Episodes
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Queer Latinidades in Art - Jean-Michel Basquiat
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
In this episode, featuring Dr. Keisha Allan, we discuss Jean-Michel Baquiat, a Black American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican ancestry who grew up in New York. We provide background on the artist and discuss a current (as of 2022) exhibition of his art, King Pleasure. Then we look at some of the connections he had with other artists and some of the theories related to his art. Most importantly, to the theme of our season on queer latinidades, we consider Basquiat through a queer lens. Finally we wrap up with some recommendations of other LGBTQIA+ Latinx artists.
Dr. Keisha Allan recently joined the Black and Latinx Studies faculty with us at Baruch and we were thrilled to have her on the podcast. She is co-host of the podcast Conversations in Atlantic Theory which can be found wherever you get your podcasts.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZeVJKEE5aq4A6kJvb0A52
Apple Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-in-atlantic-theory/id1611898947
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Queer Latinidades, Television, and Film - Love, Victor and The Garden Left Behind
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
In this episode, Rebecca discusses the ways in which Love, Victor (2020-2022) provides a necessary and relatively positive (but sometimes overly safe) coming out/coming of age story for a gay Latino teen.
Rojo considers the 2019 independent film The Garden Left Behind. This film follows Tina, a Mexican trans woman who moved to New York City when she was a child and as an adult lives with her grandmother, Eliana.
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Student Special #4
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
In this week's Student Special we feature projects by LTS 1003 student Roxanna Escamilla, LTS 3100 student Diego Gonzalez, LTS 3085 students Matthew Queme and Emma Rose, and IDC 3001 students Tasia Muskan and Allyson Triana.
Roxanna’s research focuses on Latinx identities, in particular that feeling of living in between cultures and not feeling as though you truly belong as an American or as a Latino. She uses the character of Chris from the Netflix series Gentefied to expand on this concept.
Diego Gonzalez’s work considers the changes that have taken place over the last several decades to the New York neighborhoods of the Lower East Side and Washington Heights due to gentrification. He uses “The Obelisk of Loisaida” by Marcos Gonzalez and “The Ladder Up” by Carina de Valle Schorske as a jumping off point for this discussion.
This is followed by Matthew and Emma’s project which looks at the documentary, Clinica de migrantes by Maxim Pozdorovkin and the book chapter, “Ground Zero” from Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s book, The Undocumented Americans to discuss the connection between healthcare and labor issues faced by undocumented Latin Americans on the east coast of the United States.
The final segment, by Tasia and Allyson, also addresses Cornejo Villavicencio’s chapter “Ground Zero.” They will explore the struggles of exploitation faced by undocumented migrants during 9/11.
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Student Special #3
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Over the next two weeks we will be sharing podcast episodes that feature recordings our students created over the past year.
In this episode we feature projects by LTS 3110 student Jacqueline Ortiz and LTS 1003 students Abigail Garcia Vazquez, Arleth Robles, and Nina Rodas
First up is Jacqueline’s episode which considers, in her words, “blackness and whiteness and their role in creating and permeating through the Afro-diasporic ecology.” She analyzes Achille Membe’s book Critique of Black Reason and Arecelis Girmay’s essay “From Woe to Wonder” as part of her project.
This is followed by Abigail, Arleth, and Nina’s study on La Regla de Ocha, or Santeria. In particular they discuss how this Afro-Caribbean religion is represented in the media by looking at the song Aguanile, and season 2, episode 7 of the show She’s Gotta Have It.
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram: @LatinxVisions
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
In this episode we bring you an interview we recorded with Black Latinas Know Collective scholar and member, Dr. Omaris Zamora. We provide a bit of background on the Collective and Dr. Zamora before we get into the interview itself. You will then hear our previously recorded interview with Omaris where we ask about her research and publications, her experiences with the Collective, and how the organization came to be. Finally, we wrap up with a few additional Afro-Latinx-centric groups and organizations that you might reach out to if you are looking for other ways in which to be involved in community activism that supports the Afro-Latinx communities throughout the country and the Americas.
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Afro-Latinidad and Art - Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
In this episode we discuss Latinx and, more specifically, Afro-Latinx representation in comic books in general, share some examples of Afro-Latinx superheroes, and introduce the hero of this episode: Miles Morales, Spider-Man.
Since this episode focuses on Afro-Latinx art, we then discuss the creation of Miles Morales as Spider-Man as a comic book figure as well as the storifying and geometrizing of his Afro-Latinidad. We’ll further the conversation with a brief discussion of the novelization of his story and an essay written about the importance of his Afro-Latinidad. Next we move on to the animated film featuring Miles Morales, Into the Spiderverse which was released in 2018. Here we consider the changes made to his story from the comic books and the ways in which the creators pushed boundaries in the world of animation. We wrap up the main segment of our episode with a brief chat about the 2020 video game, Miles Morales: Spider-Man and the art of the narrative in video games.
As usual, we close out with a few comic book and graphic novel recommendations as well as a handful of additional Latinx superheroes worth checking out.
Follow the podcast:
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Afro-Latinidad and Literature - Afro-Latinx Poetry
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
In This Episode we introduce you to three poetry collections: Love Is Hard Work: Memorias de Loisaida, by Miguel Algarín, black/Maybe by Roberto Carlos Garcia, and We Are Owed., by Ariana Brown. In the main segment of our episode today we share a little bit of the history of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and discuss Algarín’s role as one of its founding poets. Then we analyze Brown’s inclusion of Gaspar Yanga as a subject of some of her poems. After that we move on to discuss the Spanish casta system as seen by Garcia and systemic anti-blackness along with US imperialism in regards to how Blackness is perceived. This ties directly into our final topic on confronting anti-blackness and how these poets do so with their words. As usual, we will wrap up the episode with a few recommendations of literary works, both poetry and prose, by other Afro-Latinx authors.
Follow the podcast:
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Afro-Latinidad, Television and Film - POSE and I Like It Like That
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
In the first episode of season two, we discuss both film and television. In particular we consider Afro-Latinx representation in the 1994 film, I Like It Like That and the 2018 television series, POSE. There are a number of themes that overlap between the two works, but for this episode, we focus on trans lives in Latinx communities, chosen family vs. biological family, queer activism, and the fluidity of Afro-Latinx Culture. Finally, we wrap up with a few additional recommendations for television and film that highlight the Afro-Latinx experience.
Follow the podcast:
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois
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Sources:
- 2015: US Transgender Survey - Latino/a Respondents
- "We Deserve a Seat at the Table" by MJ Rodriguez
- “Where does resistance begin?” by Cindy Cruz
- “The Plasticity of Culture” by Ricardo C. Ainslie
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Student Special #2
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
In this week's Student Special we share projects by LTS 3012 students Maritza Cintron and Kelly Heeralall and LTS 1003 students Karla Alberto and Genesis Ramos.
Maritza and Kelly’s project considers Latina stereotypes, especially those around the hyper-sexualization of Latinas, dual identities, and machismo. As part of their episode, they referenced some of the works of literature we read in class during the semester including Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From by Jennifer De Leon, “How to Leave Hialeah” by Jennine Capó Crucet, and Once I Was You by Maria Hinojosa.
Genesis and Karla’s project also looks at women, but under very different circumstances. They study the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic and investigate the treatment of women at that time both by the dictator himself and men in general.
Both projects consider the treatment of women and question what can be done to change these historical precedents. We hope you enjoy them.
Follow the podcast:
Twitter and Instagram: @LatinxVisions
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Student Special #1
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
This week and next, we will be bringing you podcasts that were created by our students in LTS 1003, LTS 3012, and LTS 3085.
In This Episode we feature projects by Emily Giler, Jalen Bailey and Naomi Ortiz, and Paulina Asuncion, Alexis Baker, and Katelin Caraballo
First up is Emily’s project, which focuses on the representation of responsibility vs. happiness for Latinas in entertainment. Throughout her segment, she talks about the value of honest Latina representation in movies, books, and comics.
Next, Jalen and Naomi speak on the film Gun Hill Road and the effects of Latino culture on LGBTQIA+ identifying youth. In particular they address how conflicts between these identities can potentially lead to negative consequences.
And finally, Paulina, Alexis, and Katelin talk about Nuyorican Identity. They discuss the history of the cultural and intellectual movement known as the Nuyorican Movement and the impact it has had on the Puerto Rican community within New York City.
Follow the podcast:
Twitter and Instagram: @LatinxVisions
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Hosts: Rojo Robles and Rebecca L. Salois
Logo Design: Marcos Toledo
Music: Shawn P. Russell
Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell
Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois