Who Am I?

What’s happening with our mexican feminists in the last few days?

“We neither forgive or forget”

As you may (or not) know, Mexico is one of the many Latin American countries with the worst cases of femicides, gender violence, rapes, and sexual harassment. For many years we’ve been shouting out in the streets, we’ve blocked the city with our manifestation and even stopped for a whole day and show how would be a day without us. 

But that seems not enough for our government

Our government doesn’t hear us, our government doesn’t care about us. We still walk with fear in an empty street (even if it’s noon), we still have nightmares with the struggle of couldn’t make it one day: survive. We don’t live in Mexico, we survive.

“Nobody ask what my rapist was wearing”

In Mexico, 11 women are murdered everyday and nobody does anything in the name of justice

What’s happening with our mexican feminists in the last few days?

Our event takes place in Mexico City, September 02: Relatives of missing people ‘took’  a room in one of the most important buildings when it comes to human rights: the CNDH (National Commission for Human Rights). Marcela Alemán, whose daughter was raped 3 years ago, explain that this organization (and the Justice System of San Luis Potosí, Mexico) haven’t do anything for them; despite having enough evidence to catch the rapists:

“I’m fucking tired, they revictimize me, humiliate me […] I can’t take it anymore, my soul hurts”

September, 04: In a pacific way, women from “Ni Una Menos México” have taken the entirely building, so the authorities can solve the demands from this and many families who are in the same position. They had a talk with the president of the CNDH, and some mothers decided to go, but our feminists remains in the building asking and fighting for every women in Mexico that have suffered.

“Justice”

Our feminists have found a lot of food inside, food that people who works there doesn’t need, so they’re gonna donate them for those in need. They have painted and destroy everything as an act of resistance and rebellion. We’re not looking for money, nobody here belongs to the government: We just want justice for those who are not with us anymore, we want to feel safe in the country that has denied us protection.

“Girls must not be raped”

“CNDH USELESS, How many more?”

Many of you may think that “this is not the way to get attention”, but in Mexico, were nobody listens to you just because you’re a woman, you have to find ways to be noticed. We don’t respect a country who doesn’t respect us, we don’t care for silly paintings, we care for our women today and always.

We, the feminists, have this song that says “We are bad, we can be worst” and we proudly sing it while we look for justice, for peace, for a better place for everyone.

Spread the word! Help us! Join us! Women needs women

Photos by: @/usagii_ko on instagram

¡Ni una más, ni una más, ni una asesinada más!

“Es terrible vivir con miedo, mi vida. ¿Y sabes qué es lo más triste de todo? Acostumbrarse.”

— Días sin ti; Elvira Sastre.

"Como un rascacielos que cae, así me derrumbo a veces".

Alexander Alay.

“Chica misteriosa. Chica solitaria. Chica amorosa. Chica literaria.”

— Soledad Amena

"Lo único que puede hacerse es atravesar este dolor esperar aprender algo de él, aunque todo lo que uno haya aprendido no le sirva para nada la próxima vez que la tristeza le visite de improvisto"

Extraído de: «Tokio blues» p.339 (Murakami, 1987)

“También he aprendido a no confundir el sentimiento con el anhelo de tener, así como a no aferrarme a la pasión del momento, porque nada es eterno. En un segundo, el corazón se siente en el cielo para, al cambiar la manecilla, ir directo al suelo. Así son las emociones. Así son los pensamientos. Así son los anhelos nacidos de los más profundos sentimientos. No hay eternidad, sólo cambio constante. Es por eso que he aprendido a darme sin olvidar lo que tengo y lo que nunca voy a poder poseer.”

— Esu Emmanuel© , I have also learned not to confuse the feeling with the desire to have, as well as not to cling to the passion of the moment, because nothing is eternal. In a second, the heart feels in the sky so that, when changing the hand, it goes directly to the ground. So are the emotions. So are the thoughts. Such are the longings born from the deepest feelings. There is no eternity, only constant change. That is why I have learned to give myself without forgetting what I have and what I will never be able to possess.

Es cierto que uno tiene que aprender a fluir, pero también tiene que aprender a ser consciente de la dirección de su fluir.

Soledad Amena

Resulta que soy fuerte

He pasado media vida muerta de miedo

por si perdía cosas que ahora ya ni recuerdo.

He dudado tanto que –aunque acertara– no era capaz de disfrutar.

De corteza insegura,

me creí débil, pequeña y reemplazable. Por no pisar a nadie

nunca me atreví a bailar.

Escribo esto

en orgulloso pasado complejo.

Una mañana cualquiera,

cambié las margaritas por el cara o cruz y me abrí en canal.

Resulta que soy fuerte.

Seguramente igual que antes, solo que ahora

sí que lo sé.

Patricia Benito

LOS 'FRAGMENTOS DE UN DISCURSO AMOROSO' DE ROLAND BARTHES

"¿Estoy enamorado? –Sí, porque espero". El otro, él, no espera nunca. A veces, quiero jugar al que no espera; intento ocuparme de otras cosas, de llegar con retraso; pero siempre pierdo a este juego: cualquier cosa que haga, me encuentro ocioso, exacto, es decir, adelantado. La identidad fatal del enamorado no es otra más que ésta: yo soy el que espera.