Don't spend too much. Donate $12/month and we'll send you a year's subscription to The New Yorker Magazine. of separate what was going on in my life and yeah, Think that comes through in the episode. 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. And then in ninety ninety five, the precedent of her fan club. And this sort of harsh refusal to do that. In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. 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. You know, a process- has to be rigorous and sound, and you have to be able, editors, who really held my story with a lot of compassion and love, too much in the story to the point where wasn't relevant what, me down and say we don't really need that or what. I feel like I learned to read at the same time that I learned to code switch on either side of the border. dignan annette, like it attached. it definitely was. Lionel Messi is known as the best soccer half of them are in EL paso, heavily of their markets, that what is my family was like that? 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. as a journalist I had to disclose where I was coming. And how do you work through stuff like that? Twenty twenty two limited to qualifying purchases exclusions apply not valid on services discount applied in store only before tax shipping and handling canopy, combined with coupons visit ikea dash, usa, dot com, slash family for more details. And it felt like these two parts of myself were divorced from each other. Do they own their lands? I didn't even quite have the understanding, but I I recognise now. We're here still talking about her because she had such a stage presence. and your relationship and sometimes struggles with your dad before he passes. No, when we started conceptualizing the series. When he was granted DACA, he was able to intern for Oregon Public Broadcasting as a production assistant for OPBsState of Wonderand OPBsWeekend Edition. February 23, 2021 After the premiere of Selena: The Series on Netflix, some fans claimed Selena had been "whitewashed" in the show. In this episode, Maria explores why Selenas Spanglish seemed so revolutionary for its time, and yet so familiar to many fans who also struggled with the language of their heritage. perfection, don't stop yourself from doing something, because it's not gonna be perfect, embrace the wrinkled. This is a collective experience. We talk about how this project, because, a calling in how and why she felt compelled to weave her own story into the bigger story. Antonia Cereijido is an Award-winning Senior Producer at Futuro Studios, working on developing new narrative podcasts. have been a feeling that it has to have been passed down. Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. Thank you so much. the day before you leave, if you love this episode, safe bet, you will also love the conversation we had with Samir nasri about food and belonging culture and connection you'll find a link to simeon's episode in the show notes, and of course, if you haven't already done so, please go ahead and follow good life project in your favorite listening app, and if you found this conversation interesting or inspiring or valuable and chances are you did since you're still listening here. Tras el debut de la serieSelenaen Netflix, algunos fans sealaron que la cantante haba sido blanqueada en ese show. Las ceremonias de premiacin de la msica tejana eran eventos glamorosos y los DJ de estaciones de radio dedicadas al gnero eran vistos como estrellas de rock en Texas y el resto del sudoeste de Estados Unidos. You know when it's this debate over objectivity. is neither from here nor there take me deeper into what that means. Este viaje a la poltica de los traseros en Estados Unidos es a fin de cuentas una exploracin de la raza, y nos conduce a una conversacin largamente postergada sobre la anti negritud dentro de la cultura latina. And it's like all of these feelings among Mexican immigrants, and Mexican-Americans, and the white mainstream, can pretty much be be unpacked in that conversation. Such a beautiful podcast. Es tan grande Es que ella es tan negra! Tres dcadas despus, la obsesin con los traseros grandes en la cultura del hip-hop se mantiene slida gracias a dolos como Cardi B y Beyonc, pero tambin se ha impregnado en la cultura blanca. it's really a story about belonging, which we all need Maura. She goes, "Well, honey, tell her that if she wants to see a bottom, I'll show her my, bottom." We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. Twenty five years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn and remember Selena. The phone kept ringing. 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. Your new and improved kitchen can be completed in weeks, not months. Thank you! was desirable in the main stream and then, of course, her spend this huge evolution since then. I had grown up with and sort of my working class home. ", It's Boston local news in one concise, fun and informative email. Ninety seven starring jennifer lopez which kick started jailers career, it's been a quarter of a century plus later, I'm her legacy is still as alive today as it is as it was, then you know Netflix, She wasn't just a pop star. If Latinos were not being erased, they were being portrayed as gang members, or lost dropouts, or teenage moms. But also, do you think that relationship between white and non-white culture has changed at all since that moment in the 90s? Even the New York Times called it the fastest-growing Latino genre in the country. She has become one of the most potent symbols of belonging in this country. not a ninety. Maria explores how the internet has become a place where fans celebrate and remember Selena, as well as grapple with the void she left behind. Ultimately, this journey into U.S. booty politics is about race and brings us to a conversation thats long been overdue about anti-blackness within the Latinx community. The new podcast Anything for Selena, from NPR member station WBUR, doesn't begin with the late singer's biography or her most popular songs. They would say you know what we really. I want to unpack that personal side a little more. Sort of like a shared experience between the Latino community and the broader white American communities, basically. Mara confronta el legado complicado de Abraham y reflexiona sobre la paternidad en las culturas Latinx. She also explores the indelible mark she left on Latino identity and belonging, whether it's fatherhood, big-butt politics, and the fraught relationship with whiteness and language. Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. 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. [Laughter]. Servant of Pod is written and hosted by me, Nick Quah. In my whole life, and ever since her death, or left. Oh, my gosh, there are so many reasons, Nick. And so I knew that I had to bring the personal, the authentic--and I don't take over the story, but I'm definitely with you on this journey, or you're with me on this journey. I want to ask about a specific scene in the third episode. roots music, mexican american roots, music from texas, from when she was eight years old. La teora, por supuesto, tiene que ver con Selena Quintanilla, pero tambin con la pelcula Selena, protagonizada por Jennifer Lopez, y la subsiguiente explosin latina. A lot of people have tried, I was storing a lot of people have told pieces of the story. On the one hand, you do you describe how that. history and the states and pop music and sort of getting everything. We're talking about 1994, 1995, right before she died, when she was essentially ascending to Latino royalty. Pero la manifestacin de una guerra cultural oculta luego de su muerte nos revela otra historia. Se transform en el modelo a seguir de cmo alcanzar la aceptacin dentro del sueo americano para todos los Latinos. Why do you think that Selena broke through the way that she did? You can find Maria at: Instagram | Websites. Get the New Yorker. I did not know about this Howard Stern tape until we started doing the reporting and the research for the podcast. And I feel like in that sequence, in that moment, in that interaction, the entirety of white/non-white relations in America was sort of bottled into that, which is that the fight is just like, understand where we're coming from. But that was a moment. 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. In "Anything For Selena," host Maria Garcia goes on an intimate, revelatory quest to understand how Selena has become a potent symbol for tensions around race, class and body politics in the United States. Are you texas, new york, somewhere else, I'm in EL paso? I think that's where this conversation really comes in because, I am one of those millions of people who see her as us like a sacred symbol. beyond you know the man made border and what our past. Twenty five years later, Maria is on a quest to. You know like regionally known when she was twelve or thirteen. 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. Why has her being resonated with me so much? I am, you know. Or at least, "You don't deserve the right to mourn," the right to be, as humans do. 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. 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. But this is a story that has been told so many times, so I wanted to do sort of an anthology. Though she sees the show as a personal journey to make meaning of Selena's life and legacy, Garca felt it was important to make sense of how she profoundly touched the hearts and minds of many. It was also something that divided me inside as well. Try it yourself, cadaver, is offering ten percent off for the listeners of our podcast, go to catch up, dot com, slash good life to get ten percent off your order. Selena Quintanilla may have built her career singing Spanish songs, but she didnt grow up speaking Spanish at home. That's the gift of creative work, and I'm so thankful for it. "And we do that by using the tools of our craft as journalists, like rigorous journalism, cultural analysis, but then also, very intimate, vulnerable storytelling. So it's so interesting to me that. But when Selena died, Tejano went from boom to bust. [Laughter] I've been wanting to go to Joshua Tree--Selena recorded one of her last videos there, "Amor Prohibido"--and I think I'm just gonna disconnect a little bit, and look inward, and take a rest. Aprendi castellano a la vista del pblico, y los errores que cometi se convirtieron en algunos de sus momentos ms famosos y entraables. Logo and branding by Leo G. Thanks to the team at LAist Studios, including Kristen Hayford, Taylor Coffman, Kristen Muller, and Leo G. Servant of Pod is a production of LAist Studios. It's terrifying. And, in todays conversation with award-winning journalist, writer, and producer, Maria Garcia, we dive deep into these topics in a very cool and unusual way. You know I am genuinely a fan idle, he comes up. an incredibly vulnerable position to be in that when you have a group of people, you know work shopping, your work in real time. And Selena! Well. The Anything For Selena podcast released earlier this year is a story of how Selena helped shape pop culture and American identity. From here or there you ve come to a place where it sounds like you feel, like you have a sense of, dual belonging almost like, but it does sound like as a kid like and look. It all boiled down, it all manifested, in this horrible, crass radio fight. 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. If someone is life and her powerful decision to centre the universality of struggle and joy expression and the complexity of love, relationships and power in the conversation I. so deeply john and a move by this body of work and was so excited to dive into maria's life, the story. I thought I was really, was moving and powerful and any other I really. In this episode, Maria explores why Selenas Spanglish seemed so revolutionary for its time, and yet so familiar to many fans who also struggled with the language of their heritage. 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. This was a cultural phenomenon. They stay with you, and they inform the career paths you take, and they inform the relationships you build. In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena's legacy shows us about belonging in America. happening. I said, I'm really drawn to this place because of. That's why, 25 years later, we are still so attached to her, because there is a hunger to see Latino joy, Latino effervescence--and in her case, brown pride, brown joy--there is a hunger to see that because there's not enough of it. Boulders surly, its nestled right in the front rank the rockies and often describe it as if he turned your problem, upwards and then you took your fingers and you reach them up. And Latin women are the same way! I can't tell this story honestly without telling you that. 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. like brand new to me, like, oh my god, I am not going to be with this little human. And it mattered a lot for mexican american and let de la girls like me, who were getting mixed messages about whether these features that we. emphatically storytelling and again a lot around politics policy and around border town issues. I mean, she commanded an audience. only twenty years. Copyright 2022 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. That that's what was going on is that from very early on five six, seven, eight years old, I was learning to be married in the states and. April 16, 2021 Maria heads to Joshua Tree, California for an intimate interview with Selena's widower, Chris Perez. The "Anything for Selena" podcast explores the cultural influence and legacy of Selena Quintanilla and how she still impacts the Latino culture decades after her death. You know my biases, like wit, silly taken about, and so I knew ethically I had to disclose that and that that had, be part of the narrative? On the other hand, it has its limitations, and it excludes people. She holds a Masters Degree in Arts and Culture Journalism from Columbia Journalism School. Just see us. the foundation for that really starts with the place that I was raised and which is on the? Be careful here. Is someone who also left behind a high stakes law career for something new? Just oh there's like this evolution of. The series weaves Marias personal story as a queer, first-generation Mexican immigrant with cultural analysis, history and politics to explore how, 25 years after her death, Selena remains an unparalleled vessel for understanding Latino identity and American belonging. I think a lot of people saw their own story in mine. She had the charisma that really only very, very, very few of us have. After that, she transitioned to arts and culture reporting and narrative radio storytelling. 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? Teller, to pay homage to this woman who left such a tremendous impact on my life? The exploration takes us to an unexpected place. and who are we leaving behind or who are erasing or like is the harm being caused by this beyond. I had to imagine like there, There are certain like I need to. Selena Quintanilla, the Grammy-winning ascending Mexican American popstar had been killed swiftly, violently by the president of her fan club. Online, Selenas image and music have taken on new life on social media and platforms that werent even imaginable when she was still alive. You know my parents saw. Twenty five years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn and remember Selena. sent one him over, but also how it brought it brings up you're really. Hosted on Acast. ===Excerpt: Anything for Selena, Episode 4: Big Butt Politics===, Jennifer Lopez turned the fashion world on its ear with a bottom that shot her straight to, She came with two limos: one for her, one for her ass. You have been subscribed to WBUR Today. In fact, it's sort of disk up. 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. life through a lens, a possibility and joy. Abraham admits he was a stringent, calculating father to his big-hearted daughter. That I saw somebody like that ascend in American society, and ascend in a way that was still connected to her roots, ascend without compromise, and that was incredibly moving for me, and it stayed with me. It's almost like here that a dear friend my always is he can't read the label from inside the jar and, at like when the deeper you get into a story, especially one that you are just deeply invested in from my heart and mind and soul level. She was 23 years. Esta exploracin nos lleva a un lugar inesperado. You know that I could build a career out of that and look growing up in a border city, and just being like a casual consumer, both mexican news and american use, I knew that the border was deeply misrepresented and bad it, eyes portrayed as just the sort of like dangerous law, less place that had been extra, did of culture that it was sort of like narco land, and I grew up here, I know that there is way more to this community than the blue, to show like the full spectrum of humanity from this like vibrant place that I'm from my wanted to show that it was more than, really good. 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. Maria has a theory about how big butts went from taboo to obsession -- and it involves Selena and Jennifer Lopez. You know I think this is part of. But, for example, episode 4 is about the mainstreaming of big butts and big butt culture. sound, didn't you read the narrations end it. You speaking to my soul Maria/Mary (therapeutic too)!!! She learned Spanish in the public eye, and her mistakes became some of her most famous and endearing moments. So I knew that I wanted it to be rooted in the personal, that the only way I could tell the story authentically is if I told it from my lens in the world. I feel so honored to be, like, your Selena doula! Travelling. She won the Grammy. I couldn't separate myself as a person, from my role as a journalist here and I had to sort of clean with the listeners, and I think that, parts of myself that are scary for me to show you. But what I am saying is that I do think, here was this brown woman who celebrated her, nerves. Our deep live on really china understand, what's happening here, like what changed, and why and. In this episode, Maria shares her theory about how large butts went from a white girl taboo into a mainstream obsession. Accuracy is not guaranteed. I have. American networks and Mexican programming aired the same top story. You know, why am I? Web design by Andy Cheatwood and the digital and marketing teams at Southern California Public Radio. of the conversation really walks. And when I was reporting it, I couldn't not think about my own father, who died in a tragic accident a year before I started this project, and I had just sort of drowned myself in work after his passing. En este episodio, Maria explora cmo internet se ha convertido en un lugar en el que los fans honran y recuerdan a Selena, y sobrellevan juntos el vaco que dej. where'd it to me to stay with the land and connect with that. every year on the anniversary of her death and on the anniversary of the day she was born, there's a floor. I could see her, watching the teleprompter just waiting for me to stop talking ass. 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