There is now a whole generation of people who have come of age, like me, who have experienced these moments with Selena. 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. [Laughter]. 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, switching at a very young age at and have the vocabulary to know that that's what. "She had this . I have moments where I'm like, why do I do this? And it's the other side saying--to me, at least, what I hear when I hear that tape--is them saying, "But you're not human." She became a role model for how Latinos could achieve the American dream and find acceptance. Listen to The Mel Robbins Podcast every Monday and Thursday wherever you listen to podcasts. Anything For Selena | Podcast on Spotify Sign up Log in Home Search Your Library Create Playlist Liked Songs Cookies Privacy Preview of Spotify Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. Sin embargo, la historia de su declive no es tan sencilla. Yeah, I have a large rear, I guess, for the norm, but for me, it's normal, 'cause I grew up. But then, also, I think it's also because there was a hunger at the time, and there still is. We're here. Tejano award shows were glitzy affairs and Tejano radio DJs were like rock stars in Texas and the Southwest. then they went into music full time and from the young age of like eight or nine years old selina bears a singer became the breadwinner for her family. This is every kid while, an idea is fit in your leg. Is it short forum its? emphatically storytelling and again a lot around politics policy and around border town issues. Confronted the woman and a few weeks later, and it was a huge huge news. But then, something changed her life. It's such a part of my life, I'm always trying different recipes and supplements. Puede ser que Selena haya hecho una carrera cantando temas en espaol, pero no se cri hablando espaol en casa. A couple months later, it sounds like certainly back and saying you know, it was actually married and the story of like. You know- and I was, really passionate about that, and that's why I stayed you, practicing journalism fur for over ten years here, because I was so passionate about, the stories of my community and I felt this huge responsibility, and I thought, really passion about telling the stories of the border, but I felt this, happened, is you know I started off in commercial television. This episode was recorded live during a virtual event with WBUR Cityspace. I've never seen anything like that. Tejano award Maria Garcia was 9 years old and living on the U.S.-Mexico border when Selena was murdered. Selena is often called the Queen of Tejano music. In the 1990s, she brought this underdog genre to international heights. Maria has a theory about how big butts went from taboo to obsession -- and it involves Selena and Jennifer Lopez. 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. Web design by Andy Cheatwood and the digital and marketing teams at Southern California Public Radio. 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. and here was this american pop star, whose unequivocally said they're beautiful. Nearly 30 years ago, Sir-Mix-A-Lots Baby Got Back (I Like Big Butts) hit the airwaves to the delight and shock of listeners. Visit Our Sponsor Page For a Complete List of Vanity URLs & Discount Codes. But I knew I wanted more space to tell stories, and I knew that I I wanted to do the opposite of simplifying them, said that lead you is, as you share, you end up going back to journalists in school and then, from there, unless I'm missing a step, you end up in Boston. She was somebody who I think, the, first form of authentic representation. So what are the pieces of the story, wanna tell and then what a larger social issues that we really need to dive into the tank, So why are they like? I feelings around that had really about you, know, taken some time to think about journalism without practising it. Have you have to follow your gut, you know, and there were moments when definitely dead, follow my guide and not take. It had been made dream to do a podcast about selina for years. We think that your perspective, Lee enhances the storytelling here or really, sharpness, who are able to bring you back, edit you I'll when necessary, always in service of the story, those who are able to hold your story with gentleness and love, but still, when you are necessary in the story and when you are not to have that team to have people with that perspective in that. Selena Quintanilla, the Grammy-winning ascending Mexican American popstar had been killed swiftly, violently by the president of her fan club. Ben also co-hosts the podcastEndless Thread, has served as a tech correspondent forHere and Now, and has been a guest host for WBUR programs includingOn Point. 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. But as an adult, I've come to realize these traumas, or these wounds, that forced assimilation creates in you, they don't just dissipate. 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. it's an episode about the impact that the, way that Selina owned her voluptuous body and celebrated at the way that it-. oppositional reactions, indifferent cultures. You know, identity. I chose that moment because if you hear it, you're like, "Oh, this sounds like a conversation that that can happen today.". down a pine seen as not desirable, and I saw this shift. It was kind of, the kennedy assassination for lahti knows it was a massive news, a banned it was, very first time in my life tat, I saw the same news, headline in like an english national network and, mexico national network. Originally from Fresno, California, Kristin is an NPRNext Generation Radioalum who cut her teeth on the NPR Arts Desk, KQED, St. Louis Public Radio, and as an arts journalist in Russia. dignan annette, like it attached. 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. the foundation for that really starts with the place that I was raised and which is on the? Get the New Yorker. Ben Brock Johnsonis Executive Producer of podcasts for WBUR, where he directs strategic and editorial initiatives involving podcasts and on demand audio. Hosted on Acast. She became a part of this story, because as you learn, she realized she couldn't not. Original music from the podcast is available now on SoundCloud. Oh, my gosh, there are so many reasons, Nick. This is such a safe place in part because, the place of immigrants. 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. When he was granted DACA, he was able to intern for Oregon Public Broadcasting as a production assistant for OPBsState of Wonderand OPBsWeekend Edition. And how do you work through stuff like that? Keith boykin shares how leaving his job open the door to his personal freedom and success. And it may sound trivial, but what that episode showed me is that butt politics, body politics, is ultimately a story of fetishizing Black features, obsessing over Black features, while dehumanizing Black people. She has become one of the most potent symbols of belonging in this country. and I was really powerful invulnerable that you kind of like said, were putting mister. And so it is a story, it does have sort of a beginning, middle and an end, but each episode really takes a deep dive into different topics, different stories, that are all connected together throughout the series. Well, I hope you get to go to Joshua Tree and cry a lot on the way. His stories have appeared in The FADER,This American Life,Planet Money,NPR News,Studio 360and many other outlets. [Laughter]. 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. Maria knows that to truly understand Selena as a person and not just an icon, she needs to go to Corpus Christi. You know. January 16, 2023, 3:41 AM. 1997 Chelly thanks you from the bottom of her heart. Even The New York Times called it the fastest-growing Latino genre in the country. I discovered Selena when I was 7 years old. It's like, though, and the calls to me here, you know and to be able to walk out of, front door and see the mountains and see that what is in mexico and see the mountains in EL paso and it just for, like my body, recognises this place in a very vesture away in, and that keeps me here. Do you remember that some shore and like ninety seven, ninety eight mainstream media, every magazine, every television show every late night show was talking about jailer? I mean, I don't mean to exclude you, Nick. I mean, she commanded an audience. The theory involves Selena Quintanilla but also Selena biopic starring Jennifer Lopez and the ensuing Latin Explosion. It's this beautiful plant in my eyes, it's beautiful this beautiful, assertive brush that grows in the desert. In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena's legacy shows us about belonging in America. how telling you the lands that I'm looking at it through, and that is completely shaped by growing up in this. Donate $12/month and we'll send you a year's subscription to The New Yorker Magazine. For I key of family members, you can create a home, you love and save so whether you're looking for new faulty core ord entire bedroom set make sure you receive all the savings you can buy. connection with the land. So I don't think that would be controlling. She discovered Selena Quintanilla the Mexican-American pop icon who proved she didnt have to choose. There. 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. Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. like brand new to me, like, oh my god, I am not going to be with this little human. [Laughter], I mean, I grew up in a whole other country. Well, let me tell you, the episode after that, after episode 4, is an even deeper dive into race, and Latinidad, and brownness, and Latinos reckoning with their own whiteness, and it's told from a very personal, personal lens. But what I am saying is that I do think, here was this brown woman who celebrated her, nerves. Selena Quintanilla, the Grammy-winning ascending Mexican American popstar had been killed swiftly, violently by the president of her fan club. and I was listening to colombia s- and I was you know, just absorbing my culture. You know and you're their reading it, I remember there- were there were moments where I believe, in journalism like. And then when she died, that was amplified astronomically. I had grown up with and sort of my working class home. In my whole life, and ever since her death, or left. Anything For Selena on Apple Podcasts 23 episodes 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. ", It's Boston local news in one concise, fun and informative email. And this podcast has given me the gift--the gift--of navigating my own pain, navigating these very scary questions about my own identity, and yeah, no, it's horrifying. American networks and Mexican programming aired the same top story. It comes from a very specific lands. You know. local news all the time and it's what I knew and it's what was familiar to me and and it's what I thought, could really make a difference in telling the true story of the border, but, and I realize that I wanted to go deeper, and I wanted you know. In the past, she was a producer on Latino USA,where she focused on stories about media including the scandal around the bookAmerican Dirt, how Dora the Explorer became the most recognized Latina icon in the world, and the stereotype that the Latinx community cries more. that resonates powerfully with me as well. Sort of standard american education in the states, but in mexico. She holds a Masters Degree in Arts and Culture Journalism from Columbia Journalism School. This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. 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. In the end, its really a story about belonging, which we all need more of. The lyrics playfully poked fun at white beauty standards, including a skit at the top of the song in which a seemingly white woman famously says, Oh, my, God Becky, look at her butt. About The Show: 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. 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? Thank you! It all boiled down, it all manifested, in this horrible, crass radio fight. 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? It was the early 1990s and she was 7, watching the Tejano star perform on television. Shes also a queer chola who listens to Selena when she needs some motivation. So, even though, were still a bit away from peak holiday season. In this episode, Maria analyzes why Selena's brownness is an essential part of her legacy and reflects on how the exploration of Selena's race led Maria to revelations about her own identity. And so suddenly, her death was a top story in English networks and in Spanish networks--incredibly anomalous for the time. Abraham admits he was a stringent, calculating father to his big-hearted daughter. [Laughter] Because I'm sure there will still be some residual feelings. She was 23 years. Everybody looks at the story they're working on from the place in the world that they occupy. Kristin Torrescomes toAnything for Selenaafter a decade split between radio and academia. I have to know that this is like a poetic, get into a story and that they're gonna write this red with us and. Well, what norm? So I think journalists are really like their tart, ring positions and tat, sort of stay in the middle and waited. In my regular job, I always tell young reporters: do not abandon the lens from which you're looking at the world. So I know we're talking to a podcast audience, so let me [Laughter] Let me put it in terms of let me put it in podcast language. Kim Kardashian alborot internet con su trasero y Jen Selter, una mujer blanca y juda de Long Island, se ha autoproclamado la belfie queen (una combinacin de las palabras butt, que es trasero en ingls, y selfie) en Instagram. But there were moments, for example, that were, there were some some folks who thought we, too much time on the clear. Esta exploracin nos lleva a un lugar inesperado. It's been two years since, like I feel so saddle, in the direction of my life, and I I have done some of that rebuilding, just like when I met her father. 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. Relatives in Mexico and the States wanted to know if Marias family was watching, too. Your new and improved kitchen can be completed in weeks, not months. Every visit every day explore more new benefits at ikea, dash, usa, dot com, slash family offer valid starting nine one. I I dunno if everyone's affected that way, but I know I certainly am it sounds like you are as well. In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. So why is Selena still relevant 25 years after her death? In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. And then, now, as an arts and culture editor and critic, putting on my journalism hat and thinking about Selena not just from my heart, but as a journalist, and thinking, I'm not alone. En el episodio de estreno de Anything for Selena, la conductora Mara Garca explora cmo Selena ayud a Mara a encontrar su propio lugar en el mundo. Maria reflects on what her year-long examination into Selenas legacy reveals about the singer's humanity. The 10-episode podcast had over half a million downloads and was an intimate journey about belonging in America for podcast host and creator Maria Garcia, a journalist and first-generation Mexican immigrant.The podcast received a nomination for Best Spanish . Now? I didn't even quite have the understanding, but I I recognise now. When I talk about salinas dad and my own dad, you know. You know, as a white male perspective or a prospect, That's that often comes from the position of being white and mail in this country, and I, do want to say in this conversation that its very important to point out that, lead, reporting like there is something about about like the objectivity of your process. I get this sort of lake anger, deep, the sight of me, you know when I dislike wanna, take off my hopes. I was growing up on the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead, we tried to make meaning of Selena's life and legacy, she says. 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. Um, I think I'm going to go like, hide somewhere. En este episodio, Maria analiza por qu la tez morena de Selena es parte crucial del legado de la reina del tex-mex y reflexiona sobre cmo su exploracin de la raza de Selena la condujo a revelaciones acerca de su propia identidad. March 11, 2021 Un cuarto de siglo despus de su muerte, Selena est arrasando en internet. character in the story until we started getting into the editorial conversations, and I started sharing with my editors, sort of like mine, my feelings, roundup episodes and why they meant so much to me, and I had editors who told me like you know. "It has this unforgettable smell when it rains," the voice says. 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. Her family, owned a restaurant in corpus, christie, taxes where her father would make her seeing there-, Family soon went bankrupt and lost the restaurant. He attends Baruch College where he is working towards a journalism degree. There were palpable, and very obvious, anxieties around immigrants, and specifically Mexican immigrants. Be careful here. Maria discovers that it's a story of immigration, money and how two often-ignored groups were pitted against each other. major cities in the u ass, including new york, shiva performed in. I want to ask about a specific scene in the third episode. She was on the cusp of mainstream success, ass. After the premiere ofSelena: The Serieson Netflix, some fans claimed Selena had been whitewashed in the show. I want you to know where I'm coming from Sweden, framing these things are why I'm asking these questions, but, It was also used you effectively say like I'm a character in this story, and, That was the original intention, not that's what. are ok because I'm close to this mountain. LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR), a member-supported public media network. Shipping is free when your order includes at least twenty five dollars of eligible items, so get a head start on your holiday shopping. But a forgotten culture war following her death painted a different picture. Tejano award shows were glitzy affairs and Tejano radio DJs were like rock stars in Texas and the Southwest. You wont regret it. the states there were new immigrants here. I spent my early life in Mexico on the weekends and in the States during the week, and so I really came into consciousness very aware--hyper-aware--of the duality within me. 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