April 2012
8 posts
Shit men say, a performance piece by Odilia...
At the request of several friends, I have decided to write and perform a piece on how men approach women in the modern world. Although I hold a degree in Comparative Literature, a major requiring fluency in two languages and a reading knowledge of a third, from a fancy college and thousands of hours of reading, workshop participation and teaching, some men only see a woman with large breasts....
March 2012
21 posts
Latino Rebels: ABC NEWS: Exclusive Video of... →
latinorebels:
Broken nose? Grass stains? Blood on his body? What is going on in Sanford, FL? Is a police coverup now part of the Trayvon Martin tragedy?
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Tonight ABC News released an exclusive…
pinterestesque a la ORS →
like my page. only 9,878 to get to 10,000 →
The Local - Fort-Greene: Aaron Ingram — Black... →
A leading champion of Black cinema.
Justice for Trayvon Martin
Let’s work together to keep the pressure on. Let’s protect our children. Please sign, write letters, make calls, go to a rally. #Justice for Trayvon Martin#mce_temp_url#
Puerto Rican Identity
If you are Puerto Rican, chances are you have been in the middle of an insipid argument on Puerto Rican identity, and perhaps, have had the opportunity to listen to one Puerto Rican tell another Puerto Rican he or she is not Puerto Rican enough…
Internecine strife is imbecilic, no?
This is what I call the colonized re-colonizing their fellow colonized brothers and sisters.
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Puerto Rico, mi tierra natal →
“NY Times Quotation of the Day
“I tell network executives, ‘If you love...”
– I guess what Luis Balaguer is trying to say is all nannies are Latinas?
Latino Rebels: We Thought This Video Was Satire... →
latinorebels:
Is this an Onion video? Nope, this is real. It is really real. Yes, they say Vagina Fruit Roll Ups. And did you know that masturbation is the gateway drug of Planned Parenthood. Yes, they do say this. Really they do.
As explained by the YouTube channel of The American Life League:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Puerto Ricans →
“The purpose of People for the Ethical Treatment of Puerto Ricans is to promote Puerto Rican art, culture, and to disseminate accurate historical information about our country. It is also a place in which to discuss political advocacy for the betterment of Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans throughout the diaspora. “
- Odilia Rivera Santos
http://www.latinaauthor.blogspot.com/
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“Finjamos que soy feliz,
triste pensamiento, un rato;
quizá podréis persuadirme...”
– Feliz día de la mujer
“How quickly all things disappear, in the universe the bodies themselves, but in...”
– He passed over tonight, 3/6/12,
to do there what he could not do here
R.I.P. Nestor Rivera,
a great storyteller and micmic
who lost his voice box to cancer,
a father,
a grandfather,
a son,
and my brother
Women's History Month. Stop the abuse of women.
When you meet a lovely woman and she agrees to date you, is your first impulse to control, criticize, hide her from others, and attempt through physical or verbal abuse to lower her self-esteem? She is beautiful, smart, independent, motivated, socializes with a lot of people and hardworking and you are afraid of losing her. Work on yourself so you will consider yourself worthy of her love. ...
Book Drive for Homeless Children in NYC. →
We can watch stories about homeless children and get depressed or we can take action. Each small action is meaningful and important. Please consider donating a new children’s book, ages 2 to 17.
Books will be distributed by Women in Need to shelters in NYC.
If you’d like to help, send an email to cantaahora at yahoo.com
Deadline March 21, 2012
There are 16 million homeless...
The Learning Network: Slide Show | Times... →
We close Black History Month with a slide show of 17 Times photos from the civil rights era hand-chosen for The Learning Network.
