Sandoval's article "Dissident Globalizations, Emancipatory Methods, Social-Erotics" she outlines a possible remedy to the issue with neoliberalism in our current era of economic and cultural globalization. Primarily, she emphasized the importance in uniting peoples who were differentiated by nation, ethnicity, language, race, class, culture, sex, and gender" but were united in their experience in socioeconomic or circumstances. By creating this global "coalition" Sandoval argued that oppressed groups worldwide would have enough power to stand up to the unjust position they are in and have the momentum to make change that allows for equality between all groups of people without exploitation.
A similar idea is explored in "Women Who Rock" which focused more on the individual fight towards equality in feminism and Chicana feminism. Through bringing unique individuals together and celebrating their differences through expression in their chosen art form (in this case rock music) the artists themselves are not only empowered, but the genre of rock itself is enriched by new experiences and ideas. Despite the benefits of this enriched expression, women and Chicana's are still viewed as an outgroup in the rock community and as expressed by Medusa, a rock singer, because of their status in the community they have to be perfect. While men can get away with just being okay, women have to be the epitome of the idea of rock in order to fit in. Despite the injustice this fight is essential in the greater fight for equality and highlights the importance of Sandoval's idea of becoming a coalition to have to power to fight off these oppressive norms.
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