In this episode, Maria shares her theory about how large butts went from a white girl taboo into a mainstream obsession. She was like, beta Latin boom, you know? I think I think you have to share this. And I want to get to the bottom of why--why she's so resonant now, as resonant as she was a quarter-century ago. Selena es usualmente descrita como la reina de la msica tejana. En la dcada de 1990, fue ella quien elev este gnero del pueblo a niveles internacionales. Marias quest takes her to Abraham Quintanilla, Selena Quintanillas notoriously guarded father. Let us be human." Maria discovers that the story of Tejano's decline isn't so simple. En el transcurso de su vida, Selena se convirti en un smbolo de esperanza. Why did I choose this? He co-produces and co-hostsRacist Sandwich, a James Beard Foundation nominated podcast on food, class, race, and gender across the globe. how did he was a kid and ensure that you have a bit of a different ones like, rather than not, really feelingly. In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. You know I am genuinely a fan idle, he comes up. On March 31, 1995, nine-year-old Maria Garcia came home to find her mother glued to the TV, tears rolling down her rosy cheeks. and I was listening to colombia s- and I was you know, just absorbing my culture. Joining ikea as free wards program that grants members access to always on discounts, special product offers and even in store perks like complementary coffee or t sign up today, for I care family for free and save five percent in store on eligible purchases. No. And so we unpack Latinidad, the most modern iteration of Latino identity, from the 90s until now, for the last quarter-century, and we talk about how Selena came to form that identity, and what that identity represents--who it represents now, and who it doesn't. Antonia Cereijido is an Award-winning Senior Producer at Futuro Studios, working on developing new narrative podcasts. I can't tell this story honestly without telling you that. You can walk the bordering and be in downtown see that what is and be in mexico in a major mexican city. You can find more of Juan Diegos work onL.A. TacoandLatino Rebels. Yeah. Wait like I love that the core of what I'm doing, but I can't do it in the, I knew that I wanted to keep telling stories. How would we know that a great smoked sausage can be even thrice in one day and that you can take your lunch break before noon, Here's to you agreed smoked sausage. Sometimes a couple times a week. When the beginning, that was a moment where that there were four, of these moments. Lately I've been drinking catch up to fuel my day and had been really impressed with the flavour and the texture catch up, It's most nutrient dense meal imaginable it's made with over seventy super foods and nutrients, including things like mockery of chia seeds, such a n g, comer, comer, mucky, berry, I say and coconut. [Laughter]. You have been subscribed to WBUR Today. She was somebody who I think, the, first form of authentic representation. Right? That's what drove me into journalism. It was like not a desire, a ball body part two, and I remember noticing this when I was young and how odd it was that, like this feature, can illicit these there. Okay, so Maria, can you tell me a little bit more about how Selena went from being a celebrity into becoming an icon? happening. Even the New York Times called it the fastest-growing Latino genre in the country. And I talk about this in the episode, this was particularly difficult for me because it made me think so much of the women in Jurez, being from the border, the women in Ciudad Jurez in Mexico, who disappeared, many of them who worked for American corporations, in factories of American corporations across the border in Mexico, and how the world just did not seem to care about their deaths. history and the states and pop music and sort of getting everything. And, not because Maria or, for that matter, any of those millions, knew Selena, personally, but because what she embodied profoundly affected and informed the way Maria, and those millions, saw themselves, their sense of wholeness, heritage, community, and the call to celebrate uniqueness, and embrace life through a lens of possibility and joy. After the premiere ofSelena: The Serieson Netflix, some fans claimed Selena had been whitewashed in the show. Nearly 30 years ago, Sir-Mix-A-Lots Baby Got Back (I Like Big Butts) hit the airwaves to the delight and shock of listeners. The phone kept ringing. Selena Quintanilla may have built her career singing Spanish songs, but she didnt grow up speaking Spanish at home. Here, it's not even the city, it's not necessarily even people. one of the columbia that I have been dancing on the weekend with my mom and my grandma mines you that what is unlike kind of how, p and one of my classmates coming up to man being like or use singing mexican music, and that was the vibe. Donate $12/month and we'll send you a year's subscription to The New Yorker Magazine. In my whole life, and ever since her death, or left. Al crecer a lo largo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y Mxico, Mara Garca se sinti dividida entre sus dos identidades como mexicana y sstadounidense. Shes also a queer chola who listens to Selena when she needs some motivation. I've never seen anything like that. In this episode, Maria traces how Selena became a symbol for solidarity and resistance. Society & Culture English United States TRANSCRIPT Are you the producer of this podcast? Her story has been told on large screen small screens, countless interviews and continues to make an imprint on media and culture, music, that transcends generations and nationality and still maria new. have been a feeling that it has to have been passed down. In this episode, Maria traces how Selena became a symbol for solidarity and resistance. Think about the OJ Simpson trial, this was sort of the beginning of the precursors of reality TV in the 90s. feeling around how much a journalist inserts themselves are not had a really evolved from coming from you know. The phone kept ringing. All the time like I'm going to have to share him. Se transform en el modelo a seguir de cmo alcanzar la aceptacin dentro del sueo americano para todos los Latinos. And it's a sort of that friction that has stuck with me the most, that sequence where Howard Stern is glibly responding to Selena's death, right? Have you have to follow your gut, you know, and there were moments when definitely dead, follow my guide and not take. ===Excerpt: The Howard Stern Show, April 3rd, 1995===, "Let's dance to happy Madonna-like music. I have to imagine that sir, important in the process because at some point young, the more we, do something like this, I think the harder it is to be objective. And it's more complicated than that. [Laughter], I mean, I grew up in a whole other country. In the premiere episode of "Anything for Selena," host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. Yeah! even though that's my passion, that's like the one thing that I know I'm really good at that I know I love, I turned on like my senior year in high school, and I was like I could, stories for a living- and I could tell stories about like my community that, blew my mind. We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. [Laughter] That's what it is, Nick! As a person moving through the world and experiencing culture, I only have sort of a very mild understanding of Selena--as an icon, as a creator, as an artist, as a celebrity--and so, when I listened to the early episodes, in many ways that was my first introduction to Selena the figure--the historical figure, almost. She became a part of this story, because as you learn, she realized she couldn't not. And it was the very first time that I saw somebody who resembled my community, who resembled my family, who resembled those of us who were in the middle. For I key of family members, you can create a home, you love and save so whether you're looking for new faulty core ord entire bedroom set make sure you receive all the savings you can buy. Now, it's completely save to be mexican now in certain in all settings that you want to be in you don't have to, camouflage yourself anymore, to stay, save and its. From LAist Studios, this is Servant of Pod. Thank you! listen lee mexican, and I remember internalizing this shame. then they went into music full time and from the young age of like eight or nine years old selina bears a singer became the breadwinner for her family. In the premiere episode of "Anything for Selena," host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. So why is Selena still relevant 25 years after her death? Maria analyzes why Selena's brownness is an essential part of her legacy. Kristin Torrescomes toAnything for Selenaafter a decade split between radio and academia. En el final de la serie Anything for Selena, Maria reflexiona sobre lo que su ao de anlisis del legado de Selena revela sobre la humanidad de La Reina. And this project forced me to do that. life through a lens, a possibility and joy. She learned Spanish in the public eye, and her mistakes became some of her most famous and endearing moments. how telling you the lands that I'm looking at it through, and that is completely shaped by growing up in this. With your own father and then you walk through you like this. Society & Culture Anything for Selena From WBUR Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. I mean, I don't mean to exclude you, Nick. he felt and how it was really moving. Confronted the woman and a few weeks later, and it was a huge huge news. Selena Gomez seemingly clapped back at trolls criticizing her body after the 2023 Golden Globes. there's thousands of people who cross the border every single day there. This, of course, is Oprah, on her show in 1999. wanted to start with something like this. I feel, for Asian-Americans, that that person was Bruce Lee, right? the fields- and this is good life project, I brought it is supported by amazon's it's hard to believe, but the hits efficiently getting closer to that time of year, where we can say that the holidays are just around the corner, which means the whirlwind of getting your holiday shopping done on time is probably starting to grow, especially if you really want to show you love with genuinely thoughtful a not last minute gifts. And then when I was reporting on the story and spending time with Abraham, and talking to Abraham, I couldn't not deal with my own personal pain because I was thinking a lot and writing about Latino fatherhood, and about the relationship of Latino daughters and Latino fathers, and about the stereotypes and the narratives we tell ourselves about those relationships. And it may sound trivial, but what that episode showed me is that butt politics, body politics, is ultimately a story of fetishizing Black features, obsessing over Black features, while dehumanizing Black people. an incredibly vulnerable position to be in that when you have a group of people, you know work shopping, your work in real time. The story shook the country and changed Marias life. So incredibly, in the twenty seven years since salinas death, her legend, only grown. Accuracy is not guaranteed. down a pine seen as not desirable, and I saw this shift. the foundation for that really starts with the place that I was raised and which is on the? When he was granted DACA, he was able to intern for Oregon Public Broadcasting as a production assistant for OPBsState of Wonderand OPBsWeekend Edition. the states there were new immigrants here. As you said, it is Mexican-Americans just saying like, "Hey, we're here and you're hurting us. But it's also often the first step on a path to freedom and in the new memoir quitting why I left my job to live a life of freedom, former white house, aide political commentator and bt personality. I want to ask about a specific scene in the third episode. In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena's legacy shows us about belonging in America. About his own marriage to Selina and relationships and love and heartbreak, You know what to. Ok, I think you ready for this, but I want, Through cereal eyes, storytelling for those who don't know who we're talking about when I, much of the world when you literally just use that first aim selina knows, but for those who don't, Maybe a little bit more about this person was, Eight, the handle singer from corpus christie, taxes the hanno is like. She wants a grammy for best mexican american art is she was traveling internationally filling stadiums and latin america, and. We shall television where it's like it falls pray, citizens, you know, especially because it so like you said constrained by like the form and, the time limits. Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. For many people, the kitchen is the heart of the home and it's essential to have a space that really inspires good, cooking and memories in the making. So it's so interesting to me that. She discovered Selena the Mexican-American pop icon who proved she didnt have to choose. I thought there was a really interesting moment also at the very end you added in a couple of bonus episodes, one of them being. But then, also, I think it's also because there was a hunger at the time, and there still is. [Laughter] Why am I writing? The story shook the country and changed Marias life. You know like regionally known when she was twelve or thirteen. "I'm a little bit big right now because I enjoyed . We're talking about 1994, 1995, right before she died, when she was essentially ascending to Latino royalty. You develop that as a, but also sometimes keeps part of your identity from showing up. In this episode, Maria analyzes why Selena's brownness is an essential part of her legacy and reflects on how the exploration of Selena's race led Maria to revelations about her own identity. LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media network. what I realized that investigating this episode is. In this episode, Maria analyzes why Selenas brownness is an essential part of her legacy and reflects on how the exploration of Selenas race led Maria to revelations about her own identity. She had the charisma that really only very, very, very few of us have. There is no such thing as coming to a story from no place at all. Twenty five years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn and remember Selena. "This journey begins at the border, a place in the in-between where, for a long time, I felt divided in two. I had grown up with and sort of my working class home. You know- and I was, really passionate about that, and that's why I stayed you, practicing journalism fur for over ten years here, because I was so passionate about, the stories of my community and I felt this huge responsibility, and I thought, really passion about telling the stories of the border, but I felt this, happened, is you know I started off in commercial television. On the podcast Anything for Selena, Apple Podcasts' Show of the Year of 2021, Maria Garca combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor Selena's legacy. No, definitely, in a powerful way, and there was this one line that is shared in it and that stay with me receive dismay, the pain of ending, a relationship that feels like I'm reconciling a relationship with myself yeah, I just felt like that last part of it. The Anything For Selena podcast released earlier this year is a story of how Selena helped shape pop culture and American identity. I think it's super cool, how their mission is to bring together the world's best superfoods, into a single ready to go meal to help busy people stay healthy. And what does she mean to you? And that's the gift. that the story was just about, like oh mainstream b, The ideals changed because Selina had a big, bad and jailer played her, then, J low ushered in this revolution of big buds and that's the story. Maria knows that to truly understand Selena as a person and not just an icon, she needs to go to Corpus Christi. The generations, by somebody else who maybe, has literally protected by a mountain. This is every kid while, an idea is fit in your leg. At Marketplace Ben also conceptualized and launched APMs premier digital-first podcast,Codebreaker, in partnership with Business Insider. The link in the show notes to start with a free sixty day trial, it's time to recognise you. Subscribe to get an email every time this podcast publishes a new episode. The first. The western and southern part of the united states, mid nineties when she was in her early. You know, I think, that's when, of a journalist and how much a journalist you know instead, themselves in a story in an authentic way, in a way, that's necessary to the story. how she changed culture, how she changed music, what her role was in the world and, I was just really hungry for that to exist and, I thought. ===Excerpt: Anything for Selena, Episode 2: Selena and Abraham"===. I want you to know where I'm coming from Sweden, framing these things are why I'm asking these questions, but, It was also used you effectively say like I'm a character in this story, and, That was the original intention, not that's what. Well, what norm? Selena is often called the Queen of Tejano music. In the 1990s, she brought this underdog genre to international heights. March 2, 2021 In the series finale of Anything for Selena, Maria reflects on what her year-long examination into Selena's legacy reveals about La Reina's humanity. and I was really powerful invulnerable that you kind of like said, were putting mister. And what if theyd been gone from the planet for 25 years, but still it was like they were present in your life, guiding and inspiring you every day? Thank you! Huge incident. I have to know that this is like a poetic, get into a story and that they're gonna write this red with us and. Hosted on Acast. So the show debuted two weeks ago, and you're going to be dealing with weekly drops for the next few months, but once the show wraps, what's the first thing you're gonna do? by just that's what the container allows for, but. I was blown away by all the different cabinet options they have and how easy it is to get your free design for your space at home to visit cabinets, to go dot com today and see why no one beach their prices or their transferable limited lifetime. Marias quest takes her to Abraham Quintanilla, Selena Quintanillas notoriously guarded father. I discovered Selena when I was 7 years old. I need to trust and rely on and open to, like the point of view of other people and. You know, things like that. I really appreciate it. Look, her talent and her discipline as a musician, as an artist who cared about her craft, who was meticulous about her craft; that is the main reason. So when I discovered Selena, this was in the mid-90s, and I like to call it sort of "the age of assimilation," at least in in my lifetime, and I went to a predominantly Latino school--again, I grew up on the U.S.-Mexico border--but there was a hierarchy that rewarded only the most assimilated of kids. I'm just so grateful that I get this opportunity to tell her story, to write her this ode, and to explore myself in the process. In her life, Selena was a symbol of hope. Her family, owned a restaurant in corpus, christie, taxes where her father would make her seeing there-, Family soon went bankrupt and lost the restaurant. You know I had to. It was like a scale that I kind of had to unlearn. Now, oh there's more to it, because I see this in the pot cast like it doesn't start there. So before she even died, whether she wanted to be or not, the world immediately appropriated her as a symbol for an ascending Latino identity, for saying, look, Latinos can do this, Latinos can be themselves, Latinos can be joyful, Latinos can succeed in the United States. More in a minute. Maria reflexiona sobre lo que su ao de anlisis del legado de Selena revela sobre la humanidad de La Reina. Maria discovers that it's a story of immigration, money and how two often-ignored groups were pitted against each other. It was so him. That is expense. Pero algo cambi su vida. Maria has a theory about how big butts went from taboo to obsession -- and it involves Selena and Jennifer Lopez. It was right in the middle of a huge demographic shift. was constantly crossing the border? Nikole Hannah-Jones: Beyond the 1619 Project, 'No Mexicans Allowed:' School Segregation in the Southwest. and here was this american pop star, whose unequivocally said they're beautiful. Because again, my heart could not not be here. Mara confronta el legado complicado de Abraham y reflexiona sobre la paternidad en las culturas Latinx. En lnea, la imagen y la msica de Selena han adquirido nueva vida en redes sociales y plataformas que eran inimaginables cuando ella an viva. This week: Maria Garcia's radically personal podcast, Anything for Selena, a love letter to la reina--the queen--Selena Quintanilla. Sort of standard american education in the states, but in mexico. It was also something that divided me inside as well. because what I felt like you are also doing was inviting people in. 1997 Chelly thanks you from the bottom of her heart. People through your deeply emotional next. La letra se burlaba juguetonamente de los estndares de belleza blanca, incluyendo una stira al inicio de la cancin en la que una mujer aparentemente blanca le dice a su amiga: Dios mo, Becky, mira su trasero! But then, something changed her life. But I got, show them to you, because you gotta know where I'm coming from, for you to understand how much I love Selina and why I love selena, then you kind of, gotta understand me a little bed and I think a lot of people. En lnea, la imagen y la msica de Selena han adquirido nueva vida en redes sociales y plataformas que eran inimaginables cuando ella an viva. 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