Final BAC Presentation

1. Chicana/Latina Queer Feminisms:
ErikaVivianna Céspedes
California Institute of Integral Studies, CIIS
Redefining Academia, Activism, and Arts

2. Why did I decide to explore
Chicana/Latina Queer Feminisms?
BayAreaYouth Arts Education
programs allowed me to explore
personal experiences with social
issues such as:
• Migration
• Identity
• Gender/Sexuality
• Culture
• Race & Ethnicity
• Queerness/Joteria
• US Military Occupation &
Colombian CivilWar

3. This Remembering (Excerpt)
Poem written at age 19
“It's reassuring in a way, because by the
looks and sound of it,
We are completely different.
Over the phone my English is crisp.
All slang and concrete city.
Yours is stoic. Accented. Straight to the
point. Sounds heavy, almost like it's war torn
Almost like it echoes or screams, or wants to
melt into the black night landscape of
memory. Sounds like you, all immigrant
single mother, sounds like you and your
voice are still running...”
-ErikaVivianaCéspedes
Alma Lopez

4. Gloria Anzaldúa José Esteban Muñoz
Ana CastilloChela Sandoval
Cherríe Moraga
Chicana/Latina
Queer Feminisms
PivotalTheories

5. My research suggests contemporary Chicana/Latina
Queer Feminisms:
• Integrates narrative forms
• Responds/relates to current political trends
• Constantly evolves as a hybrid genre.
Julio Saldago Melanie CervantesBrown Berets

6. • Chicana/Latina Queer
Feminisms: Pivotal Theories
• Testimonios:The Politics of
Visibility
• The Intersection of
Identities:Who is
Chicana/Latina?
My research was broken into three categories
to highlight critical themes:
Pola Lopez

8. Ester HernandezCrystal Galindo
Yolanda Lopez
Fin!