Mexico Through the Eyes of Luis Buñuel

A thank you to my former surrealism student, Olivia Hayward, now a madrileña, for this link and story!

Witch Hunt

Freud's concept, "overdetermined," was invented for rapturous semiotic bon bons like this one! Where to begin? More soon!

Documented Pathways!

gracias boingboing

Daniel Hernandez Drops a Bomb on the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog!

Luggage Labels | El Paso

The BBC on Female Mexican Wrestlers

From the story:

Arena Coliseo in Mexico City is the oldest venue for lucha libre, dating back to the 1940s.

Families, couples and tourists fill the stadium, but female wrestlers only appear occasionally on the bill.

Women’s wrestling lost most of its official support 11 years ago. The main wrestling associations ruled that insurance and benefits were too costly.

For a short time, coverage of the luchadoras was banned from Mexican TV for being too violent, but was quickly reinstated.

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Gustavo Arellano writes in to tip me to a National Geographic special on Bolivian women wrestlers!!!!

If comics and women wrestlers are your thing, a peek at this won't hurt.

Tex[t]-Mex Sighting at Powell's Bookstore, Portland

My good friend and partner in crime, Kevin Gossett, of the Ex-Friends, sends me this snapshot of himself thrilling to the "seductive hallucinations" of a certain book by a certain author in Portland's amazing Powell's Books! A big gracias to them for being so well-stocked!

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Xicanosmosis from Austin, Texas

Austin TV / Shiva from Alberto Cerriteño on Vimeo.