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Show AA ll By/Por Adriana Garcia Carrillo del Jurado Dramático. Guerrillera Calderón interpreta a Luz Gatcía, una estudiante de la escuela preparatoria determinada por el deseo de asistir a la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Á pesar de que asistir a la universidad es su meta, su familia está en deuda y dificultades económicas, limitando la Luz a encontrar los. All She Can (Benavides Born) is a film that tackles the difficulties of being a Latina/o student in a small town close to the border. The film stars Corina Calderon, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Joseph Julian Soria, and was directed by Amy Wendal. - fondos para pagar la colegiatura. Luz es un atleta The film was nominated for the Sundance Grand Prize Jury Dramatic award. de Halterofilia (levantamiento de pesas), y su dedicacion por ganar una beca a través de el deporte, le lleva a tomar decisiones equivocadas Calderon stars as Luz Garcia, a determined high school student with the desire of attending the University of Texas at Austin. Although attending the university is her goal, her family que terminan por arruinar sus posibilidades de is ín debt and strugeling economically, limiting Luz's opportunities of finding funds for school. Luz is a weight lifting athlete, and her goal to win a scholarship through weight lifting leads her to make wrong decisions that end up ruining her chances of winning the scholarship. The rest of the film follows Luz as she finds a solution. Throughout most of the film, we see Luz's stubbornness and the anger she has for AN She Can directed by/ dirigida por Amy Wendal being stuck in a small town that offers no future for herself or anyone around her. Her family encourages her to attend the regional community one can find some good. ANN She Can is available on DVD at major retailers and where DVDs are sold, it can also be downloaded on ¡Tunes for rental. college, but she is angered by the thought, feeling it won't take her anywhere. Feeling defeated and with no other options, she decides to find a job in town. In the process, she helps an undocumented woman and her son find their way to safety, and she learns of a way to make it to the university. This film exposes the discrimination towatds students of color and undocumented immigrants, the lack of opportunities for Latina/o students, and illustrates that even out of a bad situation, Internalized AN She Can (Benavides Born) es una película ganar la beca. El resto de la película continua con Luz luchando por encontra una solución. A lo largo de la película vemos la pasion de Luz y la ira de estar atrapada en una pequeña ciudad que no ofrece ningún futuro para ella ni a nadie a su alrededor. Su familia la anima a asistir a la universidad de la comunidad regional, peto ella se enoja por el pensamiento, pensando de que no la va a llevar a cualquier parte. Sintiendose derrotada y sin otras opciones, decide encontrar un trabajo en la ciudad. En el proceso, ayuda a una mujer indocumentada y su hijo a encontrar su camino a la seguridad, y logra encontrar una manera de llegar a la universidad. Esta película expone la discriminación hacia los estudiantes Latinos indocumentados y documentados por igual y muestra al espectador que aborda las dificultades de ser una estudiante que incluso fuera de una mala situación se puede Latina en un pequeño pueblo cerca de la frontera. La película está protagonizada por Corina Calderón, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Joseph Julian Soria, y fue dirigida por Amy Wendal. La película fue nominado para el premio Sundance Gran Premio encontrar algo bueno. All She Can está disponible en DVD en tiendas de menudeo y donde venden DVDs, también se puede encontrar en ¡Tunes para alquilar. sexism: Barriers to female By, Alissa Skinner ' Guerrillera coslition and rational,” which means sane. If women ate crazy and men are sane, then it is only fitting that men : A barrier that often keeps women from building relationships with should continue to be the leaders each other is internalized sexism. Sexism is a system of thinking that values the male body over the female body—giving more power and privilege to men within society. Many heterosexual women seek romantic male companionship as a means of validation, believing that if they are wanted and valued by men, then they have wotth and value as a women. This internalized who make laws and run society. This same framing is often used on bodies of color in general, showing media and news that depict men and women of color as criminal and violent by nature, while it depicts white men (and sometimes women) as professional and successful by nature. The message states that if A IIS Ae) ARTERIAS AT TERR gender privilege through sexis.” belief—that in order to be valued as a female one must be valued and wanted bya male—creates competition among and between women. The result is that women sometimes turn on each other in order to win or secure the love of a man. Popular media exploits this tension through shows like Real Honsewives, Basketball Wives, Teresa, Jersey Shore, and Teen Mom. These programs showcase “cat fights” where women ate depicted physically assaulting other women, often while the man stands smirking in the background or interrupting as the “peace keeper.” This scenario is especially heightened when the Winter 2011 “cat fights” are between a woman of color and a white woman. Female competition actoss racial lines has been pimped by both men of color and white men who benefit _ from gender privilege through sexism. While the two women “are slugging it out and screaming insults about each other's sexuality - and looks, the system of sexism“goes unchecked and the source from which the insults stem remain invisible. Like the abused repeating patterns of the abuser, women say things to each other those men have said to them to cut them down and reinforce women's subordinate space. : Have you ever seen a scenatio where the two women look at each other, shrug, tell the man he's not worth compromising their dignity or their self- respect and walk away? Perhaps in real life—but rarely on TV—cbecause there are no ratings in that. Moreover, it counters the narrative that women are inherently “emotional and unteasonable,”— which means crazy—in contrast to men who are “inherently logical people of color are criminal and whites ate professional, then it is only fitting that whites should continue to be the leaders who make laws and run society. But none of these narratives occur naturally. They are not inherently true. They - are manipulated to benefit those who ate already benefiting and perpetuate the hierarchy of racism and sexism that has always been a part of this country. As a result, our media too often fails to show real friendships between women of color and white women, creating the “reality” that it doesn't happen, that it can't happen, particularly when it comes down to the battle for male validation. Is this scenario real? Is it true that Continues on page 11 |
