The clearest connection that I saw between the readings and media was the necessity of creating a community in order to progress a social movement. In Dissident Globalizations Chela Sandoval states on pp. 24-25 that “This shoreline, or ‘borderlands’, consciousness and politics generated a method for redefining identity, community, and love (‘love’ understood as a mode of political action- a social-erotics.)” Throughout her essay, Sandoval implies that this borderlands identity is not unique to only Chicana women, but to a diverse group of people who experience societal oppression in a variety of ways. Although the individuals suffering this oppression may be of different demographics, the fact that they are all working to improve their condition in society is enough to connect them as a community, which finds its strength in its diversity. As a theory, the idea of using “nomadic ‘travel’ across ‘worlds of meaning’ [to] create the type of ‘loving perception’ required in political activism” is a way to fight for everyone experiencing oppression, not only specific groups. As a practice, this can mean many things. Women Who Rock is an amazing example of this theory being put into action. WWR is a diverse group of activists who all have different ideas and focuses, but come together to ultimately create a movement that benefits everyone involved. For example, Sheila J. Hardy says that “the energy of black women being bold enough to do rock, be out there, to be unladylike, to me it’s all kind of cloaked in a lot of the things of the women’s movement.” Martha Gonzalez explains that she plays more traditional cultural music as a way to remember and revive communal customs that may have been lost along the way. Each woman sees the movement from a different perspective, but they all come together to achieve a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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