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me veo y no me siento, 1998 Raquel Paiewonsky Today I visited the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) online and viewed the exhibition  HERland: Women Artists in the MOLAA Collection . The work of art that caught my attention was Raquel Paiewonsky's me veo y no me siento , produced in 1998 using mixed media on canvas. The artwork is pictured here on the left. At first glance, it's quite off-putting. The image is what appears to be some kind of alien or unnatural being with a giant square-like head, eleven eyes, a rectangular torso without arms, and thin legs that are spread apart and end with gnarly-looking feet. It's not an image that will usually make people say, "wow that's beautiful." It is definitely not an image that gives its audience a feeling of quiet, calm, or serenity. In fact, it does quite the opposite, it gives the audience a feeling of repulsion and, at the same time, oddly enough, a strange fascination, and that's what the artist strives t...

Today I listened to an audio story on Latino USA called " The Fight for Abortion Rights in The Dominican Republic " which aired on June 29th, 2021. The host of the show is Maria Hinojosa and the guest speaker is journalist Amanda Alc ántara. I learned that anti-abortion laws in The Dominican Republic are very strict. I learned that civil rights for women in regards to pro-reproductive rights is minimal to none. Hinojosa mentions, "The Dominican Republic has one of the harshest anti-abortion laws in the Americas. Abortion isn't allowed under any circumstances. Only 5 other countries in the continent have such harsh restrictions on ending a pregnancy legally. That's Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Jamaica, and El Salvador" (Latino 1:20 - 1:42). I liked that the guest speaker,  Amanda Alc ántara, gave the audience some background information.  Alc ántara sheds light on the consequences of having an abortion in The Dominican Republic. The fight for "tres causal...