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Emma is in New York at her grandpa’s funeral, so I take one for the team and drive to Detroit alone.
Zoe (left): 19 , works at the library, writes and does art "as an outlet." Considers herself a feminist.
“I'm a feminist, but I could only define feminism when I went someplace white [hippie summer camp]…people in my neighborhood and in the Latino community never use the word.”
Violeta (left): 21, undergraduate at Wayne State University.
“I don’t feel well-versed in the subject. I’m going to school at Wayne State, and I know that that’s because women fought for it, but I don’t think the word feminist fits.””
Discussion Questions:
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Downtown Minneapolis
Maria (left): originally from Texas, from a matriarchal middle class Mexican family, organized Ladyfest in Denton, Texas (a women’s music festival with many urban incarnations), founded Film Fatale (a festival showcasing exclusively women’s films).
"I appreciate Catholicism because I was raised that way. I'm not about to stop the routine of traditions I was brought up with. I’m going to serve the men drinks when they come over my house. It’s just being gracious; in Mexican culture it’s not seen as being disrespected.”
Discussion Questions:
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Question 3
Zoe (left): 19 , works at the library, writes and does art "as an outlet." Considers herself a feminist.
Violeta (left): 21, undergraduate at Wayne State University.
