The genre™ is part memoir, part cultural analysis, and part design theory. Who says you can't mix shade, tea, and feminine realness in a critique of the ways concepts of god, gender, race and design heroes have failed us — all in pursuit of divining the power we hold to heal ourselves?*

Writing gives a spoken voice to the genre™. The Imago DeiSign framework finds its fluid center. A coming-of-age story threads a connection between third-wave feminism via the Riot Grrrrl movement, sex, the church, and the liberating power of giving yourself your first orgasm. A memory of my great-grandmother illustrates the complicated reverberations of malinchismo, and machismo that could be undone if we were to revise the myth of Malinche.

Notes capture thoughts, ideas, and valuable bits of information collected from Black Futures, Seth Godin, Gloria Arjona Ph.D., and a book about book covers.

Projects give a visual voice to the genre™. La Barbie Cake reaches it’s full potential an finds it’s home on an altar that celebrates all the complexity of becoming a woman within Chicana culture. Psalms for Las Chingonas is a Zine with a design treatment reminiscent of prayer cards, the content celebrates the liberated woman through the songs of some of my favorite bad-ass-women musicians. A collage workshop with Dewey Saunders helps me loosen up my mind and woo the subconscious.

Care & Feeding catalogs the “being” part of “human being.” This month captures a day spent immersed in art, a Spring Break ritual of visiting the beach, being awestruck by heavenly bodies and “tourist traps” alike. We also went for an ambulance ride to the emergency room—because of course we did.

Pulled from my semester 1 eval from Silas Munro “ The genre is part memoir, cultural analysis, and design theory. And the vibe is right. Who says you can't mix shade, tea, and feminine realness with a critique of the ways masculinity and design heroes have failed us?”