Endless Thread Presents: Anything For Selena
Endless Thread
WBUR
4.1 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Today, we present episode one of Anything for Selena, a new podcast from WBUR and Futuro Studios.
Growing up along the US-Mexico border, Maria Garcia felt torn between her two identities as Mexican and American. But then, something changed her life. She discovered Selena — the Mexican-American pop icon who proved she didn’t have to choose. In the premiere episode of “Anything for Selena,” host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world.
About The Show:
In "Anything For Selena," Host Maria Garcia takes listeners on a deeply personal journey into the life and legacy of the Mexican-American popstar Selena Quintanilla. She shares how Selena's music and unapologetic sense of identity helped her find her own place in the world. And it explores how Selena's legacy continues to spark important conversations around race, class, and body politics.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Emory, it is not the weekend. |
| 0:03.2 | It is not. |
| 0:04.4 | But do you know the weekend, like capital T, capital W, |
| 0:08.5 | like the musical artist? |
| 0:09.9 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:11.3 | He's one of the ones I know. |
| 0:15.3 | Same. |
| 0:16.4 | And I was browsing red at the other day, as I do. |
| 0:19.4 | As you do. |
| 0:20.6 | And I discovered a thread discussing this debate |
| 0:23.4 | about a specific line in one of the weekend's songs called |
| 0:27.3 | the Party Monster. Do you know that song? |
| 0:31.2 | You're going to have to sing it for me. |
| 0:32.6 | It sounds like all the other weekend's songs, if that makes sense. |
| 0:36.1 | OK. |
| 0:37.1 | And there's this line in the song where he's talking about a woman. |
| 0:40.6 | And he's like, Angelina, Lipslack, Angelina, Selina, |
| 0:47.1 | Asshade Black, Selina. |
| 0:49.5 | OK. |
| 0:51.2 | And there is this whole debate online about whether the Selina |
| 0:54.8 | in this line of this song is referring to Selena Gomez, |
| 0:58.8 | current pop star, his former girlfriend, |
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