January 2011
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What is Xican@?
“Xican@ is a term with which our people have chosen to identify ourselves. It is a rejection to all foreign labels that have been forced upon us. It is a reaffirmation of our indigenous roots and blood and our connection to this land. Simply put, Xican@ means that we are the descendants of the original civilizations of this land (i.e. Mexica, Inca, Maya) with our own hystory,...
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December 2010
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La Sad Girl
This is a pretty good example of how I’ve been feeling lately…
(Art by Lampe)
The Source:
December 24th - Christmas Eve
December 25th - Christmas Day
December 31st - New Year’s Eve
January 5th - My 20th Birthday
It’s practically impossible to get excited about this time of year when you’re so far away from all of your best friends and family. Of course we...
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mijajaja asked: easily my new favorite blog...i havent been on tumblr for long but seeing your blog seriously made my night. i live multilocally between chicago and L.A. (my base is chicago tho, but all fam is in los anhellis) so yeah....your blog is the bidniss.
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““Do we, as humans, having an ability to reason and to communicate abstract ideas...”
– Peter Cheeke, PhD, Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture, 2004
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La Cuetlaxochitl
From Drink Cultura: Chicanismo by Jose Antonio Burciaga
The popular Christmas flower know in this country as the poinsettia was first called a cuetlaxochitl by the Aztecs. It represented purity, and its name signified “Flower that withers, mortal flower that perishes like all that is pure”. The cuetlaxochitl was cultivated as an exotic gift from nature and admired but never...
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A D.I.Y. Guide to Preventing Sexual Assault
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“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes...”
– Anaïs Nin
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Support the DREAM Act
(CLICK LA DREAMER FOR MORE INFO)
Over three million students graduate from U.S. high schools every year. Most get the opportunity to test their dreams and live their American story. However, a group of approximately 65,000 youth do not get this opportunity; they are smeared with an inherited title, an illegal immigrant. These youth have lived in the United States for most of their lives and...
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Retail Bathroom Hell
So, I work at Barnes & Noble full time as a Head Cashier/Gift and Toys & Games Lead. I also drink a lot of water which means, I have to pee like three thousand times a fucking day. No one is in the bathroom more than me. I swear, no matter what shift I’m working, I go to the bathroom and discover something unbelievably revolting at least a couple of times a day. You don’t even...
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A Bitch Need a Gun
Lee: Did you know Kim carried a gun?
Abernathy: Yes. Now, do I approve? No. Do I know? Yes?
Kim: Look, I don't know what futuristic utopia you live in, but the world I live in, a bitch need a gun.
Abernathy: You can't get around the fact that people who carry guns, tend to get shot more than people who don't.
Kim: And you can't get around the fact that if I go down to the laundry room in my building at midnight enough times, I might get my ass raped.
Lee: Don't do your laundry at midnight.
Kim: Fuck that! I wanna do my laundry whenever the fuck I wanna do my laundry.
Abernathy: There are other things you can carry other than a gun. Pepper spray.
Kim: Uh, motherfucker tryna rape me? I don't wanna give him skin rash! I wanna shut that nigga down!
Abernathy: How about a knife at least?
Kim: Yeah, you know what happens to motherfuckers who carry knives? They get shot! Look, if I ever become a famous actress, I wont carry a gun. I'll hire me a do-dirt nigga, and he'll carry the gun. And when shit goes down, I'll sit back and laugh, but until that day, it's Wild West motherfucker!
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“A feminist is a person who answers “yes” to the question, “Are...”
– Katha Pollitt
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¿A La Máquina? ¿Qué-whaat?
So, unless you’re from the 505, you might be wondering what the hell “¡A La Máquina!” means. If you speak Spanish, you might be wondering why I named my blog “To The Machine”, (which is what it literally means). Here’s Urban Dictionary’s definition: 1. a la maquina! 3 thumbs up, 2 thumbs down slang Hispanic / Northern New Mexican term (?). Pronounced: a la...
¡Bienvenidos!
Finally my punk ass has stopped procrastinating and started blogging!
I started this Tumblr to share art and music, ideas and points of view, foodie stuff, to talk shit and dish chisme, and to vent and be brutally honest,(a homesick drama queen’s favorite thing to do).
So stay tuned because I didn’t name this bitch “¡A La Máquina!” for nothing, fool!
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Me♥
NOPALXOCHITL
noh-pahl sho-cheet
–noun
1. Cactus flower
2. Burqueña, Xicana, vegan, feminist, artist, activist