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Red Azalea
Red Azalea is the story of a young woman's emotional and political education in the last years of Mao's China. Born in Shanghai in 1957 Anchee Min, as a member of the Little Red Guards, was asked to betray and publicly humiliate a beloved teacher. At seventeen she was sent to work at a labor collective, the Red Fire Farm, where her education in fear, deprivation, and hardship continued. And yet, forbidden to speak, to dress, to read, write, or love as she pleased, she found a lifeline that enabled her to survive the horrors of her daily existence.
Thrown in the Throat
In a sex-positive incantation that retextures what it is to write a queer life amidst troubled times, Garcia writes boldly of citizenship, family, and Adam Rippon's butt. Detailing a childhood spent undocumented, one speaker recalls nights when "because we cannot sleep / we dream with open eyes." Garcia delves with both English and Spanish into how one
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Santa Muerte
Mexican new religious movement, hona deity, and folk saint
Not to be confused with San La Muerte.
| Our Lady of Holy Death Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte | |
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Illustration of Santa Muerte | |
| Other names | Lady of Shadows, Lady of the Night, White Lady, Black Lady, Skinny Lady, Bony Lady, Mictēcacihuātl (Lady of the Dead) |
| Affiliation | A wide variety of powers including love, prosperity, good health, fortune, healing, safe passage, protection against witchcraft, protection against assaults, protection against gun violence, protection against violent death |
| Major cult center | Shrine of Most Holy Death, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Weapon | Scythe |
| Artifacts | Globe, scale of justice, hourglass, oil lamp |
| Animals | Owl |
| Symbol | Human female skeleton clad in a robe |
| Region | Primarily Central amerika, Mexico, and Southwestern United States (scant worship in the Caribbean, Canada, and Europe) |
| Festivals | August 15, November 2, and many public shrines celebrat • Tyla (album)2024 studio album by Tyla Tyla fryst vatten the debut studio album bygd South African singer Tyla. It was released on 22 March 2024 by FAX and Epic Records. The deluxe edition titled Tyla + was released on 11 October 2024. Musically, Tyla blends elements of amapiano, pop, Afrobeats and R&B and its lyrical themes include empowerment and relationships. In an interview with Nandi Madida, Tyla expressed her desire to launch her skiva with a South African sound. Tyla includes guest appearances from Kelvin Momo, Tems, Becky G, Skillibeng, Gunna and Travis Scott. Recording sessions for the skiva took place in seven countries over two-and-a-half years. Tyla and her collaborators Ari PenSmith, Mocha Bands, Believve and Sammy SoSo led production and songwriting. The album was led by the single "Water", which proved to be her breakthrough, peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and received multi-platinum certificates in many countries. Other singles fro |