In our final episode of Nerdy Latinas Podcast’s season 2, Short Latina interviewed Sabritas, her sisters, and her mother about womanhood. Sabritas and her sisters, Susana, Steph, and Sam were born and raised on the south side of Chicago, in a neighborhood called La Villita, by their parents, Aidé and Mario. This episode also includes a message by Sol Amada, a maker and activist born in Quito, Ecuador. She is the co-founder, and organizer of the Long Beach Gender, Resistance, Revolutions, Radical Liberation, or GRRRL Collective. Since 2013, she has worked with the collective to chip away at the cis-white-heteronormativity through community organizing, learning groups, QTBIPOC healing circles, and queer open mics.  She is also an artist, object maker,  and crafter. Currently, she is working on jewelry pieces with a political edge as she believes that jewelry has the ability to form a narrative on the body. Her work can exist simultaneously as political statements, decoratives, and functional objects. She unapologetically centers the experiences of her Latinx, QTBIPOC, immigrant, and activist communities with every piece she makes. Follow on IG @mi_corasol Check out Sol’s Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiCorasol Sources:  https://elordenmundial.com/estigma-menstruacion-mundial/ http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/5/menstruation-stigma-is-a-form-of-misogyny.html https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/06/history-of-the-tampon/394334/

You can read part 1-3 here: https://wearelatinequis.com/read

On this episode of Nerdy Latinas Podcast, Short Latina & Sabritas explore the topic of the commercialization and appropriation of Día de los Muertos/Santos in Mexico & the United States with Diana La Zapoteca @Dianalazapoteca, a proud Queer Zapoteca educator & CSUN Anthropology Alumni & Dr. Jessica Hernandez, an Indigenous scholar, scientist, & community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest. We hope that this episode will amplify the message of how sacred this day is, its roots & its true meaning. We look to highlight the voices of Oaxacan people & hope to use this episode to learn ourselves & teach our listeners about this important day. Please follow them on Twitter for more information  @doctora_nature and please feel free to donate @earth_daughters, @pinasoulspc & if you took any knowledge with you through this podcast and would like to donate to Diana, you can Venmo at oaxaqueen.  --- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nerdylatinas-podcast/message

Sources: 

https://www.lataco.com/read-this-before-celebrating-dia-de-muertos-this-year-signed-a-zapotecan-american/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1c8sXFFjws&feature=youtu.be

https://www.laweekly.com/l-a-s-da-de-los-muertos-craze-all-began-in-boyle-heights/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoKsK-KYlfE

https://www.ebay.com/itm/233733471776?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=233733471776&targetid=882300791467&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9021730&poi=&campaignid=1669934603&mkgroupid=65058347419&rlsatarget=pla-882300791467&abcId=1123856&merchantid=6296724&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5eX7BRDQARIsAMhYLP-llwR1QYR3Z8nTIGURfou_6byr0eFqLIgWesdTHfAOG7QbVXYaG7caAuEFEALw_wcB

https://hiplatina.com/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrations-latin-america-caribbean/

On this episode of Nerdy Latinas Podcast, Short Latina and Sabritas are joined by @KatRomo, a non-binary Chicanx, to discuss representation of people of color in the Star Wars Franchise ...or should we say lack thereof. Kat Romo is the host of Blue Kat Radio, a free-form music show on KOCI 101.5 FM that airs every Thursday night from 6-8pm. Blue Kat Radio is an outlet for Kat’s passion for music and its therapeutic effects - her interactive musical escape. You can tune in to their show going to www.kociradio.com and through the TuneIn App. Listen to Kat join the Nerdy Latinas Podcast to analyze the importance of representation in science fiction cinema. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nerdylatinas-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nerdylatinas-podcast/support

On this episode of Nerdy Latinas Podcast, hosts Sabritas and Short Latina explore the topic of finding joy and the power of laughter. To explore this topic, they are joined by comedian, make-up artist and multitalented TikTok influencer, @estifisaavy. She has over 300k followers and over 8 million likes on her videos where she portrays multiple personas and acts different skits. Estefania was born in Ecuador and migrated at four years old with her parents to the U.S. in 1990. She lived in NYC for a few years with her parents under an undocumented status and then moved to South Florida where she was raised. In 2009, they moved once again to Orlando, FL. where she met her now husband who she married in 2014. However, Estefania was a DACA beneficiary from 2013 until 2017 before she was able to obtain her residency. They currently live in Houston, TX. Estefania has suffered from depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem and even though it’s a struggle for her at times, she loves to bring joy to people. She states, "You can be going through sickness, pain, loss, but no one can take away your laughter, your joy. That’s something that comes from within." Follow and support her work here.