Yesika Salgado, also known as Yesika Starr, has the honor of being one of the few poets that can actually fuck me up with words. With the recent release of “Corazón,” her first book, I wanted to look back on other works from Salgado. “Sentimental Boss Bitch,” a chapbook, was self-published this year. It’s eighteen pages long. In those eighteen pages there’s love, joy, longing, pain, heartbreak and of course, learning how to be a sentimental boss bitch.
A bright orange typewriter made out of cardboard sits in the middle of the room. Flowers spring from its keys. On the top of the typewriter, is an offering. Pan dulce and the novel Like Water For Chocolate. Surrounding the typewriter, placed on the stark white walls, are portraits of brown faces and bodies. They seem to stare from every corner, enticing you to read a snippet of their lives.
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.”
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!