Now that We Are Together

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After an unexpected encounter with a group of women determined to reclaim the streets, Patricia embarks on an intimate yet collective journey to confront the violence she has experienced.

Against resurgent feminist protests, she delves into her history, her mother’s past, and the stories of the women she fights alongside. Together, they discover that unity, self-defense, and the preservation of joy are acts of revolution in a violent world.

Through this process, Patricia finds empowerment in collective action and realizes that solidarity and shared strength can transform the experience of violence into a source of resilience and hope.

Most importantly, the documentary recognizes our capacity and that of other women to act against this violence and speaks of the need to understand that the problem is not the women, it is the system that oppresses and silences them in different ways.

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Balderas Castro, A. Patricia (film director)
Balderas Castro, A. Patricia (film producer)
Balderas Castro, A. Patricia (screenwriter)

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Cinematography, Emiliano Garcia, Patricia Balderas Castro, Érika Nava; editing, Claudia Ruiz Capdevielle; music, Aldo Max Rodríguez.

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To the women of our past,
present, and future.

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New Entry

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What bird is that?

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-There is another in front of you,
but it is covered by...

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Ah, now I see it. Look, it’s here.

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Now I’m accidentally pointing at it.

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-That’s good.

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And the bird stepped down one more twig,

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did you see it?

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-Yes, but it is covered
by the flowers.

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-Yes.

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What do you see?

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-Us...

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like...the shadow.

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Yes...

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Do you see yourself?

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-Yes.

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More?

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Now that we are together

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Are you all in the picture?

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-Do I appear?

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-Behind me...

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-There, there, there, there.

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There it is.

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-I look like...

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-Who is this...?

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-Aw, it is beautiful.

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-We already have something
about the night

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and the voice.

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Then, we could
make something with those two.

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-And...
well, I don’t know.

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-I know how to defend me,
and you can stand by me...

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we are missing something about the night and the...
-It could be like “I feel...”

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“The streets at night are also mine”
or something like that.

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“The street is mine, day and night.”

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-That is great.
-I like it, yeah.

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In 2015, I met a group of women
that changed my life.

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We met in a workshop about street
sexual harassment,

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a kind of violence that at the time
seemed far away for me.

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I recorded a group of men
and it seemed like this Tv program

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“Diálogos en confianza”
(Dialogues in Confidence).

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-The group where Alejandro went to?

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-Yes,

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so, it is really evident, right?
Like all this...

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-Yes, that’s why I told him:
“I’m going with Pato,”

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and he answered,
“Sure, like the thing I did with her.

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” And I was like: “Come on!”

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-Like saying: “I know.”

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-Yes. “I did it before you.”

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The idea is...

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to make a memory of
all the things we have pondered

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on sexual harassment and to express it
in the most simple terms, right?

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I think that changes
have happened gradually,

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like realizing that some things are not ok.

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Since harassment and abuse start

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when we are very young,

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we do not have the tools to identify them.

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We simply feel something wrong.

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It was when I started to use some
routes to go to middle school,

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alone.

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I think I probably was
10 or 11 years old.

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I... in second grade,

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you are like 7, right?
More or less.

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Yes, that is what I remember.

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I was like 6 years old,

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there was a man behind a door,

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I was walking,

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and he was an exhibitionist.

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I think he probably talked to me
because I turned to him...

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and when I turned,
I saw him.

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I didn’t have brothers, a father,
or a masculine figure at home,

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so I had never even seen a penis before,
not even by accident.

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So, this was the first time,
and I got scared a lot.

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I turned to see his face,

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and he was smiling so happy when he told me:
“Do you want my penis?”

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In this country,

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humor is closely related to
machismo and misogyny.

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It is the Mexican mischief.

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It is part of folklore.
It is almost a tourist attraction...

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How is it possible that our perception
of things could be so distorted?

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So basically, It is a message
that you listen to

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in the commercials,
films, and media.

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It is focused on depersonalization,

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and it is only an
interest in image and body.

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When someone shouted
or said something to me,

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it reassured me this idea of...

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being approved by other people
and that is highly taught to women.

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You must be pretty for everybody,

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nice for everybody, quiet,
educated for everybody.

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I have the power to tell you
what I want, whenever I want,

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It can be “pretty,” “slut,”

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but at the end,
“I have the power.”

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It is not what you say,
but why you say it,

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in which context
and how you say it.

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What is he expecting?

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That you remain quiet.
What is he waiting for?

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That you do not
answer him, no,

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that would be a conversation.

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It is always one-sided.

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Then, it is always something
hierarchical of power,

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control, and privilege.

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As soon as I heard that

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it was scientifically proven
that the brain of men

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has certain features
that are directed to that...

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to harass and so.

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I was like: Are you listening
to what you’re saying?

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If I told you that some years
ago it was said that

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the brain of black population was
smaller than that of white people

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and that it is why they had
to be enslaved,

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you think that is stupid, right?

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Well, I think what you are saying
is also stupid.

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I think that

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there are some men that really
have never questioned,

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if it is ok, if it is wrong,

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if women like it,

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if it is aggressive.

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And they have never been

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in close groups where
that is questioned,

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so you simply accept it because
all your life has been like that,

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it goes on like that and there
have not been consequences

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because there is
an enormous impunity.

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I mean, public space
is supposed to be a common space,

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where we have rights,

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every woman, every man, every they/them,
anyone... and it is not true.

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The emotional burden of the aggression
makes us walk differently through space,

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change our behavior, our habits,

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and even if it is not conscious,
that defines our life

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in the public space, right?

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Every day I wake up and open
my wardrobe,

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and in that moment, I must think:
Where am I going today?

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Where are the places I’m going to pass by?
At what time am I going to get back?

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And I must look something
adequate for dressing.

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I mean, I must apply clothing practices
to safeguard my integrity.

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I used to go to English classes

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and every time that I walked by,

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or that they would say something
or whistle or stare at me,

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so it was terrifying to go
to those classes.

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I did not want to go, I hated them.

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Why do they make me go?

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It was not about liking or not the classes,
it was the way to get there.

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Why the fuck do I care

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if they actually rob me
and take my things.

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It is obvious that I do not want them
to harm my physical integrity,

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but things are like this.

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It is clear that,

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at least to me and the rest
of the other women,

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what terrifies us is not
to be robbed,

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but to be raped.

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When we are in a risky or dangerous situation,
your muscles tense up,

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your digestion stops, your blood
starts to run to your extremities

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in case you have to escape or hit.

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My therapist used to tell me:

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“If you are generating this
type of response

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all the time, every time you are
harassed, it becomes into stress

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and that is why
you are so stressed,

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and you don’t even know where
this sensation came from.”

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What really annoys me is that
it brings out the worst in me,

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which is to be
thinking all the time,

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thinking about
a violent situation all the time.

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\"If someone came out here,
I would do this...

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oh, then I\'m going to stick the key
in his eye, but that would be awful.”

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So, then you imagine
a thousand scenarios

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that probably wouldn\'t happen
at that moment,

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but you are all the time looking
at the possibilities, right?

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Because you have
to take care of yourself.

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I think that is one of the
strongest effects of violence,

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isn\'t it? I mean, making you live
every day in fear.

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When I met the women
in the workshop,

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they asked me about my
experiences of street violence.

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I was not able to remember one.

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It was as if my memory
drawer was empty,

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as if my life was external
to this problem

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about which everyone
could tell hundreds of stories.

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I only remembered a girl who
was attacked in front of me,

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a girl I didn\'t help

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because I was paralyzed.

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One night she called me: \"Mom,

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could you come get me?
I\'m here in the store,

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here behind the house.\"

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There\'s a store that closes late.

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\"I\'m back here in the store,

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I was being followed
by a guy in a car.”

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Terror,

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I panic,

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in fact, every night

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I am terrified,

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I see that she is 10 minutes late
and I don\'t want to call her,

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so she doesn\'t take out her
cell phone and expose herself more.

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She goes to pick me up so that
nothing happens to me on the way,

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and I don\'t like that she goes to pick me up,
so that nothing happens to her.

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It\'s not even the search
for coexistence as such,

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but the search
for each other\'s security.

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One day I remembered my first assault.

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I was eight years old, and I was walking
down the street with my mother.

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We were going to her work.

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We used to walk the same
path and pass an old man

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who was always sunbathing

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at that time of the day.

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I don\'t remember when

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or how he started
approaching us to talk.

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He seemed nice and shook hands
with us,

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first with my mother
and then with me.

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Without letting go of my hand,
he would start a conversation

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in which he would divert my mom\'s
attention as he brought my hand to his penis,

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over his pants.

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I felt strange, uncomfortable.

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I didn\'t know how to react.

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I didn\'t know
what an erect penis was

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and if what was
happening was wrong.

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I couldn\'t remember
my mom confronting my offender.

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Then a feeling
of anger came over me

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because I believed that she had
not defended me.

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One time I was going to school,

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to high school, and I fell asleep
on public transportation.

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I don\'t know,
it was so fast that I didn\'t even see,

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but the guy
just went all the way back,

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the guy ejaculated in my hand.

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I didn\'t do anything,

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I stayed with the anger because
I didn\'t even know what....

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I didn\'t react in a violent way because
they don\'t teach us to react like that.

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They just tell you \"be careful,\"
\"don\'t wear a short skirt,\"

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\"don\'t go out too low-cut,\"

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\"don\'t wear tight clothes,\"
\"don\'t get too dressed up,\"

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\"it\'s nighttime, don\'t go out,\"
but they never tell you why.

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Although I felt uncomfortable,

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there were many
situations of harassment

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and sexual violence
that I let pass, right?

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But even though in my body
was very evident,

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or I perceived that it was something
unpleasant, or that it bothered me

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or made me sad,

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I didn\'t defend myself.

00:19:59.331 --> 00:20:01.040
I began to defend myself

00:20:01.751 --> 00:20:03.831
when I recognized that it was violence,

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.206
that it was wrong.

00:20:06.623 --> 00:20:10.040
Now we have
more tools and freedom

00:20:10.041 --> 00:20:13.083
because of the work of all those
women who came before us.

00:20:13.085 --> 00:20:15.540
Now we can say:
\"That is violence.”

00:20:23.831 --> 00:20:26.251
...to National Palace.

00:20:27.751 --> 00:20:28.960
-It looks cool.

00:20:29.375 --> 00:20:32.500
#AGAINST STREET HARASSMENT

00:20:33.291 --> 00:20:36.251
\"HANDS OFF OTHER PEOPLE’S BODIES\"

00:20:44.915 --> 00:20:46.875
And so what are you all going to do?

00:20:46.876 --> 00:20:48.791
This very thing...

00:20:51.166 --> 00:20:54.040
I go out on the street dressed as I want!

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:56.960
I go out on the street dressed as I want!

00:20:57.331 --> 00:21:00.040
I go out on the street dressed as I want!

00:21:00.123 --> 00:21:02.791
Hands off other people\'s bodies!

00:21:03.251 --> 00:21:05.831
Hands off other people\'s bodies!

00:21:06.040 --> 00:21:08.915
Hands off other people\'s bodies!

00:21:08.916 --> 00:21:12.875
This is an action against street
harassment because we are tired

00:21:13.666 --> 00:21:17.123
of this violence being normalized
by men, women, and everyone.

00:21:17.666 --> 00:21:21.206
MY BODY DOES NOT ASK FOR YOUR OPINION
-We are tired of living every day under this violence!

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:24.251
The space is public, my body is not!

00:21:24.706 --> 00:21:27.415
The space is public, my body is not!

00:21:27.706 --> 00:21:30.500
The space is public, my body is not!

00:21:30.791 --> 00:21:33.751
The space is public, my body is not!

00:21:34.415 --> 00:21:37.791
Here are many women who
also feel the same way,

00:21:37.793 --> 00:21:42.583
but they don\'t know where to go,
who to meet with, how to name it,

00:21:43.083 --> 00:21:45.206
so it was a great exercise for me.

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:50.291
I liked it a lot and it was great to be
able to share it with all of you.

00:21:50.623 --> 00:21:52.375
It was an amazing experience.

00:21:52.376 --> 00:21:54.540
-We made it.

00:21:55.875 --> 00:22:01.540
It is truly amazing. I’ll keep reinforcing myself
that women\'s spaces are very important,

00:22:01.541 --> 00:22:04.915
and that I am going to keep betting on
building women\'s spaces,

00:22:04.916 --> 00:22:07.706
not mixed spaces, because there
are no spaces for us.

00:22:07.708 --> 00:22:11.875
And to keep meeting women

00:22:11.876 --> 00:22:14.623
who are in this struggle, whether
they call themselves feminists or not,

00:22:14.625 --> 00:22:16.960
whether they are or not,
they certainly are feminists

00:22:16.961 --> 00:22:19.791
from what they do from
their struggles, and that\'s really cool.

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:23.583
-I can\'t say yet what this
moment means to me

00:22:23.585 --> 00:22:27.460
because I feel that I will
realize it over time, right?

00:22:28.291 --> 00:22:32.251
It moves me a lot to see
you all and that you are all

00:22:32.253 --> 00:22:34.875
so different physically,
mentally and everything,

00:22:34.876 --> 00:22:40.540
and that this is not a reason
for us not to unite for the same cause, right?

00:22:40.791 --> 00:22:44.166
Well, how great that
we can find a moment,

00:22:44.168 --> 00:22:47.331
build it together and be happy.

00:22:47.583 --> 00:22:50.623
And counteract that violence

00:22:50.625 --> 00:22:53.751
all the time from within us, right?

00:22:53.915 --> 00:22:58.123
So, I don\'t know, I think that\'s
really cool and

00:22:58.125 --> 00:23:00.251
I want to thank you
all for the experience

00:23:00.253 --> 00:23:02.666
and tell you
that I love you very much.

00:23:02.668 --> 00:23:06.875
And well, thank you
for these moments and that\'s all.

00:23:07.583 --> 00:23:09.915
-We love you.

00:23:16.875 --> 00:23:20.123
First of all, I want to say that
I am very happy and very excited

00:23:20.166 --> 00:23:23.415
to have participated and to have built
this network with all my colleagues.

00:23:23.915 --> 00:23:27.666
I am going to do the uncomfortable part.
One of the most invisible

00:23:27.668 --> 00:23:30.666
and naturalized forms of violence
is street harassment,

00:23:30.875 --> 00:23:34.166
which is sexual violence and a crime,
and even women themselves

00:23:34.168 --> 00:23:36.000
have a very romantic idea

00:23:36.001 --> 00:23:38.460
of what harassment, “flirty remarks,”
and sexual harassment are,

00:23:38.623 --> 00:23:40.460
which is not only in public spaces,

00:23:40.461 --> 00:23:42.415
but also in private spaces.

00:23:42.416 --> 00:23:44.375
It doesn\'t raise my self-esteem

00:23:44.376 --> 00:23:46.251
if they call me \"beautiful,\" \"pretty,\" \"hot,\"

00:23:46.253 --> 00:23:48.123
because I\'m not meat, I\'m not a cutlet.

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.875
Nobody, nor my colleagues.

00:23:49.876 --> 00:23:51.040
Thank you very much.

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:55.791
Diana\'s speeches were
as powerful as she was.

00:23:56.375 --> 00:23:58.083
Her strength and boldness

00:23:58.085 --> 00:24:02.540
contrasted with my naïve,
cautious, and sometimes passive character.

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:06.831
She caught my attention as did Karen,

00:24:07.083 --> 00:24:10.540
who at the time was
part of a collective project called

00:24:10.541 --> 00:24:13.000
\"Las hijas de Violencia\"
(The Daughters of Violence).

00:24:13.001 --> 00:24:14.540
Of the women in the group,

00:24:14.541 --> 00:24:17.291
the strength of the two
of them intimidated me.

00:24:18.791 --> 00:24:20.540
-We are the dark-skinned,

00:24:20.541 --> 00:24:23.666
the short ones, the poor ones,
the sluts,

00:24:23.668 --> 00:24:26.415
-The ones who have to smile,
but not too much.

00:24:26.416 --> 00:24:29.123
-Those who menstruate
without anyone knowing.

00:24:33.206 --> 00:24:34.000
-Those who stain,

00:24:34.001 --> 00:24:35.500
those who scream,
those who rage,

00:24:35.501 --> 00:24:37.000
-The hysterical ones
the crazy ones,

00:24:37.123 --> 00:24:40.960
-The hairy ones who want to regain
control of their bodies.

00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:44.540
-The exaggerated ones who want
to walk without being disturbed.

00:24:44.666 --> 00:24:49.331
-The crazy ones who invent the relationship
between street harassment and feminicide.

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.791
-The abortionists.

00:24:50.875 --> 00:24:52.251
-The lesbians.

00:24:52.253 --> 00:24:53.666
-The feminazis.

00:24:53.668 --> 00:24:54.875
The spinsters.

00:24:55.415 --> 00:24:58.123
The violent ones
who are going to shoot you....

00:25:02.040 --> 00:25:03.206
THE DAUGHTERS OF VIOLENCE

00:25:03.208 --> 00:25:05.706
...the next time you touch us.

00:25:11.791 --> 00:25:14.831
When Karen introduced us to the
performance of \"The Daughters of Violence\",

00:25:15.375 --> 00:25:17.415
I found it wonderful

00:25:17.416 --> 00:25:19.500
and at the same
time very uncomfortable.

00:25:20.206 --> 00:25:22.166
That discomfort made me wonder

00:25:22.831 --> 00:25:25.460
how Karen managed
to be so strong and bold.

00:25:27.583 --> 00:25:29.291
Second and “a half” call...

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:10.040
In our visual and discursive
references,

00:26:10.751 --> 00:26:15.666
it is not frequent to see women
gathered, women organized...

00:26:15.791 --> 00:26:19.791
... women talking, and less probable,

00:26:20.791 --> 00:26:22.875
women reporting.

00:26:24.583 --> 00:26:26.540
VIOLENCE

00:26:27.831 --> 00:26:30.375
I remember that even the first meeting

00:26:30.376 --> 00:26:34.375
was like: \"Well, but it\'s not feminist,
or anything like that,

00:26:34.376 --> 00:26:37.206
So it\'s kind of cool, isn\'t it?

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.415
-Let’s do it.

00:26:43.206 --> 00:26:45.706
Then when we did the performance,
sometimes it was crazy

00:26:45.708 --> 00:26:50.123
because when we faced them,
the way to answer was a song.

00:26:50.291 --> 00:26:54.415
Just a little song for you with
a lot of affection:

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:58.000
What you did to me
is called harassment,

00:26:58.001 --> 00:27:01.123
if you do that to me in this way,

00:27:01.125 --> 00:27:05.000
-And we thought of this because
we saw other work references

00:27:05.001 --> 00:27:06.540
about street harassment.

00:27:06.541 --> 00:27:09.831
I mean, you are in front of a machine,
which can kill you

00:27:10.706 --> 00:27:13.583
and you have nothing
to defend yourself with,

00:27:14.206 --> 00:27:17.540
but you have a song and that
is stopping the traffic.

00:27:18.791 --> 00:27:19.706
-Girls.

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:23.291
-When we did the confetti
gun shooting,

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:26.291
they felt ridiculed because
the macho got scared

00:27:26.293 --> 00:27:29.291
by a little yellow gun throwing confetti,

00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:32.791
so he doesn\'t want to be the jerk,

00:27:32.793 --> 00:27:34.791
he wants to be the one who wins, right?

00:27:35.291 --> 00:27:37.831
So, he\'s not going to accept...

00:27:37.833 --> 00:27:39.083
-(It\'s your lesson for the day)

00:27:39.085 --> 00:27:41.251
-...that he lost by freaking out

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:45.500
because a five-foot girl in
a flowered dress

00:27:45.501 --> 00:27:49.331
with a little horn and a confetti
gun scared him.

00:27:49.831 --> 00:27:52.666
So, the only thing that was
scarred is their ego,

00:27:52.668 --> 00:27:55.000
their macho masculinity,

00:27:56.166 --> 00:27:59.083
that’s the only thing we did to them.

00:27:59.415 --> 00:28:01.791
That\'s when we realized
the power we had, right?

00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:03.915
And the power of art.

00:28:06.123 --> 00:28:08.000
Obviously they know
we are not dangerous,

00:28:08.001 --> 00:28:11.040
but there was a fear

00:28:11.083 --> 00:28:13.123
of having a microphone,

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:16.460
how is it possible for people to say,

00:28:16.461 --> 00:28:19.331
\"No, why do they talk
and say what they don\'t like?\"

00:28:19.540 --> 00:28:24.123
That just proved the years

00:28:24.583 --> 00:28:32.460
of building a concept of submissive
or conciliatory femininity.

00:28:35.331 --> 00:28:37.831
ECATEPEC DE MORELOS.
STATE OF MEXICO. MUNICIPAL PALACE.

00:28:39.915 --> 00:28:44.291
If the State does not
look for them, we will!

00:28:44.915 --> 00:28:49.083
If the State does not
look for them, we will!

00:28:49.166 --> 00:28:50.831
MACHETE TO THE MACHOS

00:28:50.875 --> 00:28:54.791
Not one more, not one more,
not a murdered more! Not one more!

00:28:54.875 --> 00:28:58.875
- April 24, 2016,
was unforgettable for me.

00:28:59.375 --> 00:29:03.706
On that day, thousands of women, convened
by feminist collectives and organizations,

00:29:04.206 --> 00:29:06.706
mobilized across
the country to demand a stop

00:29:06.708 --> 00:29:10.166
to the macho violence
that we live every day.

00:29:11.831 --> 00:29:15.540
It was the first time I saw so many women
take over the streets.

00:29:15.875 --> 00:29:19.623
Not one more, not one more,
not one more murdered!

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:26.831
-The contingent coming from Ecatepec
is entering the Revolution Square.

00:29:30.875 --> 00:29:33.623
IN THE EVENT OF HARASSMENT:
REPORT, REPORT, REPORT!

00:29:34.291 --> 00:29:37.206
IN THE EVENT OF HARASSMENT:
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS

00:29:38.083 --> 00:29:39.915
NO FORCING

00:29:40.540 --> 00:29:42.291
NO KILLING

00:29:42.293 --> 00:29:47.291
The mixed contingents go in the back,
in the front only women,

00:29:47.293 --> 00:29:53.123
in the vanguard, the women and leaders
of the movements, who are the women.

00:29:54.206 --> 00:29:57.960
I already told you no, asshole!

00:29:58.500 --> 00:30:04.460
My body is mine, I decide,
I have autonomy, I am mine because no,

00:30:05.123 --> 00:30:08.875
I already told you no, asshole!

00:30:14.083 --> 00:30:17.415
I\'M A GIRL, I LIKE SOCCER,
SO WHAT?

00:30:20.291 --> 00:30:21.415
Rebelliousness,
rebelliousness.

00:30:27.375 --> 00:30:29.460
It\'s La Bamba, folks,

00:30:29.623 --> 00:30:34.875
it\'s La Bamba, folks, the melody,
the one that makes us connect,

00:30:34.876 --> 00:30:37.875
the one that today makes
us connect with the police.

00:30:37.876 --> 00:30:42.460
Ah, and up and up and up, ah,
and up and up and up, for you I\'ll be

00:30:42.461 --> 00:30:43.960
... I am not a sailor...

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:48.915
...I\'m not a sailor,
I\'m a captain, I\'m a captain,

00:30:48.916 --> 00:30:50.251
I\'m a captain...

00:30:50.253 --> 00:30:55.791
I WANT TO BE BORN FREE / BORN WITHOUT VIOLENCE.

00:30:58.291 --> 00:31:01.831
At that moment, it was clear to me
that it was necessary

00:31:01.833 --> 00:31:03.875
not to let any aggression go unanswered.

00:31:04.666 --> 00:31:07.206
And even though I was still paralyzed
in front of my assaulters,

00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:10.540
I felt that I was doing something
to change that reality.

00:31:12.751 --> 00:31:16.500
It was eye-opening and powerful to share
the street and the joy with thousands of women.

00:31:16.915 --> 00:31:21.706
I felt hopeful and I thought things
would be different after that day.

00:31:34.875 --> 00:31:38.623
Rapist cock, to the blender!

00:31:39.083 --> 00:31:42.831
Rapist cock, to the blender!

00:31:43.206 --> 00:31:47.166
Rapist cock, to the blender!

00:31:48.375 --> 00:31:50.875
-The idea is like a singing. isn\'t it?

00:31:50.876 --> 00:31:52.960
-Can someone help us cutting the cards?

00:31:53.831 --> 00:31:56.460
-As well
\"Dear madame, dear housewife ...\"

00:31:57.415 --> 00:32:00.415
-With a little fear that
my request could be rejected,

00:32:00.416 --> 00:32:03.331
I asked Diana to let me follow her in
an action she would carry out

00:32:03.333 --> 00:32:04.915
in the Mexico City subway

00:32:04.916 --> 00:32:07.791
together with her collective
and other organized women.

00:32:08.415 --> 00:32:13.166
-...it is not something natural, it is a job that should
be paid, don’t just hear about it, see for yourself...

00:32:13.168 --> 00:32:14.751
-... of every sentence and all of them,

00:32:14.753 --> 00:32:16.415
don’t just hear about it,
see for yourself.

00:32:16.416 --> 00:32:19.251
-I admired what they were doing,

00:32:19.291 --> 00:32:21.960
and I also wondered
what Diana\'s relationship

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.331
with her little daughter
Sarabi was like.

00:32:26.083 --> 00:32:27.540
-How is Sarabi?

00:32:27.875 --> 00:32:29.415
Big and crazy, you know.

00:32:29.416 --> 00:32:30.331
Really?

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.583
Yes, I\'m at the stage now

00:32:32.585 --> 00:32:35.331
where I think she hates me,

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.791
but I\'ll wait for puberty.

00:32:42.251 --> 00:32:43.831
My body is mine,

00:32:43.833 --> 00:32:45.040
I decide,

00:32:45.041 --> 00:32:48.751
I have autonomy, I\'m mine because no,

00:32:49.331 --> 00:32:53.291
I told you no, asshole no!

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.040
-Let’s go!

00:32:57.083 --> 00:33:00.291
there are many reasons
why we should stop

00:33:00.666 --> 00:33:03.460
Some of them
we are going to list....

00:33:03.666 --> 00:33:06.666
Don’t just hear about it,
see for yourself,

00:33:06.668 --> 00:33:08.915
\"the \"flirty remark”
is something normal.\"

00:33:08.916 --> 00:33:11.623
It is harassment
and we will denounce it.

00:33:11.791 --> 00:33:14.583
Don’t just hear about it,
see for yourself.

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:18.831
Yesterday, a 12-year-old girl disappeared
near the Indios Verdes subway station,

00:33:18.833 --> 00:33:21.206
they say it was her boyfriend
who took her,

00:33:21.208 --> 00:33:23.875
they say they were arguing
and he took her by force.

00:33:24.166 --> 00:33:26.583
I am terrified of not
finding her alive.

00:33:26.831 --> 00:33:27.831
I am fed up.

00:33:27.833 --> 00:33:31.251
I am hurt by the more than 7 women
who are murdered in our country

00:33:31.583 --> 00:33:33.583
just because they are women.

00:33:33.585 --> 00:33:38.500
Enough! This March 8th we take over the streets.
Take your house, your work,

00:33:38.706 --> 00:33:42.460
don\'t cook, don\'t wash,
join the strike that calls us all

00:33:42.666 --> 00:33:46.460
and remember, love and networks
between women save lives.

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:49.915
Looking for rapists,

00:33:50.083 --> 00:33:55.123
femicides, harassers and every

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:57.666
macho out there.

00:33:58.251 --> 00:34:05.500
-Alert!

00:34:08.291 --> 00:34:15.875
I am mine because no,
I told you no... asshole no...

00:34:18.915 --> 00:34:22.040
I became obsessed
with the protests, collective actions,

00:34:22.041 --> 00:34:24.460
interventions in public spaces.

00:34:25.123 --> 00:34:27.166
I couldn\'t stop recording.

00:34:30.123 --> 00:34:31.791
Paradoxically,

00:34:32.083 --> 00:34:35.415
I was unable to talk to my
mom about my first assault.

00:34:37.291 --> 00:34:40.831
I was worried about triggering
something I couldn\'t handle,

00:34:41.583 --> 00:34:44.875
but one day I realized that there
would be no perfect way to do it.

00:34:45.331 --> 00:34:47.331
So, I decided to ask my mom

00:34:47.333 --> 00:34:50.706
if she remembered
any experiences of sexual harassment

00:34:50.708 --> 00:34:53.460
on the roads in her hometown.

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:17.083
There, if some guy liked you,

00:35:18.540 --> 00:35:20.500
he would steal you.

00:35:21.206 --> 00:35:23.460
And he would take you to his house.

00:35:23.461 --> 00:35:26.000
Whether you wanted to or not,
he would steal you,

00:35:26.001 --> 00:35:29.166
and that was what scared me.

00:35:30.083 --> 00:35:33.875
My cousin told me:
\"There is this guy that says

00:35:33.876 --> 00:35:39.040
not to take long in your house,
since you’re already going to be in his”.

00:35:39.375 --> 00:35:42.460
Well, I was even more afraid.
Because then I would see him

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.791
on the road

00:35:45.251 --> 00:35:48.291
and then I would see him
over there on the tracks.

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:51.540
What happened
to the girls they stole?

00:35:52.583 --> 00:35:55.831
They got married.
What could they do?

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:59.751
They felt like they
had been ridiculed.

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:03.915
That they were
already disgraced.

00:36:07.623 --> 00:36:10.291
But did you tell my
grandmother about it?

00:36:10.293 --> 00:36:12.415
No, my aunt Isabel told her

00:36:13.415 --> 00:36:15.500
what had happened.

00:36:15.501 --> 00:36:18.251
She left and he was
going to wait for me there,

00:36:18.623 --> 00:36:21.500
and then she told my mom.

00:36:22.083 --> 00:36:26.375
And that\'s why my mom
made the decision

00:36:27.623 --> 00:36:30.751
that I should come
here with my aunt.

00:36:35.083 --> 00:36:37.500
And I think that it is not
only like your story or mine.

00:36:37.501 --> 00:36:41.123
I think there are many women
like that who have the story

00:36:41.623 --> 00:36:42.831
or the example of the mother,

00:36:42.833 --> 00:36:44.500
the one who does not speak,
the one who does not say anything.

00:36:45.331 --> 00:36:48.331
For example, I was angry with my mother
because she had not given me

00:36:48.333 --> 00:36:51.540
the necessary tools to take care
of myself, right?

00:36:51.541 --> 00:36:53.083
I mean, I’m not even talking
about defending myself,

00:36:53.085 --> 00:36:54.791
but acknowledging
myself like a woman,

00:36:54.793 --> 00:36:57.415
knowing that I can
take care of myself, self-love.

00:37:00.623 --> 00:37:02.166
NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
NOT ONE MORE BLOW TO GIRLS AND BOYS.

00:37:02.168 --> 00:37:03.831
-Done.

00:37:03.915 --> 00:37:06.875
DON\'T WANT YOUR FLIRTY REMARK, I WANT YOUR RESPECT

00:37:07.123 --> 00:37:10.166
ONLY I DECIDE ABOUT MY BODY.
-What also made me very angry,

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:13.206
and I don\'t know if it was rage or pity,
or I don\'t know what to call it...

00:37:13.251 --> 00:37:15.791
was that these
issues had not reached me before.

00:37:15.831 --> 00:37:17.375
That this information reached me

00:37:17.376 --> 00:37:21.831
at an age when I was already
a survivor of various forms of violence

00:37:21.875 --> 00:37:23.623
and then suddenly
you become aware

00:37:23.625 --> 00:37:25.291
of many things, right?

00:37:28.831 --> 00:37:31.875
And this is my mother\'s picture.

00:37:31.876 --> 00:37:33.251
-Where?

00:37:36.915 --> 00:37:40.331
I always come up here
and I love to see it,

00:37:40.333 --> 00:37:41.460
this is it.

00:37:43.831 --> 00:37:46.000
She\'s very pretty.

00:37:47.166 --> 00:37:49.331
I even like to see her little face.

00:37:50.291 --> 00:37:52.706
I know how to dress myself.

00:37:54.623 --> 00:37:57.791
I\'ve got lots of toys too.

00:38:02.166 --> 00:38:04.206
How pretty I look...

00:38:13.291 --> 00:38:15.460
Done, so it doesn\'t get hot.

00:38:16.206 --> 00:38:18.831
-As women, we give
a lot of weight to the mother

00:38:18.833 --> 00:38:21.706
because she is someone
who has already lived what....

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:24.251
...we might live, right?

00:38:24.706 --> 00:38:27.000
I think they do know what happens,

00:38:27.040 --> 00:38:30.415
they do know what violence is like,
but they were not given the tools

00:38:30.416 --> 00:38:33.500
and of course they could not
pass them on to us.

00:38:43.623 --> 00:38:45.915
After a self-defense workshop,

00:38:46.123 --> 00:38:49.623
the woman said specifically:
\"If your look doesn\'t scare him,

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:53.083
then you have to act,
but the first tool you have

00:38:53.085 --> 00:38:56.791
is your look and your look has to let him
know that he has to respect you...\"

00:39:02.375 --> 00:39:05.583
The gym and working out
has always made me feel

00:39:05.585 --> 00:39:09.166
very powerful, very strong,
so I know I am strong, right?

00:39:09.168 --> 00:39:12.623
I know that if someone says
something to me, or with a look, I say:

00:39:12.751 --> 00:39:14.791
\"Hey, you touch me and
it\'s going to be very bad for you.\"

00:39:14.793 --> 00:39:16.583
I also bring my taser,

00:39:16.831 --> 00:39:18.915
so I try not to bring my cell phone.

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:21.791
I mean, these are also
strategies that you have to use,

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:24.875
because many women tell me:
\"We put ourselves in danger,

00:39:24.876 --> 00:39:25.915
what if they come armed.”

00:39:25.916 --> 00:39:27.083
Arm yourself,

00:39:27.540 --> 00:39:28.831
Put a knife,

00:39:28.833 --> 00:39:31.960
bring a pair of scissors,
whatever you want, arm yourself.

00:39:31.961 --> 00:39:34.166
If they arm themselves,
so can we.

00:39:51.375 --> 00:39:52.500
Get together with women,

00:39:52.831 --> 00:39:55.040
because we also have to believe
that we are the most goddesses,

00:39:55.041 --> 00:39:57.791
the most powerful,
the most super-powerful,

00:39:57.793 --> 00:39:59.960
that we are capable
of beat the fuck out, right?

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:03.960
If out there we walk in fear,
insecure, incapable,

00:40:04.206 --> 00:40:06.123
without recognizing
ourselves as women,

00:40:06.125 --> 00:40:08.460
that the space is public,
that it belongs to us,

00:40:08.461 --> 00:40:11.040
that the nights are ours,
that the streets are ours too...

00:40:11.583 --> 00:40:14.666
then no,
and that is a complicated process.

00:40:33.083 --> 00:40:36.206
The ways in which Diana and Karen
reacted to the aggressions

00:40:36.791 --> 00:40:38.875
still seemed very radical to me.

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:43.666
They confronted their attackers,

00:40:43.668 --> 00:40:48.875
talked about strengthening us and,
if necessary, arming us.

00:40:53.915 --> 00:40:56.123
I continued to attend the protests,

00:40:56.666 --> 00:40:59.831
each one had a unique
tone and felt different,

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:03.251
but one of them utterly moved me.

00:41:07.331 --> 00:41:10.040
That day we marched
for Lesvy Berlín,

00:41:10.041 --> 00:41:13.915
whose life was taken in one of the
hallways of my university.

00:41:18.291 --> 00:41:20.875
The hope that I felt at the 24A march

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:25.206
then turned
into sadness, fear, and frustration.

00:41:29.123 --> 00:41:32.960
LESVY BERLÍN RIVERA OSORIO
MURDERED IN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING. MAY 3, 2017.

00:41:33.206 --> 00:41:38.415
We want them alive,
they were taken alive!

00:41:38.666 --> 00:41:40.083
-We know that we can wake up

00:41:40.085 --> 00:41:44.666
in a wasteland, in a suitcase,
in a dumpster, on a highway.

00:41:44.875 --> 00:41:48.083
We know with all the pain in
the world that any of our friends

00:41:48.085 --> 00:41:50.500
can live that in this shitty country.

00:41:57.166 --> 00:41:58.540
We know that the authorities

00:41:58.541 --> 00:42:00.791
will be condescending to our families

00:42:02.875 --> 00:42:04.251
and that access to justice

00:42:04.291 --> 00:42:05.831
will be mediated by money.

00:42:08.206 --> 00:42:10.415
Not one more,
Not one more,

00:42:10.416 --> 00:42:12.460
not one more murdered!

00:42:12.461 --> 00:42:14.540
Not one more,
Not one more,

00:42:14.541 --> 00:42:16.875
not one more murdered!

00:42:16.876 --> 00:42:19.000
Not one more,
Not one more,

00:42:19.001 --> 00:42:21.331
not one more murdered!

00:42:21.333 --> 00:42:23.831
Not one more,
Not one more,

00:42:23.833 --> 00:42:25.791
not one more murdered!

00:42:26.040 --> 00:42:28.000
And it is her right,

00:42:28.001 --> 00:42:29.540
I ask for justice,

00:42:29.541 --> 00:42:32.040
I want justice for my daughter.

00:42:32.623 --> 00:42:36.751
Justice! Justice!...

00:42:37.375 --> 00:42:39.000
You\'re not alone!

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.831
You\'re not alone!

00:42:41.375 --> 00:42:43.000
You\'re not alone!

00:42:43.291 --> 00:42:44.960
You\'re not alone!

00:42:45.291 --> 00:42:46.915
You\'re not alone!

00:42:47.375 --> 00:42:49.000
You\'re not alone!

00:42:49.291 --> 00:42:50.915
You\'re not alone!

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:53.083
You\'re not alone!

00:42:53.623 --> 00:42:57.875
No, no, no! This is not an
isolated event!

00:42:57.876 --> 00:43:02.500
Femicides are crimes of the State!

00:43:02.501 --> 00:43:06.083
-The sadness and impotence
of that day was so big

00:43:06.085 --> 00:43:08.251
that I understood
Diana and Karen.

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.415
Self-defense or mass grave.

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:15.460
No, no, no! It is not an
isolated event!

00:43:15.623 --> 00:43:19.583
Femicides are crimes of the State!

00:43:27.751 --> 00:43:33.500
It is precisely society, the system,
impunity, inefficient authorities,

00:43:33.501 --> 00:43:38.500
a failed State,
who allows it to escalate to that,

00:43:39.123 --> 00:43:44.166
who allows a person to go around
killing women and raping them.

00:43:44.583 --> 00:43:48.415
... with the same impunity and freedom
that an aggressor goes on the street,

00:43:48.416 --> 00:43:52.500
then it\'s like a whole system
that is allowing you to do it.

00:43:54.875 --> 00:43:59.751
AND IF THE POLICE RAPE ME,
WHO TAKES CARE OF ME?

00:44:03.540 --> 00:44:05.331
THESE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING STREET
HARASSERS IN MEXICO CITY

00:44:05.333 --> 00:44:07.875
What you did to me
it’s called harassment.

00:44:07.876 --> 00:44:10.291
WITH CONFETTI GUNS AND PUNK ROCK.
If you do that to me,
like this I will respond.

00:44:10.331 --> 00:44:13.166
You must know you\'re not the one
or the ten that you talk to me

00:44:13.168 --> 00:44:15.960
YOU TALK TO ME AS IF YOU
WERE GOING TO RAPE ME

00:44:16.083 --> 00:44:18.500
In a low voice you tell me so many things,
THE DAUGHTERS OF VIOLENCE

00:44:19.583 --> 00:44:23.123
We certainly don\'t think
we are going to change the world.

00:44:23.166 --> 00:44:27.623
But we sure know that we’ve
have changed ours.

00:44:29.166 --> 00:44:31.206
Sexist, machista.
What do you want?

00:44:32.331 --> 00:44:35.000
SHARE THIS VIDEO
And what came after the video?

00:44:35.001 --> 00:44:35.960
What happened?

00:44:35.961 --> 00:44:37.666
I mean, what were the reactions?

00:44:37.668 --> 00:44:39.791
-Well, terror.

00:44:40.040 --> 00:44:41.375
I mean,

00:44:41.751 --> 00:44:45.623
the wave of violence was unleashed, right?
Very cruel threats like that,

00:44:45.625 --> 00:44:49.960
that they already had our IP,
that they were going to rape us, execute us,

00:44:50.083 --> 00:44:54.040
kill us, private messages
with mutilated women.

00:44:57.251 --> 00:44:59.083
Awful, truly awful.

00:44:59.291 --> 00:45:04.083
And then you do not know if it is
true or not, it could be any idiot

00:45:04.751 --> 00:45:08.500
who does not even live in this country
or it could be your neighbor, right?

00:45:08.501 --> 00:45:13.291
That\'s the problem with violence
in the web, you have no certainty

00:45:13.293 --> 00:45:17.791
and also you can\'t file a complaint
because they laugh at you in your face.

00:45:17.793 --> 00:45:21.791
Obviously, you can\'t live
peacefully reading that.

00:45:29.831 --> 00:45:32.331
I have atopic dermatitis,

00:45:32.375 --> 00:45:36.166
which I have had all my life,
but it is triggered by stress or so,

00:45:36.168 --> 00:45:41.375
so when I had this very bad crisis
in the emergency room and so,

00:45:41.376 --> 00:45:43.751
my skin bled,

00:45:45.206 --> 00:45:47.251
so it has more to do with how I have

00:45:47.253 --> 00:45:51.831
my somatization and healing processes

00:45:52.831 --> 00:45:56.331
and how I channel the violence
that I am raising awareness.

00:45:57.206 --> 00:46:00.251
In fact, at some point we said,
\"We need a group therapy

00:46:00.253 --> 00:46:03.706
to not somatize this because
it is very ugly.\"

00:46:03.708 --> 00:46:06.166
And then, apart from that,

00:46:06.791 --> 00:46:09.040
it was very few times

00:46:09.041 --> 00:46:12.791
that we were in empathy
with some of the media.

00:46:18.040 --> 00:46:20.960
Then a lot of what we concluded
was like: \"Oh well,

00:46:21.831 --> 00:46:24.251
they harass us in the street,

00:46:24.253 --> 00:46:28.291
we shoot them with confetti and in the
networks, they threaten us with death.\"

00:46:28.915 --> 00:46:32.375
As now for denouncing,
we are also going to receive aggression.

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:34.960
In other words, it\'s really fucked up,
isn\'t it?

00:46:34.961 --> 00:46:37.540
And that\'s when you
realize that we are so wrong.

00:46:38.791 --> 00:46:42.375
Well, to be a feminist and be
happy in the world, it\'s really fucked up.

00:46:42.376 --> 00:46:46.960
I mean, it\'s like a super achievement,

00:46:47.375 --> 00:46:49.540
it\'s almost contradictory.

00:47:11.791 --> 00:47:15.251
It is a matter of power that
men want to exercise

00:47:15.253 --> 00:47:19.166
over women and that means
\"get off the streets,\"

00:47:19.168 --> 00:47:23.623
\"you don\'t belong in public life,\"
\"you don\'t belong in working life,

00:47:23.625 --> 00:47:28.251
in political life, in the streets,
in public transportation, in driving.\"

00:47:28.253 --> 00:47:32.415
In other words, it is as if your
only place is at home, isn\'t it?

00:47:32.416 --> 00:47:36.083
Well yes, it is effectively a way

00:47:37.083 --> 00:47:39.751
of pissing \"this is my territory,\"
“these are the streets,

00:47:39.791 --> 00:47:42.623
and that is why I shout at you,
I touch you, I harass you,\"

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:47.083
and what\'s better than doing it
in the more threatening way

00:47:47.085 --> 00:47:49.706
for us, for women, which can be
sexual violence,

00:47:49.708 --> 00:47:51.831
because that is what is behind it.
In other words,

00:47:51.833 --> 00:47:55.915
finally for us, that whistle
or that \"beautiful\" can end up

00:47:55.916 --> 00:47:59.583
as pieces in a suitcase
in the State of Mexico.

00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:30.540
The other day it came out,

00:48:30.541 --> 00:48:32.915
I even thought:
\"I am putting myself at risk.\"

00:48:32.916 --> 00:48:35.291
Because it was about
12 o\'clock at night,

00:48:35.293 --> 00:48:36.875
I was outside a subway,

00:48:36.876 --> 00:48:39.206
then someone passed by and said
something to me, and I said: \"What?\"

00:48:39.540 --> 00:48:41.415
And then he answered:
\"What?\"

00:48:41.416 --> 00:48:42.540
And then I said:

00:48:42.915 --> 00:48:44.083
\"Well, what?”

00:48:45.791 --> 00:48:46.960
I thought,

00:48:47.123 --> 00:48:50.875
“I\'m in a place that is alone,

00:48:50.876 --> 00:48:52.751
I don\'t know it,

00:48:53.206 --> 00:48:56.540
nobody knows I\'m here,
if something happens to me....”

00:48:56.666 --> 00:49:00.415
I realized like, wait for it, right?
You have to know under

00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:02.500
what situations to respond.

00:49:02.666 --> 00:49:06.500
-When you respond to harassment,
you measure everything, don\'t you?

00:49:06.623 --> 00:49:09.623
You have to be very
cautious because,

00:49:10.206 --> 00:49:13.000
come on, if you are alone at night

00:49:13.001 --> 00:49:14.751
and there are seven
and they yell something at you,

00:49:14.753 --> 00:49:17.623
and you say, well, maybe I shouldn\'t
do it right now, right?

00:49:18.291 --> 00:49:20.706
I mean, if you go on the subway
and there are policemen,

00:49:20.708 --> 00:49:22.291
well, you even get more
confident, right?

00:49:22.293 --> 00:49:25.040
But we are always measuring.
It\'s ugly,

00:49:25.041 --> 00:49:29.166
it\'s ugly because we keep measuring
the answers, but it\'s necessary

00:49:29.540 --> 00:49:31.166
to avoid dying, right?...

00:49:45.875 --> 00:49:50.706
Taking into account this common argument:
\"Violence breeds more violence...

00:49:52.083 --> 00:49:55.206
if there are complaint
mechanisms to do it,

00:49:55.208 --> 00:49:58.083
why don\'t we do it that way?”

00:49:58.623 --> 00:50:02.375
I think that the best way
is the way we want to do it.

00:50:02.376 --> 00:50:05.706
I mean, they can\'t come and
tell us which is the best way

00:50:05.708 --> 00:50:07.166
to denounce violence,

00:50:07.168 --> 00:50:09.415
when you are not the one
who is experiencing that violence.

00:50:09.416 --> 00:50:12.291
So, if for me it is to insult you,

00:50:12.293 --> 00:50:15.791
then that is my best way.
If for me, it is to hit you back,

00:50:15.793 --> 00:50:18.460
I am sorry, at this moment
that is my best way.

00:50:18.751 --> 00:50:24.206
If for me it is to file a complaint
with the public prosecutor\'s office,

00:50:24.251 --> 00:50:25.666
or with the civic court, ah, well,

00:50:25.668 --> 00:50:27.960
I am super institutional
and that is my best way.

00:50:28.540 --> 00:50:29.666
In other words,

00:50:29.706 --> 00:50:31.960
there are no codes for this,

00:50:31.961 --> 00:50:34.791
but there are no codes
to violate us either.

00:50:34.793 --> 00:50:37.000
If they violate us the way they want,

00:50:37.001 --> 00:50:41.000
then we are going to defend
ourselves the way we want.

00:50:47.583 --> 00:50:49.915
Within this system we have,

00:50:49.916 --> 00:50:53.500
the denunciation is more
violent than anything else.

00:50:53.501 --> 00:50:57.040
The public servants are not trained,
the police are not trained,

00:50:57.375 --> 00:51:02.375
the spaces are not adequate,
the times are very long,

00:51:02.376 --> 00:51:08.831
so I think that is more violent,
but it is like a structural violence.

00:51:09.206 --> 00:51:12.831
And then, since we don\'t even
know what it is or see it,

00:51:13.206 --> 00:51:15.751
we say that it is the best way.

00:51:21.915 --> 00:51:24.623
It took me months, even years,

00:51:24.625 --> 00:51:27.666
for me to be able to defend myself
from an aggression so that you come

00:51:27.668 --> 00:51:30.540
and tell me that I am not going to do it
or that I should not do it because

00:51:30.751 --> 00:51:34.623
it is aggressive, it is like, how? I mean,
aggressiveness is ours, come on.

00:51:35.083 --> 00:51:38.375
I think it\'s also uncomfortable because

00:51:39.583 --> 00:51:43.000
you make a problem explicit.
And people,

00:51:43.623 --> 00:51:47.083
we normally don’t like
to see the problems, and “out of sight,

00:51:47.085 --> 00:51:52.751
out of mind.” But when you see it is like
“No way! I can’t make a fool of myself.”

00:51:53.040 --> 00:51:54.460
I mean, there is a problem,

00:51:54.461 --> 00:51:57.251
it is such a problem that
this girl is reacting.

00:51:57.460 --> 00:52:01.415
RAPIST POLICEMEN

00:52:02.831 --> 00:52:06.040
The protest at the Glorieta de Insurgentes
filled me with strength and energy

00:52:06.041 --> 00:52:09.415
at a time when I was beginning to feel
that no one was listening to us.

00:52:10.500 --> 00:52:12.915
RESPECT MY EXISTENCE
OR WAIT FOR MY RESISTANCE

00:52:12.916 --> 00:52:14.460
WE EXIST BECAUSE WE RESIST

00:52:15.500 --> 00:52:21.623
Women demand justice after police
raped 3 women, two of them minors.

00:52:22.331 --> 00:52:27.083
MOM, IF SOME DAY I DON\'T COME BACK
DON\'T LIGHT CANDLES, LIGHT BARRICADES.

00:52:27.875 --> 00:52:31.751
Justice, justice, justice, justice,

00:52:31.915 --> 00:52:36.875
Justice, justice, justice, justice,

00:52:39.540 --> 00:52:41.831
THEY DO NOT CARE FOR US,
THEY RAPE US

00:52:51.083 --> 00:52:55.040
I EXIST BECAUSE I RESIST

00:52:59.875 --> 00:53:06.000
Don’t use them! Don’t use them!
Don’t use them! Don’t use them!

00:53:06.375 --> 00:53:09.875
Policewoman, they rape you too!

00:53:10.375 --> 00:53:13.831
Policewoman, they rape you too!

00:53:14.166 --> 00:53:16.831
-Breaking and painting walls
became mediatic.

00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:21.460
And I wondered: Is there a right way
to demand justice?

00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:25.751
How was it possible that damaging
a wall caused more outrage

00:53:25.753 --> 00:53:29.123
than the fact that even the cops
were our aggressors?

00:53:29.583 --> 00:53:32.166
-Women, you belong on this side.

00:53:37.000 --> 00:53:40.751
The protests increased
and so did the repression.

00:53:41.875 --> 00:53:48.915
Protest against the media that cruelly disseminated
images of the feminicide of Ingrid Escamilla.

00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:51.415
This is the last time they
do this shit to us,

00:53:51.500 --> 00:53:56.623
because if one of us is missing and their
photos are exposed again,

00:53:56.666 --> 00:53:59.123
we are not only going to burn
down this fucking headquarters,

00:53:59.206 --> 00:54:01.415
but we are also going to burn down
the whole fucking city.

00:54:02.251 --> 00:54:06.375
-Why are you defending them?
Defend us!

00:54:11.583 --> 00:54:14.915
What the fuck?
What the fuck, dude?

00:54:31.166 --> 00:54:33.706
We are bad, we can be worse.

00:54:33.708 --> 00:54:35.083
-(Hell yeah!)

00:54:35.123 --> 00:54:39.623
We are bad, we can be worse.

00:54:39.625 --> 00:54:45.460
Don\'t be indifferent.
Women get killed in people\'s faces.

00:54:45.461 --> 00:54:49.831
Sir, madam, don\'t be indifferent.

00:54:49.833 --> 00:54:53.791
Women get killed in people\'s faces.

00:54:53.793 --> 00:54:58.251
Sir, madam, don\'t be indifferent.

00:54:58.253 --> 00:55:01.915
Women get killed in people\'s faces.

00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:14.375
It is precisely this discourse
on tolerance what I find very dangerous,

00:55:14.376 --> 00:55:17.751
because what we should learn to do
is to stop tolerating...

00:55:17.791 --> 00:55:20.123
ONLY WOMEN AND UNDER 12 YEARS OLD

00:55:20.166 --> 00:55:23.831
I mean, maybe what I am saying
sounds very tough, but it is real,

00:55:23.833 --> 00:55:26.583
if it were not for tolerance and for

00:55:27.460 --> 00:55:30.000
our great capacity to be conciliatory,

00:55:30.791 --> 00:55:32.706
we would not be where we are,

00:55:32.708 --> 00:55:35.791
we would not be violated
as we are violated, right?

00:55:36.415 --> 00:55:40.251
It would be illogical for me not to think
about self-defense when what is

00:55:40.253 --> 00:55:45.500
being violated is your body, that is,
it is like your life, that is, your integrity,

00:55:45.751 --> 00:55:47.083
it is the first thing.

00:55:47.085 --> 00:55:51.375
In other words, it is not your ideals,
it is not your backpack,

00:55:51.376 --> 00:55:56.123
your house, your country. I mean,
it\'s you, it\'s your body, right?

00:55:56.166 --> 00:55:57.000
And it is your life.

00:55:59.831 --> 00:56:02.291
After knowing part of my mom\'s story,

00:56:02.331 --> 00:56:05.000
it was now necessary to take another step:

00:56:05.960 --> 00:56:08.875
to talk about what was never
mentioned at home,

00:56:09.831 --> 00:56:11.331
to speak to her

00:56:11.333 --> 00:56:13.583
about my first sexual assault.

00:56:23.791 --> 00:56:26.331
Well, there\'s a little frame
on your face

00:56:26.333 --> 00:56:28.500
-Ah, ok.
-So it\'s recording

00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:31.751
-Does it have the little red light?

00:56:31.753 --> 00:56:33.166
-Yes, it\'s...

00:56:33.168 --> 00:56:34.751
-Yes, it\'s recording...
-blinking.

00:56:46.500 --> 00:56:48.831
I feel watched...

00:56:51.040 --> 00:56:52.206
Let\'s see,
you tell me what I do,

00:56:52.208 --> 00:56:53.040
and I\'ll do...

00:56:55.000 --> 00:56:56.460
Today is

00:56:56.461 --> 00:57:00.251
an important interview
because we are going to talk

00:57:00.253 --> 00:57:04.040
specifically about certain
violence that happened to me.

00:57:04.915 --> 00:57:09.040
So, if you want to stop,
if you don\'t want

00:57:09.583 --> 00:57:14.206
something to go on camera,
whatever you want, just tell me.

00:57:14.623 --> 00:57:15.706
-Yes.

00:57:21.291 --> 00:57:23.375
Do you remember
what happened to me

00:57:23.415 --> 00:57:27.623
when I was about 8 years old?
-That guy, the old man.

00:57:29.000 --> 00:57:30.375
You used to tell me that

00:57:30.376 --> 00:57:33.083
he said hello,
but he tried to touch you.

00:57:34.751 --> 00:57:36.960
That\'s what you told me...

00:57:41.123 --> 00:57:43.375
Many times we people think that,

00:57:43.376 --> 00:57:45.540
because they are old people,

00:57:45.541 --> 00:57:48.791
but... they are the worst
bad guys there are,

00:57:49.375 --> 00:57:52.206
because of the touching,

00:57:52.208 --> 00:57:54.415
because of the abuse.

00:57:57.875 --> 00:58:01.460
I didn\'t really realize
how many times it happened.

00:58:01.915 --> 00:58:06.000
If it was one time or if they were many.
-There were several.

00:58:06.706 --> 00:58:07.706
-Yes?

00:58:11.040 --> 00:58:14.706
-Well, yes, because I didn\'t
know what was going on.

00:58:17.960 --> 00:58:22.500
-Then when I bumped
into him, but I was alone,

00:58:23.083 --> 00:58:26.706
I really wanted to do
something,

00:58:26.708 --> 00:58:33.206
but the situation was
that he was going to yell

00:58:33.208 --> 00:58:35.706
and say that I was attacking him.

00:58:36.500 --> 00:58:38.251
And he was an older person.

00:58:40.331 --> 00:58:42.875
And everything stayed like that,

00:58:44.540 --> 00:58:47.375
it just happened and that\'s all.

00:58:51.875 --> 00:58:53.540
-And you never told
anyone or didn\'t...?

00:58:53.541 --> 00:58:56.166
-No, I don\'t know, maybe

00:58:56.915 --> 00:59:01.623
out of fear, out of embarrassment or,
I don\'t know, I don\'t know.

00:59:02.623 --> 00:59:03.751
-Fear of what?

00:59:05.331 --> 00:59:06.460
-Of people telling me

00:59:06.461 --> 00:59:10.291
that I was a fool. That they said,
“Why didn\'t you do this?”

00:59:10.293 --> 00:59:11.751
or something like that.

00:59:13.500 --> 00:59:16.751
- Did you think about talking about
it with my dad at some point?

00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:20.040
- No,

00:59:20.041 --> 00:59:23.500
I didn\'t think about it,
because I don\'t know

00:59:23.501 --> 00:59:24.915
how he would have reacted,

00:59:25.875 --> 00:59:28.751
I just kept it to myself.

00:59:29.166 --> 00:59:30.375
Yes.

00:59:38.206 --> 00:59:40.623
-And we never talked
about it again until today?

00:59:40.625 --> 00:59:45.000
-No, no, we never talked
about it again.

00:59:47.083 --> 00:59:49.206
We didn\'t talk about it anymore.

01:00:04.460 --> 01:00:06.166
-Umm,

01:00:07.540 --> 01:00:09.583
I\'m a little embarrassed

01:00:09.623 --> 01:00:11.375
about what I\'m going to say....

01:00:13.875 --> 01:00:16.583
I was very angry, very, very angry

01:00:17.251 --> 01:00:22.000
because I felt
that you had not defended me

01:00:24.415 --> 01:00:27.206
and that made me cry.

01:00:28.915 --> 01:00:32.083
I remember
I went to my thesis adviser,

01:00:32.375 --> 01:00:34.375
and she said:
\"What did she do?\"

01:00:34.460 --> 01:00:36.460
And I said:

01:00:37.915 --> 01:00:40.623
\"Well, we stopped
walking on that street.\"

01:00:41.083 --> 01:00:43.540
And she said,
\"Well, she did defend you....

01:00:47.583 --> 01:00:51.000
in the way she thought was best

01:00:51.040 --> 01:00:53.000
and with the tools

01:00:55.166 --> 01:00:56.751
she had.

01:01:02.915 --> 01:01:04.831
Of course she protected you.\"

01:01:06.460 --> 01:01:09.206
And then I started
to feel a lot of shame

01:01:10.623 --> 01:01:11.040
for...

01:01:15.251 --> 01:01:17.460
for having judged you.

01:01:19.666 --> 01:01:22.331
A lot of guilt also
for having judged you.

01:01:38.000 --> 01:01:41.623
We are defenders,
we are not terrorists!

01:01:42.291 --> 01:01:45.915
We are defenders,
we are not terrorists!

01:01:46.251 --> 01:01:49.875
We are defenders,
we are not terrorists!

01:01:50.915 --> 01:01:54.460
Patriarchy is a judge

01:01:54.960 --> 01:01:58.460
that judges us at birth

01:01:59.083 --> 01:02:02.123
and our punishment

01:02:02.291 --> 01:02:04.291
is the violence you can see.

01:02:05.583 --> 01:02:09.500
And it’s not my fault,
not where I was, not how I dressed!

01:02:09.751 --> 01:02:13.583
And it’s not my fault,
not where I was, not how I dressed!

01:02:13.751 --> 01:02:17.291
And it’s not my fault,
not where I was, not how I dressed!

01:02:17.583 --> 01:02:20.831
And it’s not my fault,
not where I was, not how I dressed!

01:02:21.083 --> 01:02:23.123
The rapist is you!

01:02:24.875 --> 01:02:27.540
The rapist is you!

01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:30.623
Never again silence,

01:02:31.040 --> 01:02:32.375
never again silence,

01:02:32.791 --> 01:02:34.123
never again silence,

01:02:34.666 --> 01:02:36.000
never again silence,

01:02:36.540 --> 01:02:37.875
never again silence,

01:02:38.291 --> 01:02:39.623
never again silence,

01:02:40.251 --> 01:02:41.583
never again silence,

01:02:42.206 --> 01:02:44.706
Whoever doesn\'t jump, is a macho!
Whoever doesn\'t jump, is a macho!

01:02:45.000 --> 01:02:49.460
- After 4 years of recording,
I was starting to feel tired

01:02:49.666 --> 01:02:51.666
and doubtful of finding something new.

01:02:52.666 --> 01:02:56.291
My girlfriends take care of me,
not the police!

01:02:56.331 --> 01:02:58.460
- Self-defense, sorority

01:02:59.000 --> 01:03:03.375
began to seem unattainable,
and the violence didn\'t stop.

01:03:04.083 --> 01:03:07.623
But I wasn\'t the only one
who felt this way.

01:03:14.040 --> 01:03:18.291
OUR VENGEANCE IS TO BE HAPPY

01:03:26.831 --> 01:03:30.831
Well, let\'s start with the dynamics.

01:03:31.331 --> 01:03:35.960
First, thanks to all for coming to draw.

01:03:35.961 --> 01:03:40.706
I don\'t know if you have all done it before
or if you are like me who never,

01:03:41.291 --> 01:03:44.000
never draw, but it\'s cool like

01:03:44.001 --> 01:03:46.460
losing the fear of drawing.

01:03:48.206 --> 01:03:49.875
Can you hear me over there?

01:03:50.206 --> 01:03:52.915
No? Ah, ok, ok, ah, perfect.

01:03:54.540 --> 01:03:57.751
So that, that is, the part of your body
that you consider requires

01:03:57.753 --> 01:04:00.415
more self-care at this
moment for yourselves.

01:04:06.540 --> 01:04:10.666
I got really bad skin disease
in 2016, I mean,

01:04:11.206 --> 01:04:15.583
I\'ve always suffered from it but
at that time I had a really bad crisis

01:04:16.415 --> 01:04:20.831
and it had to do with the feminist
movement at that time,

01:04:20.875 --> 01:04:24.460
I mean I think it was
a somatization of everything

01:04:24.666 --> 01:04:27.540
to be aware of the situation

01:04:28.083 --> 01:04:32.331
and now in the protest, I felt a wave
of emotions come back to me,

01:04:32.333 --> 01:04:33.875
that reminded me of that moment

01:04:34.540 --> 01:04:38.123
and even though I was very happy

01:04:38.125 --> 01:04:42.040
because I felt that it was
a particularly special protest,

01:04:42.540 --> 01:04:45.751
it was also like a flashback

01:04:46.831 --> 01:04:49.706
that in the end disturbs me because

01:04:50.500 --> 01:04:53.460
I feel that the years go by

01:04:53.461 --> 01:04:57.915
and even though it seems that
things change or that we are more,

01:04:58.583 --> 01:05:00.666
I feel like I am in a loop, right?

01:05:00.875 --> 01:05:02.291
In other words, in a loop of...

01:05:03.251 --> 01:05:05.166
I feel that I have already lived this,

01:05:05.706 --> 01:05:08.706
and that time goes by,
and it doesn\'t change, right?

01:05:09.166 --> 01:05:14.206
I don\'t feel happy,
but I feel trapped.

01:05:14.540 --> 01:05:17.083
And I was just talking to
a friend of mine that

01:05:17.123 --> 01:05:19.875
all my creative work
has been directed

01:05:20.915 --> 01:05:23.000
to work with women

01:05:23.001 --> 01:05:25.460
and to a constant self-reflection,

01:05:26.000 --> 01:05:29.960
but suddenly I think if that\'s what I want
to dedicate my whole life to, right?

01:05:29.961 --> 01:05:33.791
There are times when I say,
if I, if we were not in this context,

01:05:33.793 --> 01:05:35.251
what would I be talking about, right?

01:05:35.253 --> 01:05:38.706
Maybe I would be talking
about bicycles, aliens,

01:05:39.206 --> 01:05:44.583
other things that catch my attention
and the urge to talk about this

01:05:44.585 --> 01:05:48.666
is so strong, but it\'s not really
something I would want, right?

01:05:49.040 --> 01:05:50.791
It’s the necessity

01:05:52.623 --> 01:05:54.460
and that hurts me.

01:05:54.461 --> 01:05:57.460
So, well, nothing, I feel that

01:05:57.540 --> 01:06:01.915
this reflects very well the issue with reality

01:06:01.916 --> 01:06:03.666
or with the context.

01:06:08.206 --> 01:06:11.331
TAKE CARE OF MY THOUGHTS

01:06:11.460 --> 01:06:16.206
I NEED TO STOP HOLDING BACK
ANGER, IGNORE, LET GO, SHOUTING

01:06:27.123 --> 01:06:30.251
Ready, one, two, three, go.

01:06:45.875 --> 01:06:48.623
In other words, the State is responsible
for responding to us,

01:06:48.831 --> 01:06:50.123
but do you think they
are going to do it?

01:06:50.415 --> 01:06:52.751
I am a realist. I don\'t think they
are going to do it.

01:06:52.753 --> 01:06:56.415
Only if there is a big change in the system
and in the world,

01:06:57.540 --> 01:06:58.623
then, they might respond for us.

01:07:02.540 --> 01:07:04.251
There is a problem, and it is not mine.

01:07:04.291 --> 01:07:06.331
It is the system\'s problem,
and it has a function.

01:07:06.375 --> 01:07:10.331
Ah ok, then what real tools
can you start to apply, right?

01:07:14.251 --> 01:07:18.831
THE SPACE IS PUBLIC,
MY BODY IS NOT.

01:07:18.833 --> 01:07:24.751
THE STREETS ARE MINE,
DAY AND NIGHT!

01:07:30.666 --> 01:07:35.123
When I felt really stuck in the protests
and without a clear path to follow,

01:07:36.583 --> 01:07:38.666
I looked back into my own history.

01:07:42.540 --> 01:07:43.751
How was my relationship like with

01:07:43.753 --> 01:07:45.666
the closest woman in my life?

01:07:50.460 --> 01:07:53.915
I had a hard time
understanding that all of us women

01:07:53.916 --> 01:07:57.040
choose different paths to take
care of ourselves and survive

01:07:57.041 --> 01:07:58.500
in a violent world.

01:08:04.291 --> 01:08:05.706
Just as my grandmother decided

01:08:05.708 --> 01:08:08.040
to send you to the city
to protect you,

01:08:08.831 --> 01:08:11.251
you decided to change
our path so as not to meet

01:08:11.253 --> 01:08:12.915
my aggressor again.

01:08:17.583 --> 01:08:20.251
Sometimes I ask myself:
In what kind of world do we live

01:08:20.253 --> 01:08:23.415
that even defending
ourselves has to be imperceptible?

01:08:26.375 --> 01:08:29.166
I want to apologize
for being angry with you

01:08:29.791 --> 01:08:31.666
and thank you for what you have done
in your life

01:08:31.706 --> 01:08:33.915
that has opened
a path for me.

01:08:34.960 --> 01:08:37.415
Sometimes it is difficult
for me to recognize it,

01:08:37.416 --> 01:08:39.540
as well as what other
women have done too...

01:08:40.583 --> 01:08:42.751
because it is always
from a place of silence,

01:08:43.415 --> 01:08:45.331
from an invisible place.

01:09:01.331 --> 01:09:04.500
After documenting with
my camera five years of protests,

01:09:05.291 --> 01:09:09.000
I decided not to record
the emblematic protest of March 8, 2020

01:09:09.291 --> 01:09:12.915
and celebrate again
with my mom on her birthday.

01:09:12.960 --> 01:09:17.583
- These are “Las Mañanitas”

01:09:17.585 --> 01:09:21.875
that King David sang,

01:09:22.751 --> 01:09:25.166
today because

01:09:25.168 --> 01:09:27.540
it is your birthday,

01:09:27.791 --> 01:09:31.375
we sing them to you...

01:09:32.583 --> 01:09:34.251
-Bravo!

01:09:38.540 --> 01:09:41.083
-How beautiful!

01:09:41.960 --> 01:09:44.123
-Bravo!

01:09:50.460 --> 01:09:52.460
Now I know how to cut jelly.

01:09:58.666 --> 01:10:00.666
-It was very tasty.

01:10:03.915 --> 01:10:08.000
-Fine, how about you?
That\'s good. Hi, Sarabi.

01:10:10.623 --> 01:10:14.500
Diana and Sarabi became
two very important people for me,

01:10:14.960 --> 01:10:18.540
because they symbolize
the possibility of acting from visible places,

01:10:19.291 --> 01:10:22.460
from places where
the volume of our voice

01:10:22.461 --> 01:10:26.166
and the volume of our life
move away from silence.

01:10:27.915 --> 01:10:29.831
-Well, there they all go.

01:10:39.831 --> 01:10:42.415
Today is the International Day
for the Struggle against Violence

01:10:42.416 --> 01:10:45.331
and nobody should
treat you badly. Alright?

01:10:46.375 --> 01:10:48.166
And that\'s why today
we are going to march.

01:10:48.706 --> 01:10:51.791
Marching means that we are going to walk
from one point to another point

01:10:51.793 --> 01:10:55.040
and we are going to shout
and sing and we are going to paint.

01:10:55.415 --> 01:10:58.706
Do you want to paint walls?
Yes?

01:10:58.708 --> 01:11:02.040
Well, paint walls, okay?

01:11:04.751 --> 01:11:09.375
.... I used to tell Sarabi:
“Scream and kick, because in the end

01:11:09.376 --> 01:11:12.460
I will believe you
and I will always defend you.”

01:11:14.875 --> 01:11:17.040
I think that these words,
\"I will support you,\"

01:11:17.083 --> 01:11:19.083
\"I will accompany you,\"
\"I will back you up,\"

01:11:19.085 --> 01:11:23.291
\"I will give you this,\" and that she
sees me working

01:11:23.293 --> 01:11:28.251
with women, doing, defending us,
loving us as ourselves,

01:11:28.666 --> 01:11:31.583
these are the tools that
my mother did not give me,

01:11:31.915 --> 01:11:33.331
so I am passing them on to Sarabi.

01:11:33.333 --> 01:11:35.415
I don\'t know if they work for her,
I don\'t know

01:11:35.416 --> 01:11:38.875
if at some point she will thank me,
so it\'s just like

01:11:39.415 --> 01:11:42.831
listening to her all the time
and that she knows

01:11:43.666 --> 01:11:46.415
that she is a woman and
a person who can defend herself.

01:11:46.540 --> 01:11:50.166
That she knows that networks
between women save our lives.

01:11:57.960 --> 01:12:01.375
Girls are important.

01:12:15.040 --> 01:12:18.540
SAFE AND FREE ABORTION

01:12:32.040 --> 01:12:36.583
“Sorority” means to be
there for other women

01:12:36.585 --> 01:12:39.375
when they need it,
whether you know them or not,

01:12:40.251 --> 01:12:43.666
for the simple fact that you are
there at that moment

01:12:43.706 --> 01:12:45.960
when they need help,
and you can give it.

01:12:45.961 --> 01:12:47.331
And not necessarily

01:12:47.375 --> 01:12:51.083
because you think they would do
that for you, because you don\'t know,

01:12:51.915 --> 01:12:53.666
but you would do it for them,

01:12:53.668 --> 01:12:56.666
and it serves us precisely because
that is where our strength lies,

01:12:56.668 --> 01:12:59.083
in being there for each other.

01:12:59.166 --> 01:13:01.791
-One, two, three.

01:13:10.791 --> 01:13:13.706
I even think you could say that sorority

01:13:13.708 --> 01:13:16.875
is revolutionary because
you break with the myth

01:13:16.876 --> 01:13:19.875
that has been imposed
all your life that \"Women together,

01:13:19.876 --> 01:13:23.040
not even dead,\"
that they are “hags,”

01:13:23.083 --> 01:13:25.331
and that you
cannot trust another woman

01:13:25.333 --> 01:13:29.500
as a woman because all women
have the objective of fighting for a male,

01:13:29.501 --> 01:13:34.251
so we are in constant competition
with each other. And this idea has been

01:13:34.253 --> 01:13:37.415
repeated to us so much
that sometimes we end up believing it.

01:13:38.000 --> 01:13:40.500
So, the fact of saying: \"No, no more,

01:13:40.501 --> 01:13:43.500
I am no longer going to lead my life

01:13:43.751 --> 01:13:47.500
seeing women as competition
or as enemies,

01:13:47.501 --> 01:13:52.960
but as partners in the struggle,
because we have a common goal

01:13:53.166 --> 01:13:56.751
which is to live a life
free of violence.”

01:13:57.040 --> 01:13:59.123
Once that stereotype is broken,

01:14:00.083 --> 01:14:02.706
you begin to see women as allies.

01:14:02.751 --> 01:14:05.791
And for any struggle,
it is important

01:14:05.793 --> 01:14:08.875
to do it together with other people.

01:14:09.875 --> 01:14:13.206
What they didn\'t teach you, what they
didn\'t teach me, now that you learned it,

01:14:13.208 --> 01:14:16.251
now that you know it, it is in you
to transmit it to the women.

01:14:16.831 --> 01:14:18.831
“Dude, love yourself,”
“take care of yourself,”

01:14:18.833 --> 01:14:20.500
“hey, come on,
let\'s go jogging.”

01:14:20.501 --> 01:14:23.666
I mean, this energy
that is generated is beautiful.

01:14:25.291 --> 01:14:27.751
...there is a fight here

01:14:28.000 --> 01:14:29.751
...there is a fight here

01:14:30.123 --> 01:14:32.291
...there is a fight here

01:14:32.540 --> 01:14:34.375
...there is a fight here

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We have to create
references in which women

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were the subject of conversation,
where we were part of it.

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Because if we don\'t do it,

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nobody is going to do it.

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That is,
no one will give us that place,

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because it has not happened

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throughout the history
of humanity, right?

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Now that we are together,
now that we are seen,

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down with the patriarchy,
it is going to fall, it is going to fall,

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up with feminism that is going to win, that is going to win!

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IN MEXICO, 9 WOMEN ARE
MURDERED EVERY DAY. NOT ONE MORE!

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RESPECT TO GIRLS
-Well, it does give more strength to know that

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you are not only doing it for yourself,

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WE WANT OURSELVES TO BE ALIVE
but you are doing it for others.

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What truly matters

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is that we are here,

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that is the most important
in this moment,

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that we are together, right?

01:16:09.331 --> 01:16:11.875
Oh, when I feel the harassment,

01:16:12.123 --> 01:16:14.706
when I feel the harassment,
I am terrified,

01:16:14.708 --> 01:16:16.206
but I get even,

01:16:17.540 --> 01:16:20.291
but I get even,
but I get even with a big kick,

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with a big kick, a big kick

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Come on, come on,

01:16:26.583 --> 01:16:28.583
come on girls,

01:16:28.585 --> 01:16:31.123
Come on, come on,

01:16:31.915 --> 01:16:33.960
come on girls.

01:16:34.500 --> 01:16:36.791
Come on, come on,

01:16:37.460 --> 01:16:39.083
come on girls,

01:16:40.040 --> 01:16:41.751
come on girls, come on...

01:16:42.083 --> 01:16:43.791
come on...

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It\'s La Bamba, folks,

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It\'s La Bamba, folks,
the melody that puts us in the soul,

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that puts us in the soul,
and a joy and

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up and up and up.

01:16:57.251 --> 01:17:00.623
In 2017, accompanied by family members,
women, and human rights organizations,

01:17:00.625 --> 01:17:04.623
Aracely Osorio, mother of Lesvy Berlin,
started a long and tortuous path seeking justice

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for the femicide of her daughter.

01:17:07.168 --> 01:17:09.791
After four years, Aracely Osorio
and Lesvy Rivera (father) got a resolution

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with a gender perspective that sentenced
Jorge Luis González Hernández to 52 years

01:17:13.541 --> 01:17:15.206
and six months in prison.

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Currently, the case of Ingrid Escamilla
remains unresolved.

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In March 2022, the Chamber of Deputies
approved the “Ingrid Law,”

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which penalizes those who disseminate,
by any means, images of

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people who are victims of aggression.
The penalty will be increased

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in the case of girls and women.

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Legislation is not enough; institutions must
guarantee access to justice.

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During the making of this film,
the number of women murdered in Mexico went

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from 7 to more
than 10 women a day.