Week 1

In Maya Jupiter’s song, she illustrates her independnce and ability to lead. She does so through her lyrics, referring to herself as a guardian, a relief,  an Aspen, and as fierce. All of these words paint the neoliberalist views of independence and individual responsibility. Not only are her lyrics empowering to me as a woman, they are empowering to me as a political human as well. The feminist characters and movements she bring up inspire myself as a women to be strong. Her lyrics inspire not only my feminist side, but my political side. In the first verse she brings up a detention center and prison. She speaks of how she is the solutiom to these political issues.  Through her passion and story she influences me to stay tough and resilient. Her story of political unrest and needing to make a change is supported through her strong language. All of her diction choices are passionate and you can feel her strength grow throughout the songs. Words like “fighter,” “strong,” and “ferocious,” paint this theme of resilience that will be translated into the readers practices.

Martinez speaks of the complexity behind the word “Latina”. Being Latina is not only a womans cultural make up, it  is also her hiistory, her familys history, and the ups and downs of her life. The term “Latina” seems problematic because of the immense  weight it carries. It carries the abuse, the poor treatment, and the colonization of history. Being Latina isnt just one's genetic makeup, it has much more meaning than that. Due to the intersectionality of the “-isms” that Chicana feminists are faced with, the battle against discrimmination is much more complex. Davis takes Martinez’s work as a guide to how people of all backgrounds can come together and fight many of these intersectionalities of discrimmination. Although Martinez’s text most directly relates to Chicana feminism, we can use it as a collaborative guide to fight for social justice at all levels.