Como La Flor figurative Comes already professionally framed and

Comes already professionally framed and ready to hang

and that through art we can make visible what is too often overlooked

I reflect on how patriarchy and colonization have domesticated our ideas about sexuality and pleasure

12 x 18 inches

and the criminalization of young people

Como La Flor figurative Comes already professionally framed and2001, Screenprint 30 x 22 inches Like so many Latina girls, Selena had a huge impact on me. She was the first pop culture figure I saw who was truly biculturalsomeone who was both American and deeply rooted in our culture. I had never seen anyone like her before. She could speak to both English and Spanish speaking audiences, and at a time when Latine people were nearly invisible in U. S. mediaespecially in the 80s and 90sher presence was