tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post4376423181069673594..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: Remembering Frida. Not Forgetting Fukushima: On-line Floricanto.Contributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-53083155965868340812014-03-13T13:24:24.882-06:002014-03-13T13:24:24.882-06:00In regards to the South Central Chicana that moved...In regards to the South Central Chicana that moved to Mexico, D.F., it is worth noting that South Central was not South Central then, but a tony neighborhood where only whites lived.<br /><br />Mrs. Covarrubias (nee Cowan, born in 1895, and whose mom was a "second generation Mexican") went from Manual Arts High to Berkeley and was in New York by 1916, if one can believe Wikipedia and the InterTubes. She was first a dancer and choreographer and by 1930, when she married Miguel Covarrubias, well, she was a woman of the world. Hardly the ingenue in the Caramelo photo.<br /><br />Not surprising that Frida became her cuatacha (as letters attest). It would be good to have that book Ms. Venegas threatened us with. There's much out there on Rosa Covarrubiasjmuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295295876415944144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-78110345203988745582014-03-11T13:42:31.560-06:002014-03-11T13:42:31.560-06:00Dear Odilia Galván Rodríguez and Em Sedano, Thank ...Dear Odilia Galván Rodríguez and Em Sedano, Thank you for doing this special On-Line Floricanto at La Bloga on the third anniversary of this catastrophe in Japan. Poetry knows no borders!--FranciscoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047328414106957942noreply@blogger.com