9: Meet Josefina, Mourn for Selena

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In episode nine, we turn our gaze to the American Southwest & the youthful, plucky Josefina Montoya. Our analysis of Josefina’s books begins with two powerful questions—first, given the place and time, is this the story of a colonial girl? Second, just how many references to Tejana queen Selena will we make per episode? While representations of imperialism in early American history are hard to unpack, over the course of this show, we’ll reveal why Meet Josefina had us reeling for still other reasons. Maybe you didn’t see how this book set in an 1820s borderland community (what’s now New Mexico) was essentially ripped from the 1990s melodrama THE PIANO.

But once you hear our take on Tia Dolores, you’ll see that’s why we’re here—note: we are also here to remind you of 90s crossover stars gone too soon.

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0:30.0	Allison, I've been thinking a lot about our show and you know we're reaching like all new
0:36.5	kinds of listeners every week and it's just not enough for me like I really want us to
0:40.8	get more listeners so I've've been, you know, sitting with myself, you know,
0:45.9	reading my self-help materials. Red Josefina and it actually inspired me with a business idea
0:51.2	to help us get more listeners.
0:53.0	Ooh, I can't wait to hear it.
0:55.0	As you know, there is a goat prominently in this book.
0:58.0	And the minute I read this goat, and it's, you know, it's what I'll call spirit generously and you know I
1:07.6	connected this with some us weeklies I've read in the past and I feel as though we could have a real business in goat yoga.
1:18.0	Yes, I think we would have to call it like be the goat or be your best goat or go on go to be
1:26.9	evocative of greatest of all time. That's correct and instead of people coming
1:31.7	and thinking that we're going to play Enya in the background or something that's meant to be soothing,
1:37.0	we will only be streaming past episodes of this show.
1:40.0	I like that, but I think we can also splice in some selections from the
1:44.4	Selina film starring Jennifer Lopez. I if I start thinking about that movie
1:48.6	right now I will weep and if I start thinking about actual Selina I will lose
1:52.3	control.
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