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Feministing Jamz: Julieta Venegas one year after Ayotzinapa

The one year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in Ayotzinapa is coming up this weekend. Julieta Venegas faces the issue of this violence, and the ongoing murders of women in Mexico, in the excellent Explosión, off her latest album Algo Sucede

The one year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in Ayotzinapa is coming up this weekend. Julieta Venegas faces the issue of this violence, and the ongoing murders of women in Mexico, in the excellent Explosión, ...

Should Julieta Venegas’ daughter carry her father’s name?

Glancing through the news a few days ago, one particular noticia caught my eye. Julieta Venegas, the renowned Mexican-American singer has been raising her daughter Simona as a single mom for three years now. But recently, Rodrigo Garcia Prieto, Simona’s biological father, is seeking legal action to gain custody of his daughter. DNA tests have proven him to be her biological father, and the Mexican court is now granting him joint custody, requiring that Venegas “acknowledge him as the father, and that the child carry his name.”

This could be a good thing. Non-abusive, loving fathers should have just as much right to be in the lives of their children as mothers. What made me blink was the news ...

Glancing through the news a few days ago, one particular noticia caught my eye. Julieta Venegas, the renowned Mexican-American singer has been raising her daughter Simona as a single mom for three years now. But ...