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Op-Ed: Reggaeton, Puerto Rico & BCN, perspective from a Xennial DJ

Memory Lane

This is the start of what I anticipate to be a short series of writings where I revisit the early naughts. I naturally tend to stray from that time period of my life, both due to the embarrassing nature of being in ones early 20’s and the relentless trauma

Book Review: Girl on Girl

Book Review: Understanding Digital Racism

a computer with a zoom call on screen. next to computer is a teal mug.

Governance Frictions

This post is also available on my free blog (Marcia's Post Its) The other day I was invited to participate in a workshop with other people in the Fediverse. I was invited by Sohyean H to participate, to which I am grateful to her. I won't

Film Review: Blink Twice

Art Review: “Banal Poop”

a woman dj on the decks (cdj's) a night shot at a party

Summer 2025 Mix- Preview

Two microphones. Bright yellow stickers number them, 1 and 2. They are on a table.

Stuck on Repeat

Scamming on Fedi: Race, Cyberspace and Privacy

Content Warning: race, scamming, mutual aid, anti-blackness, ableism & more. What I say here about specific users is alleged. No charges have been filed against anyone.

Wicked & Cabaret: Why We Need Them…A ramble

a lone man waist deep in the sea, facing towards the sky, the photograph is behind him.

Fresh Cuts: San Sebastian Beach, 2023

people on a street in protest in san juan puerto ric

art

Music Review: Bad Bunny DtMF

A crowd of people holding up their phones to capture image and or vidoeo

cultural criticism

Burden of Symbols: Luigi vs Diego

dj

Music: Christmas Mix

Firstly, this isn't Christmas themed music, although if I had more music, I would totally do a Boricua Christmas radio show. But I don't have all that so ... esori. (5 points if you get what I did there). I saved my pennies and upgraded finally to

White man in a suit, you dont see his face, he is adjusting the buttons on his suit. He on stairs

internet

Current Events & Our Collective Response to Violence

I am reeling, from all these Luigi videos. The way the media machine is working around him is a lesson in ‘cutting your nose off to spite your face’. It does go without saying that the large media companies are very out of touch with many people in the nation

blurry image of coats on a rack with black text that says 'less' in sharp focus

consumerism

Another Essay on Another Pipeline to the Far Right: Influencers & The BirthRate

Brown hands with long nails over a CDJ . she is dj'ing

art

#AMXRadio: Nov Mix!

art

The Substance Film Review: Brown Masc & White Femme disconnect

women sitting on a bench. the woman in front is a woman of color, on her phone, smoking a cigarette

social media

#Fediblock, a Tiny History

I have been trying to write about this history for over a month. It has been difficult to say the least. It's by no means exhaustive. Fediblock is a constant point of contention on the fediverse. And the tag has taken a life of its own. I want

photography

First Peak: Photography Studio

small green and yellow round fruits. they look like limes; quenepa or lychee fruit

Op-Ed: Cracking Quenepa

a photograph of the Democratic National Convention

The Image & Political Theater

black and white photograph of a woman in bra, face is in black mask, bubbles all around her.

painting

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