Tehuanas (women of Tehuantepec, Mexico) in Huipil Grande headdresses
The Tehuana are a fascinating matriarchal society based in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico. The name Tehuantepec, the corridor of land on which the people reside, was given to the area by the Aztecs. It means ‘wild animal hill’ and it is a testament to the ferocity of the Zapotec warriors who lived there. Today, the descendants of the Zapotec have continued to make their presence felt across Mexico and the world thanks to the huge influence and popularity of Tehuana traje (traditional dress) and its embroidery. The region is famous for its wild velas; traditional fiestas where women proudly parade through the streets in their most flamboyant regalia; most notably their huge starched white lace headdresses known as the Huipil Grande, and their beautifully embroidered floral dresses.
rocky horror is the worst and is also transmisogynistic can we please finally get over this shit movie
ok but like the writer is transgender nonbinary and the language used in the play was the preferred language by trans people of that time can we not deny parts of our history because we’ve evolved since then thanks
So fucking much this.
PS, youth of today: you’ll be saying the same damn thing about art from this time before too long, for good or for ill. Terminology will, in fact, change. Definitions will, in fact, shift. It always does, they always do.
PPS, it is pretty much impossible to overstate how life-alteringly important this movie was to kids who didn’t conform to standard expectations of gender and sexuality, back in the day. Especially when back in the day was the mid-to-late 1980s, when the only queers you saw on TV were neutered AIDS tragedies, Bowie was playing straight, and even Elton John was married to a woman, and midnight showing of RHPS were pretty much the only place that felt like home. It was mental life raft for a lot of people.
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