at the IHOP–whoo-hoo!). I never had a thing for kids until I actually got pregnant at the age of 40 (I had been scared to death of bringing a child into this world. What me? I’m not even grown up yet, I thought.) So I am with you on that respect. I have three siblings who chose not to have kids and I salute them–the world needs more aunties and uncles to hang out with our kids. And it can be very fun to hang out with kids who are not yours and to whom you can say good-bye after a few hours of magical entertainment–or not–it’s all good. One of those siblings is a women’s gender issues historian who has written several books.

  2. 2

    earlgreyrooibos said,

    7 July, 2008 @ 3:23 pm

    Suzanne Riesman of BlogHer linked to you, I checked it out, and I think I am in love.

    Also, we have the same WordPress theme.

    Also, I am a Texas Transplant. I moved to Austin 6 weeks ago. Although I’m still not entirely sure whether people actually consider Austin part of Texas.

  3. 3

    Paige said,

    25 September, 2008 @ 3:03 pm

    I am an art student taking a Latin American art history class. We have to write a paper on any Latin American art topic. I am most interested in the evolution on the female figure throughout Latina history, from pre-Columbian anthropomorphic goddesses of sacrifice, through the legend of Guadalupe, to the use of these historic images as an influence on the Chicana feminist movement. This is too broad a topic, obviously, but it interests me a great deal as a white female from a largely Hispanic town exploring Latina art and culture. Your blog is a cornucopia of ideas I can use to narrow my research! I think I am now going pursue the influence of the Virgin of Guadalupe upon Chicana artists. Eh… I’m still unsure, though!! There is just so much to discuss! It seems Latinas had the strongest voice of the feminist art movement, and I want to explore why that is. Anyway, thanks for posting your blog! And feel free to email me if you have any opinions or suggestions as a strong-spirited Chicana woman.
    (I speak Spanish just like Peggy.)

  4. 4

    Hector Chavana Jr said,

    6 July, 2009 @ 5:49 pm

    I just stumbled on your page after doing a search for Hutto. I like what I see so far, but I was wondering why your RSS feed is different than the blog front page. I want to make sure that I have all of the up to date stuff on your blog

    Hector
    OurNewAnahuac.net

  5. 5

    adrian said,

    30 October, 2009 @ 8:33 am

    good stuff….


Comment RSS · TrackBack URI

Say your words