La Malinche, La Virgen, and La Llorona are three archetypal women from Chicano folklore who have historically been used as tools of a patriarchal society to repress women's bodily agency and sexuality. However, recently there has been a pushback by Chicana feminists to reclaim these figures - but how are they doing this, and why?
Month: March 2021
E is for… Eleanor Marx
Karl Marx is known throughout the world for his political theory, but it was his youngest daughter, Eleanor, who put that theory into practice. Fiercely intelligent and quick-witted, she was heavily involved with socialist movements and early trade unionism, and she was a strong campaigner for the rights of working-class women and Jews.