Mujeres Creando

“There is nothing that looks more like a right-wing misogynist, than a left-wing misogynist” – Mujeres Creando

I will be offering a presentation on the work of Mujeres Creando (Women Creating), an autonomous feminist collective based in La Paz, Bolivia, for my case study during Wednesday night's class. Founded in 1992 by Julieta Paredes, María Galindo, and Mónica Mendoza, the collective approaches personal freedom and social justice through highly visible public action, grassroots activism, and media. Their work serves to expose and dismantle the interconnected systems of sexual and domestic violence, racist anti-indigenous policies, globalization, neoliberalism, heterosexist controlling images and mainstream feminism. Critical of “gender technocrats,” they are most famous for their spraypainted graffiti slogans seen all over the streets of La Paz and Oruco, and their street theater and direct action work, which often involves singing, dancing, elaborate costumes, paint and public ritual. Dedicated to the micropolitical work of daily community involvement, MC ran a café for eight years, and currently operates a collective housing project, offers free day care for children, and runs free classes for women in the evenings. The collective has also produced television and radio programs, an award winning documentary film, and the newspaper Mujer Publica (Public Woman).







Check out these links and be inspired:





Mujeres Creando Website, with current agenda and archival images of street theater actions (under “en las calles”)[Spanish]
http://www.mujerescreando.com/

Interview from 3rd People’s Global Action conference, comments on their Banking Supervisory Agency Occupation (with dynamite, people) as well as actions against Coca-Cola, McDonalds, and Bechtel [English]:
http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no10/creando.htm

Interview in New Socialist on the politics of the organization, manual vs. intellectual labor, the “Gas Wars” [English]
http://newsocialist.org/newsite/index.php?id=726

Article by María Galindo about language, politics of the family, and existence outside the realms of neoliberal political/academic signification [Spanish]
http://www.alasbarricadas.org/noticias/?q=node/5745




“Never forget your fragility” – Mujeres Creando