{"id":9432,"date":"2022-03-03T19:35:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T02:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2022-03-20T17:59:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T00:59:03","slug":"francesca-gargallo-latin-american-feminist-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/francesca-gargallo-latin-american-feminist-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesca Gargallo, Latin American Feminist Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Francesca
Photo Algeria Guerrero Renteria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I remember her smiling, slim and pretty. Francesca Gargallo, sitting in a flowerbed in the agora of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of UNAM, conveyed tranquility, human warmth and strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That bright afternoon, my mother, my son, who is barely two years old -as far as I remember- and I met Francesca to talk about different topics that concerned the three of us, such as feminism, women's projects and literature. Although I could hardly sit with them, because my son interrupted the conversation whenever he could, my memory highlights Francesca as one of the most admirable women of feminist thought in Latin America in this century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing a feminist for me fundamentally means defending life, defending the good life, defending the right to affection, the right to free expression, freedom of movement, the subsistence economy, the right to reduce the exploitation of the earth and its raw materials.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Francesca said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another of my most vivid memories of Francesca was at a meeting-conversation called \u201cAfter #MeToo, what\u2019s next?\u201d, organized by the Master\u2019s in Communication and Politics at the UAM in 2019, when we could still meet with our faces uncovered, hug each other and plant kisses on each other\u2019s cheeks. It was a gift to see Francesca there, contributing her reflections, sharing ideas and weaving with all of us the hope of a different future for the women of Mexico and Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a literary writer, Gargallo has published novels, science fiction, poetry and short stories. She is a pioneer of ideas on Latin American and Mexican feminism, on aesthetics and literary criticism, as well as visual arts. She has also worked as an editor, journalist and translator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His most notable texts are: <\/strong>\u201cThe art embroiderers\u201d (2020) (you can read it by clicking here)<\/a>; \u201cThe Strangers on the Ground Floor\u201d (2015), \u201cAs the Days Go By\u201d (2013), \u201cDry March\u201d (1999), \u201cThe Captain\u2019s Decision\u201d (1997), \u201cThe Fishermen of Kukulkan\u201d (1995) and \u201cBeing in the World\u201d (1994). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today, March 3, 2022, Francesca left us too soon after losing her battle with cancer, leaving all of us who were fortunate enough to know her with broken hearts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's bedtime and I put that naughty boy to bed who wouldn't let me chat with my mother's dear friend. I take a book by Francesca that we like a lot and start reading: \u201cOnce upon a time there was a laughing and crazy coyote\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You left us early, Francesca, but you left us your lyrics and ideas. And most importantly: \u201cWhen their culture does not prevent it, women listen to each other and pass the word on, in a temascalli, in the struggle for Independence, in community organizations\u201d<\/strong>, your example of feminist social construction, your legacy and your drive for a more just world. Thank you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farewell, dear Francesca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be interested in: Thank you, butterflies<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La recuerdo sonriente, delgada y guapa. Francesca Gargallo, sentada en una jardinera del \u00e1gora de la Facultad de Filosof\u00eda y Letras de la UNAM, transmit\u00eda tranquilidad, calidez humana y fortaleza. Esa tarde luminosa quedamos mi mam\u00e1, mi hijo de apenas dos a\u00f1os -seg\u00fan recuerdo- y yo de ver a Francesca para hablar de distintos temas […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,11,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cover","8":"category-culture","9":"category-opinion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9432"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9440,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432\/revisions\/9440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}