by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Kendra Crooks, age 28 Albuquerque, New Mexico “Paradigm Shift” My mother was a fierce woman. She grew up on a farm in a very small border town where she met my dad at age 7. He fell in love with her in the second grade and never let her go until she had to take...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Cristina Del Rosario, age 38 Albuquerque, New Mexico – Bellingham, Washington “Warrior” As soon as I realized I was treated as less for being a woman, I decided I would fight on the same playing ground as the boys. This is why I turned my poetry...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Rhianna Deschinny, age 21 Thoreau, New Mexico “Dezbah Going off to War” Being Dine, to me, means I have to live up to the women before me. Strong, Independent, Loving and Kind. I grew up with the mentality, “No boy is going to push me around.” With...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Angeleen DeVera, age 28 Albuquerque, New Mexico I think the idea of equality scares men and women. Some men don’t believe women can stand on the same platform they can, and some women feel that we should be grateful that we’ve “come so far.” I...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Leslie Donovan Leslie is one of the most dedicated college professors I have ever met. She fully embraces the mission of higher education, demanding intellectual curiosity, rigor, technological adaptation, critical thinking, and reflection of all her students. She...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Staci Drangmeister, age 29 Albuquerque, New Mexico “I Wear What I Want” People have been making comments about what I wear for as long as I can remember. They’ve said I need to dress more normal. More modest. Sexier. I should care more about what I wear. I...
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