Mourning Jenni Rivera: “When a Lady Dies”
…e for LGBT youth. Jenni Rivera did not just use her fame as a form of self-promotion, but as a platform for populations who are voiceless in the dominant discourse. As news began to emerge about Rivera’s death and memorials began to sprout organically throughout Latino/a neighborhoods here and in Mexico, I could not help but be reminded of another Mexican-American singer who met an untimely death, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Like Rivera, Selena was…
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