Women at Work: The Collective Now Transforming Hip-Hop in Mexico
Women at Work: The Collective Now Transforming Hip-Hop in Mexico
Translation posted 20 November 2015 21:42 GMT
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Performance during International Women's Day and the sixth anniversary of the collective held on March 8, 2015. Photo courtesy of Giulia Iacolutti and taken from the Mujeres Trabajando website with permission.
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The hip-hop scene in Mexico has been rattled up by the collective Mujeres Trabajando (Women at Work), who, since 2009, have used their music, poetry, visual art, and dance to gain a foothold in an environment where misogyny and male machismo prevail.
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The multidisciplinary collective arose as the brainchild of Jezzy P and Ximbo. Nowadays, the group is comprised of twelve artists, coming from all across Mexico, who specialize in any one of the basic elements of hip-hop.
According to the information available on the group's Facebook page, one of their targets is to:
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(…) spread and promote culture by showcasing members’ individual projects through shared community spaces. This then springboards women's artistic creation and spurs on the development of their talents, a holistic development of women along with their active and equal participation in the spheres of work, and art in Mexican society.”
More:
https://globalvoices.org/2015/11/20/women-at-work-the-collective-now-transforming-hip-hop-in-mexico/
