Ere Derbez

@erederbez.bsky.social

Dibujo todo el tiempo y escribo a veces. Author and researcher interested in Mexican art, gender, politics, coffee and ice cream. 💚 Spanglish. CDMX- London/Cambridge Currently @clascam.bsky.social (she/her-ella)

What is really at stake is the enforcement of "sex-based distinctions" that have long been understood hierarchically (men on top) to deny women (and sexual minorities) equality of treatment and access to resources and power. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott

Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why

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Mexico is setting up free vaccination stations against measles, and I am encouraging all my friends and relatives under 49 to get one. In the US, I know it's more complicated, but I got an MMR shot in the fall because my doctor tested me and I had no antibodies. I'm 36!

📣 Applications are now open for postgraduate study at the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Cambridge 2026–27 🎓 Programmes available: • MPhil in Latin American Studies • MPhil (Thesis only) • PhD in Latin American Studies 🗓 Deadline: 26 February 2026

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Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album: “Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”

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"I never really imagined that I would be up here," Dean said, receiving her first Grammy. “I'm up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. I wouldn't be here ... I am a product of bravery and I think that those people deserve to be celebrated.” bit.ly/4ruKqg8

Olivia Dean accepts her Grammy award for best new artist. Quote from Olivia Dean: "I'm up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. I wouldn't be here ... I am a product of bravery and I think that those people deserve to be celebrated."

“It shows us there is another way. And this is why artists are so often the first people to be targeted by authoritarian figures, those intent on keeping a tight lid on ideas, on different opinions, on language. Artistic expression is the practice of freedom.” www.rights-studio.org/journal/brea...

Breaking Open

“Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to.” ― John Berger

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Renee Nicole Good leveraged her white privilege in defense of the most vulnerable in her community. She was cowardly murdered by a masked man who did not identify himself. Her resistance was peaceful. The message is unmistakable: this was meant as a warning to all, including white women.