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Annual Migration: A Monarch butterfly returns to Mexico (video)
The Smithsonian’s Latino Virtual Museum is there as a beautiful Monarch butterfly completes its annual migration to the Sierra Madre in Mexico.
In the Corn vs Flour World Series, we’re down with Los Doyers! (toon)
Video: ‘Amarillo’ explores the history, future of (yes, we have no) bananas
Amarillo by Ana Pérez López considers the banana, a fruit that has been part of our cultural history for centuries and is now threatened by extinction through monocropping and a looming epidemic. López is an MFA candidate at CalArts.
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Chaneque (toon)
Mexico has its share of stories about the little people known as chaneque (Nahuatl) and alux (Maya).
Their appearance varies; sometimes they look like children, other times they have animal-like or deformed extremities, or are reported wearing traditional garb native to the area.
Schoolhouse Mock! Music Video: I am a slave, yes I’m only a slave
From the The Roots and crew at black-ish, this Schoolhouse Rock! inspired video celebrates our proud Southern Confederate Heritage through the eyes of a slave.
PREVIOUSLY ON SCHOOLHOUSE MOCK:
Mas…Schoolhouse Mock! Music Video: I am a slave, yes I’m only a slave
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Ahuizotl (toons)
Today’s featured creature is the ahuízotl. In the Florentine Codex, written years after the Conquista, it is described as an amphibious, medium-sized dog with a dark pelt, hands like a monkey, and a long tail with a human-like hand at the end.
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Nahual (toons)
The nahual is a human who can shapeshift or manifest in the form of an animal.
Social Justice Kittens 2018 Calendar contains 12 woke months! (toon)
Artist Shawn Tejaratchi’s Social Justice Kitten Calendar has a fresh kitty for every month and a slogan to keep you woke.
Here are four months’ pix:
Mas…Social Justice Kittens 2018 Calendar contains 12 woke months! (toon)
