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 Rasquachismo is a frame works of existence, resistance and persistence. The core of it is to redefine the labels which others place on chicanx suffering inorder to make it seem like suffering is self inflicted. Often the first response is to say no we are better than that or that suffering is not us. And rasquachismo is instead saying yes we are suffering, and acknowledging that struggle is not self inflicted, instead the struggle is part of our identity as much as we are trying to do the best we can for ourselves there are still institutional warriors. And in having a consciousness about that riquisimo seeks to be spunky and loud and bawdy and say “we might be down but not out” i think there is something here that might also be seen a bit in the american punk scene, in terms of social consciousness and response to lived reality with vibrant and firm uplifting of those in community. 

And domesticana had built from that, with a specific focus on women. To me one of the most important aspects of this is that domesticana does not belittle the work that women are often socially expected to do, it doesn't dismiss it. Instead it looks to say the work you have done is good and important and you are capable of doing more if you want, and again having the social consciousness to understand why women are often pushed into the domestic sphere, and that women are often subjected in this way. It's saying women often work in the domestic sphere but there should be choice there, and if there isn't then we will meet women and uplift them from there. I think in the art world this could be seen through valuing art which women are often expected to do, such as sewing, embroidery, cooking etc. and seeking a place where women are in the domestic sphere if she so chooses or not if she so chooses.