Happy New Year!

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I know my poor blog has been neglected since November, but I should be back in full force in the upcoming weeks. I wish all of you out there a happy new year! Felicidades!

The next few weeks will be filled with syllabi writing and figuring out exactly what I want my students to learn about las mujeres Boricua. I have chosen to use the biography of Luisa Capetillo, and the book by Altagracia ortiz titled Puerto Rican Women and Work; Bridges in Transnational Labor. I think the issues brought forth in these two texts are not only important to Latinas everywhere (regardless of national affiliation), but also historical. I think that too often our little Isla Bonita is thought of as nothing more than a political disaster or a cute tourist spot, while the geopolitical and historical significances are continually overlooked. Hopefully, this semester I will be able to enlighten a few more students about Latinas, Puerto Rico, and the political implications of being historically overlooked.

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