Tag: Mexico
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Assignment 17: Word to your Moms
Today is Mother’s Day in the U.S. and Canada. (Mexico celebrated on May 10th and France will celebrate on May 27th.) This week the blog will focus on songs that remind people of their mothers. Whether they have influenced our music taste or songs that bring us back to specific moments in time that we… Read more
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Song 20: Learning about yourself in the most unlikely of places
“Nadie Te Tira” by Ozomatli Vanessa: I was introduced to Ozomatli by a coworker in Minnesota. I didn’t listen to much Spanish language music before this, but I liked the mix of Spanish, English, and hip-hop, and social justice. Their music sounded like home. I didn’t realize how big the Chicano/Latino community was in Minneapolis.… Read more
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Song 1: A teenage girl in Mexico
[“Powerful” photo by Monica Orozco] “Borderline” by Madonna Monica: Madonna, Prince, and Michael Jackson saved my life. I lived in Mexico from 1980-1986. I had a really hard time being an American teenage girl in another country. Culturally, it felt extremely patriarchal. You and I have talked before about boys having more value, varόn versus hembra.… Read more