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Post-Election Thoughts from a New Mom and Campaign Staffer

Nearly a month after the wicked election, I’m finally sitting down with all of my feelings. My baby is still sleeping, so this should…

Dec 5, 2016

Post-Election Thoughts from a New Mom and Campaign Staffer

Dec 5, 2016

Silence is a Choice — Free Palestine!

For all of my twenties, my brother and I did not see eye to eye on political issues. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks he joined the…

Dec 16, 2023

Silence is a Choice — Free Palestine!

Dec 16, 2023

What Ricky Hurtado’s Big Win in Alamance County Means for NC Latinos

Originally published in Cardinal & Pine on November 12, 2020

Apr 23, 2021

What Ricky Hurtado’s Big Win in Alamance County Means for NC Latinos

Apr 23, 2021

Reimagining Electoral Tools To Win

Everybody is offering their hot take on this election and hypothesizing about the Latinx electorate as if there is a one-size-fits-all…

Nov 10, 2020

Reimagining Electoral Tools To Win

Nov 10, 2020

The Daughter Who Birthed Me

WRITTEN IN JUNE, 2016

Sep 21, 2020

The Daughter Who Birthed Me

Sep 21, 2020

Nature’s Lesson: The Story of Corazón

At the beginning of quarantine I began to surround myself with plants. I wanted to have cleaner air and I always noticed that regardless…

Aug 15, 2020

Nature’s Lesson: The Story of Corazón

Aug 15, 2020

Where I Learned My Hustle

Mami said “quien viene conmigo a la tienda?” And I jumped up, feeling the rush of excitement, knowing I could pick the special snack my…

Aug 12, 2020

Where I Learned My Hustle

Aug 12, 2020

The Trauma Within

Ever since I knew that I was ready to become a parent, I’ve taken an interest in how child development works. Initially this stemmed from a…

Jun 20, 2018

The Trauma Within

Jun 20, 2018

When Peak White Womanhood Encroaches On A Black Woman’s Right to Exist

This is my friend Amber and she had a horrible experience flying from RDU to DC on American Airlines and she’s speaking out about it. I met…

May 1, 2018

When Peak White Womanhood Encroaches On A Black Woman’s Right to Exist

May 1, 2018

Compromising on Day of the Dead…Maybe.

This time of year, I get anxious and it sucks. Why? Because I think about how people are for sure going to appropriate or commodify some…

Oct 27, 2017

Compromising on Day of the Dead…Maybe.

Oct 27, 2017

Irene Godínez

Irene Godínez

Chingona. Mexicana. North Carolinian. Oldest of the millennials. Sharing political, parenting and random musings.

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