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The Strange is Beautiful 2017 Goals and Recap

Posted by strange on January 1, 2017
The Strange is Beautiful 2017 Goals and Recap

It’s easy to lose sight of why you started something – the genuine, root, pure catalyst. Below I’ve revisited the root reasons I started The Strange is Beautiful (TSIB), the original goals and the actions I’ve taken, which goals have changed and the future goals for TSIB in 2017 and beyond <3 <3 <3

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HerCampus Featured The Strange is Beautiful

Posted by strange on December 1, 2016
HerCampus Featured The Strange is Beautiful

Thank you to Shary Miranda for interviewing me for feminist blog HerCampus.com about my activism work with The Strange is Beautiful! You can read the whole interview here.

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: activist, anxiety, chingona fire, corn, cusi coyllur, depression, feminist, her campus, inspiration, interview, panic attacks, people of the corn, peru, peruvian, resistance, self doubt, shannen roberts, shary miranda, the strange is beautiful, uc irvine

Chingona Fire Part 2: Self Love

Posted by strange on October 26, 2016
Chingona Fire Part 2: Self Love

Chingona Fire, a feminist poetry collective consisting of Angela Aguirre and Yesika Salgado, shares a self love poem on body positivity with The Strange is Beautiful and talks about their mind obstacles and what it means to be a “chingona.”

Posted in: Interviews, Interviews of Poets, Self Care | Tagged: angela aguirre, badass women, body positive, body positivity, chingona, chingona fire, cusi coyllur, express yourself, feminism, feminist, feminists, gal palace, inspiration, latina, latinas, nalgona, poetry, poets, self care, self help, self love, the strange is beautiful, yesika salgado

Self Help + Self Love with Chingona Fire: Part 1

Posted by strange on October 19, 2016
Self Help + Self Love with Chingona Fire: Part 1

Chingona Fire, a feminist poetry collective consisting of Angela Aguirre and Yesika Salgado, shares a self help poem on post-breakup advice with The Strange is Beautiful. They talk about how their poetry is helping other Latinas and how the poetry community acts as a support system. Subscribe to our Youtube channel to be notified of part 2 of “Self Help + Self Love with Chingona Fire” next Wednesday!

Posted in: Interviews, Interviews of Poets, Self Care | Tagged: angela aguirre, chingona fire, community, da poetry lounge, feminism, feminist, feminists, gal palace, latinas, poems, poetry, self care, self help, self love, shannen roberts, the strange is beautiful, yesika salgado

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