#The Mexican Revolution

[survivingcapitalism]

Yet the legacy of Las Soldaderas has been almost entirely redefined and retold through a primarily male perspective. It was even happening during the Revolution: Men would write songs about Las Soldaderas, emphasizing their femininity and overt sexuality, in order to diminish their military contributions and accomplishments, according to Fernández’s research. Their image was structured around these male-written corridos. Iconography surrounding Las Soldaderas often featured women dressed in low-cut, skin-tight outfits with ammunition-filled bandolier slung over their chests a la Cruz and Hayak’s Hollywood depictions. These depictions of Las Soldaderas would come to be known as Las Adelitas, named after the famed ballad La Adelita, which described an unknown soldadera who was as pretty as she was brave. Soon, the scandalous depictions of Las Adelitas would become synonymous with the worldwide image of Las Soldaderas.

But Las Soldaderas weren’t fighting for their country in brassieres — they were women often dressed like their male counterparts, in battle-ready trousers and long-sleeved shirts, with bullets strapped across their chest and guns holstered around their waists, although some did wear floor-length skirts. Under the leadership of Petra Herrera, perhaps the most well-known soldadera, a brigade of nearly 400 women aided revolutionary leader Pancho Villa, who wasn’t particularly fond of female soldiers, in his effort to take the city of Torreón from the federales. Others acted as spies across the country, nursed the wounded on both sides of the war, and even used their gender to escape from prison.

“It was hard for people to reconcile: ‘How do we remember these courageous women who were fighting in this war, but we also still continue to treat them badly?’ And one way to negate their contributions is to say, ‘Oh, these sex objects were there as well. These people are very nice to look at, and if you put a gun on them it makes them sexy and dangerous at the same time,’” Fernández says. “[This] really negates the ideas of the toughness, the mestizo toughness, the physical toughness that the women brought with them and their contributions.”

[formulaireone]

crazy mexican dictator meets his idol who he has been obsessed with for more than half his life… basically

(ignore how antonio literally looks different EVERY TIME i draw him LOL hehe)

[cid5]

Ca. 1909-1920-Pancho Villa (1878-1923), Mexican bandit and revolutionary leader, lined up with some of his followers.

[tygerland]

Pancho Villa with his elite cavalry detachment "los Dorados" just prior to the Battle of Ojinaga -January 1914- during the Mexican Revolution.

[captain-price-unofficially]

Mexican armored cars during the Revolution. First two are German Panzerautos imported by the government. Third photo is a home brew, while the fourth appears to be a Yaqui armored agricultural tractor.

[sunshineandlyrics]

💙🇲🇽 This makes this Mexican flag even more special!

FITFWT Queretaro, 4 June 2024.

[barbucomedie]

Model 1866 Spencer Carbine from the United States of America dated to the 19th Century on display at the National Museum of the Revolution in Mexcio City, Mexico

During the Second French Intervention in Mexico, the American government gave a thirty million dollar loan to the government of President Benito Juárez. This Spencer carbine was thought to have been a gift from the USA to Benito Juárez as part of their show of support against the French Empire and their Hapsburg allies.

Photographs taken by myself 2023

[trollhunters-eldritch-princess]

i'm rewatching 3 below right now and i love how the show is so unapologetically, staunchly pro-immigration.

[ruzqtx]

i’ve got santa anna/antonio enthusiasts watching me so therefore i drop all my memes (one made by yours truly) 🫡

i’m sorry it’s not a lot guys i’ll get more soon criessss

[zeribip]

Ok I’m full on Blue Beetle hype rn because I’ve never felt so seen in a superhero movie, the family interaction was literally flawless:

• The family withholding important information from Jaime because they didn’t want him to worry

• General distrust of the police

• Literally el tío chairo and his inventions being made out of necessity

• Siblings being passive aggressive in a way of showing affection/worry because we’re not taught how to be vulnerable

• Abuela giving Jaime a blessing

• The family being daring and playful

• Jaime feeling like it’s his responsibility to support his whole family and give them a better life (this one literally made me cry)

[lombardie-colorings]

Emiliano Zapata was a Mexican revolutionary. An instrumental leader in the Mexican Revolution between 1910 and 1920, he was also the people's leader in the revolution of the Mexican state of Morelos, as well as the inspiration for the agrarian movement known as Zapatismo.

Photographer unknown, 1914.

Colored by Lombardie Colorings.

[thecrownedcrowd]

Maria Gonzalez and two soldaderas circa 1900-1920, in the South Texas border.

[formulaireone]

why do y’all like my santa anna crap so much

anyway eat up, here’s more lazy doodles of antonio 🙌

[sesiondemadrugada]

Postcards from the Mexican Revolution (photos by Walter H. Horne, ca. 1910-1916).

[tygerland]

Pancho Villa artwork by Cristián Reza currently on display at Pancho's Mérida restaurant in Yucatán Mexico.

[blackros78]

Zapatistas Traveling by Train, 1911.