La Xicanista Podcast | A show about all things Chicane as told by a feminist Xicana‪.‬ Alejandrina Franco

What's up, y'all?! I'm back with this quick episode on trauma and the divine feminine and masculine. I hope you take away something from this episode that'll help bring you clarity and peace as you navigate your self-loving journey and your relationships. Talk to y'all soon!

Sup y'all! In this episode, I talk about healing childhood trauma and about La Madre wound. May was Mental Health Awareness Month, but honestly, let's normalize talking about mental health always. I hope sharing my story and my reflections on my healing from childhood emotional neglect as well as my estranged relationship with my mother resonates with some of y'all and helps you on your healing journey. Much love and blessing y'all! Peace.



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Recommended reading and podcast episode:

All About Love by bell hooks

On Purpose by Jay Shetty (podcast)- Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Perry ON:  Healing From Childhood Trauma And Becoming Self-Aware, Confident Adults

What's up y'all?! It's been a while. Needed some time to take care of myself, rest, heal, reflect, etc. This episode was a heavy one, so the process was quite emotional and quite personal. Disclaimer & Trigger Warning:  I give my own experiences and accounts of sexual harassment and assault in this episode, so please proceed with compassion and empathy. All thoughts and feelings are my own and do not need to be justified. I do this to bring awareness and perspective. Below are some resources for y'all to check out and further your own education on topics of toxic masculinity, patriarchy, feminism, and love. As always, los quiero mucho. Cuidense. Amor, paz y libertad. - La Xicanista (Instagram:  @la_xicanista)



Films

The Feminist on Cellblock Y 

A convicted felon builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California.



Books

All About Love by bell hooks

Communion:  The Female Search for Love by bell hooks

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks 

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall



Studies

97% of women in the UK have experienced sexual harassment study

Stop Street Harassment 2018 U.S. study on sexual harassment and assault

What's up, y'all?! Thought I'd forget? Here's a poem that I want to share with y'all on this 21st of December, 2020. Day of the Great Conjunction 2020 and Winter Solstice 2020. This poem resonates with the first episode in the sense that we, Latines and Chicanes, are a product of our mestizaje and that we are all one cosmic race. It also is an expression of the inspiration behind this podcast, La Xicanista. Enjoy!

Welcome to the first episode! The topic of this first episode is the Latine identity crisis. In this episode, I define the different labels used to identify ourselves as an ethnic group such as Hispanic, Latino/a, and Latinx/e. I will also clarify that these labels only describe our ethnic identity, not our race. Then, I will talk briefly about José Vasconcelos and his essay, La Raza cósmica.  Vasconcelos was a controversial Mexican politician, philosopher, and author known to have defended eugenics in his writings and later in life held antisemitic beliefs and sympathize with the Nazis by writing for the racist magazine known as Timón. However, the ideas presented in his essay, La Raza cósmica, became a staple in the formation of the NCLR, National Council of La Raza, and the Chicano movement. Anti-Blackness and anti-indigeneity are prevalent in the Latine community. And, in a way, the eurocentric ideologies of Vasconcelos only served to push these sentiments within the Latine community over the years. However, we must be able to think critically, understand and recognize, historically, where these sentiments came from, just how embedded they are in our cultural beliefs and work actively to fight against them if we are truly going to move forward as the "cosmic race." 



Here's a list of resources I found interesting as I learned about the complex and controversial Mexican politician and philosopher, José Vasconcelos.

Read La Raza cósmica for FREE here.

Yo te perdono José Vasconcelos (TEDx Talks en español)

This is a video of a chef who became disillusioned by the lack of diversity in gastronomy in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León. He became much more disappointed because of Vasconcelos's theory that "Norteños" were barbaric in nature due to the climate of the region and therefore, their gastronomy was limited to just grilling meats. This chef pardons Vasconcelos's ideologies and actually thanks him. Vasconcelos's negative sentiments toward the people of this chef's home of Monterrey, Nuevo León, pushed him to be stubborn enough to defy his ideologies and find success in diversifying the gastronomy of an entire state. I'd say the same can be applied in other sectors besides gastronomy.

Welcome to La Xicanista Podcast! A podcast where I share my thoughts, feelings, and experiences of growing Chicana as a first-generation daughter of Mexican immigrants in the United States.