#xicanx

[artofsanctity]

I'm just coasting.

#chicano #man #papi #mexican #latinx #latino #mexicano #mexican men #mexican man #latin #latin man #latin men #latino men #latino man #chicanx #xicanx #xicano #hispanic man #hispanic men #hispanic #gangsta #gangster #cholo #california

[rojo-todd]

I've been so beat up lately

#Trans masc #Ftm #Gpoy #Xicanx

[de-la-soul94]

(:

#de la soul #personal #post #chicano #me #xicanx

[chronicallylatetotheparty]

A Xicana fronteriza's intoductory thoughts on Xicanx/Latinx experiences and US mass media

#xicanx #latino #Youtube

[speaknahuatl]

Chicano/a/x & Xicano/a/x: A Linguistic View

This is SOLELY from a linguistic view.

There's a misconception going around that this identity term comes directly from a Nahuatl command.

From a Nahuatl language view, xicana is an order, a command and is not connected to the Chicano/a/x or Xicano/a/x identity. Puebla Norte variant: _ana means to take or to steal Ex. 1 as a command: xic ana tomi / take the money Ex. 2 as a statement: tic anasquen tomi ipan tlapextli / we are going to take the money from the table Source: Ex. 2 taken from the "Macehualtlahtolli" app on Google Play Store.

From a Mexican Spanish language view, Chicano came from Mexicano. This is so because during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the /x/ was pronounced as /sh/ like when you're telling someone to be quiet "shhh 🤫." This means that Mexicano was pronounced Meshicano which was reduced to Chicano. It was not reduced to shicano because according to how the language works, Spanish words don't start with /sh/ sounds. The closest sound to that is the /ch/ which is a sharper sound like in the words chicharrón and chico. However, languages are ALWAYS changing so it can also be written and pronounced as /sh/ like in Xicana, Xicano or Xicanx.

#chicanx #chicano #chicana #xicano #xicana #xicanx #nahuatl

[esafirmehyna]

#homegirlssupportinghomegirls #cholaporvida #cholapinup #cholavida #barrioculture #cholaarte #madelinealvizoarte #madelinealvizophotography #brownpride #teamcholapinup #homegirlssupportinghomies #supportinglocas #firmehyna #pocasperolocas #chicanoart #cholas #chicana #xicanx #xicana #chola

[octorafy]

quick braids by jacks, no appointed needed 🖤 *must be a jaybeezee* #Braids #Nativo #Brujyz

#octorafy #photography #art #n8v #xicanx #foto

[creepykuroneko]

We went to see the Prayers play last night in San Antonio. There were a few technical difficulties, a couple of drunk people spilled their beers on me, and someone hit the back of my head before the show even started 😡 but overall we had a fun time. We had some fun conversations with a butch lesbian and her girlfriend, the band played almost every single one of our favorite songs, and I got a autographed copy of one of their albums 😻

#prayers #chologoth #goth #music #xicanx #chicano

[amicide]

Khadija Mbowe said in a recent video that what many leftists are missing out rn is spirituality, or something to that affect, and I've been thinking about (my lack of, but desire for) spirituality a lot lately. i'm a major skeptic for many things involving the spiritual and otherworldly, but at the same time i feel a fascination and connection to it. I would scoff at my mom's beliefs in evil spirits causing depression, but I used to indulge in consulting the stars and moon as a teen. i have been immersing myself in much Chicana/Xicanx perspectives as well, where spirituality is a common subject. Perhaps I have given away too much into Western atheism in an act of defense against/defiance for Christian racism, homophobia, sexism etc. However, I'm realizing there's a balance that I can achieve. I can preserve myself while connecting with spirituality that doesn't have to be institutionalized

#or idk just rambling tbh #still trying to figure out this c/xicanx stuff

[fiercynn]

queer short film: "amigas with benefits"

queer short cuts is a biweekly newsletter where i share queer & trans short film recommendations. i'm featuring some of my favorite films on tumblr because why not

united states | 2017 | 11 minutes | narrative short audio in english & spanish; auto-generated english captions available

amigas with benefits, written and directed by adelina anthony, is a charming and sweet film about two elder latinx lesbians, lupita (yuny parada) and ramona (sandra matrecitos), who are set to marry at the senior residence they both live in. only one problem: lupita’s daughter virginia (karla legaspy) storms in to halt the wedding, invoking her power as lupita’s legal guardian to keep the two apart. but ramona and lupita won’t let anything get in the way of their love. - deepa's full review, including content notes at the end

watch on vimeo on demand, and see more queer & two-spirit xicanx films by aderisa, the production company run by director adelina anthony!

#queer short cuts #queer film #narrative short film #film recommendations #sapphic film #adelina anthony #aderisa productions #american queer film #latinx queer film #xicanx queer film #wlw film #lesbian film #yuny parada #sandra matrecitos #karla legaspy #short film

[escondidx]

getting some new followers rn so I wanted to say hi and reintroduce myself to my followers who have been here a while but still don’t know me as well.

(´꒳`∗)

I’m Lalena (she/they). I’m turning 26 soon. I’m a december sagittarius w scorpio and capricorn stelliums. I’m a xicanx living in NC. I have a dog named Zoey she’s a pit/terrier and she’s 3ish years old. I’m a bartender at a local brewery and aspiring body modification artist. I love going to shows and traveling. ask box is open so send me questions if you have any!

#me

[artofsanctity]

Don't look at me like that, papi.

#chicano #man #papi #mexican #latinx #latino #mexicano #mexican men #mexican man #latin #latin man #latin men #latino men #latino man #chicanx #xicanx #xicano #hispanic man #hispanic men #hispanic #gangsta #gangster #cholo

[a-dragons-journal]

Tone: /neutral informative

Words like Folx are significant to some BIPOC communities.

The X in Folx is used in retaliation of colonization, enslavement, and genocide.

The spelling references historical figures such as Malcolm X who changed his surname from"Little" (the name of the white family who enslaved his ancestors) to "X" in 1952, to recognize and protest the history of Anti-Black violence.

The spelling of Folx also references words such as "Latinx" and "Xicanx" which were also made in protest of colonization.

As is common with language that is significant to BIPOC communities, the term was co-opted by non-BIPOC communities and the meaning was lost, misconstruing it in quite a transphobic way, simultaneously refusing any attempts to discuss racial injustices (for the sake of white fragility) and unfortunately this is why many people are only aware of the appropriated meaning of the word Folx.

This happens often with English adapted by BIPOC for political purposes, non-BIPOC find it and erase the culturual significance in order to maintain the status quo of colonization.

As for the gender aspect irt "folks is already gender neutral" yup, it sure is! And so is Folx, but it's not really about being "more inclusive" or singling out nonbinary people as "other" (that's what the appropriated version does) the original word Folx is really about taking up space in the face of colonization, asking everyone to notice, in order to bring attention to and discuss injustices such as the historical erasure of culture specific genders and the linguistics-based discrimination towards BIPOC which structurally oppresses, ridicules, and penalizes BIPOC for adapting English to hold any cultural significance.

We're uncertain the full context of folken/folkel but we assume it might be for a similar purpose of attempting to bring attention to lesser known subjects/injustices in a way that purposefully takes up space and rustles feathers.

We know you're unlikely to take our word for any of this, erasure has lead to a lack of linkable sources, but we hoped that we might be able to at least shed some insight as a BIPOC alterhuman system.

This is all very informative, and I genuinely do appreciate the information and your time, but you are unfortunately correct that I can find literally zero sources corroborating it (including in searches specifically looking for its use in Black and BIPOC history) - the one source I can find is Cosmopolitan, which is already not exactly a stellar source:

It was popularized in the ’60s and ’70s by Black liberation activists and early feminists. Malcolm X famously adopted the letter in place of Little, the last name of a slave owner that his ancestors had been forced to bear.

(Source)

and the sources they link there... do not actually say anything about it being based on Malcolm X's name change, only about it being aimed toward being "more inclusive" (or at least more demonstrably/visibly inclusive) of marginalized people. It seems like these are two unrelated pieces of history that they're just kind of throwing into the same paragraph to imply connection, even though they don't have any evidence of a connection actually existing.

So, it's entirely possible you're correct, and it's interesting to consider, but considering that every source I can find disagrees with you - I'll keep it in the back of my brain, for sure, but it can't really hold much weight as the words of a single anonymous person on the internet, y'feel?

(...I also confess I don't actually see how "folx" versus "folks" would accomplish any of the goals set forward here either, but that's wholesale just my opinion, so whatever on that one; in the context you're setting forth, my opinion as a white person frankly isn't terribly important.)

#rani talks #filed under: posts that have a 50+% chance of getting me angry anons #(/joking. ...mostly.) #asked and answered #anonymous

[confessionsofatextmexhoarder]

Before and after series, xicanx style‼️👊🏽

#Instagram

[apocalypsehere]

apocalypse here

music by Stuff Studio

photography by Sharon Mansur

videography by Xitlali, Stuff Studio and Mai'a Williams

co-performers: Rowan Emmanuel and Xitlali

production manager: Brian Knouft

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a multi-media installation/performance/shrine centered on their relationship to the Driftless natural landscape, the sacredness of Black and First Nations’ lives and histories in this region and globally, the healing traditions that they learned from their grandmother and elders in rural South Carolina. 

This work explores questions such as: How do we exist in the face of uncertainty, conflict, trauma, and death? How do we find meaning in crises? How do we rest and celebrate? How do we talk to our ancestors and our children? 

Mai’a Williams is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

This activity is made possible through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

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Xitlali (she/they) is a Queer, reindigenized Mexican-American activist living in Baltimore, MD. She is working to strengthen Land and Food Sovereignty for Indigenous (Black and Brown) Peoples across the USA using finance as a tool. Raised in both the rural countryside of Mexico and the urban landcapes of the DC region, they have always walked between the boundaries of ancestral living and corporate america (believe me, it was a confusing childhood!). In addition to her professional work, they practice photography/videography to convey the beauty of Ancestrality, Creativity, and Resilience in a context of voracious Capitalist Empire that seeks to not only destroy our physical environment, but our possibility for a Future.

rowan (they / them) is an indigenous mixed, Xicanx/SWANA, queer, trans, non-binary, neurodivergent, disabled community herbalist & bodyworker, facilitator, mixed media art/puppet, full spectrum support companion and humxn dandelion puff. Their work focuses on transition, connection, laughter and liberation. When not working, they are off listening to and smiling with the elements and ancestors around us, growing food/medicine or chilling with their animal and humxn friends. Sometimes a mushroom or a beet, in rest + play.

StuffStudio (he&she) knows art is valuable and should always be accessible. Art is power, wisdom, and storytelling. Art has form, can be formless, is real and unreal, light hearted, heavy-hitting, soft spoken, delightful and enraged. Stuff is a human making art, making music, making movement and making experiences.

[diana-more]

Creative Workshop with Diana More SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2022 | 1 – 4 PM

Join Vancouver-based Xicanx artist and curator Diana More for a creative workshop exploring notions of boundaries, colonial borders and identities.

Inspired by the legacy of Xicanx artists and MOA’s feature exhibition, Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers / Soñadores + creadores del cambio, Diana More will facilitate a three-hour creative workshop that allows participants to delve deep into their own creativity through writing and collaging.

Diana More will guide a group discussion and a creative writing exercise about embodying hybrid identities in multiple cultures, inspired by The Third Space and the work of Gloria Anzaldua. Workshop participants will also make “frontera/boundary boxes” to explore the boundaries between outward expression and internal identity. Boxes are decorated with collaged images and texts.

Materials are provided but participants are also encouraged to bring meaningful images or text to decorate their frontera/boundary box.

Bio

Diana More (she/they) is a Xicanx artist, curator and creative participatory workshop facilitator. Born in Tenochtitlan (CDMX), her family moved to the unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples (Vancouver) when she was 5. Starting a life-long exploration into what it means to be Xicana/x; using photography, printmaking, filmmaking, creative writing in English and Spanglish and community.

MOA • $25 + GST Regular (Museum admission included) | $22 + GST MOA Member, Indigenous people, UBC student/staff/faculty   EXHIBITION WORKSHOP

#workshop #workshops