March 8: A Playlist To Resist

Every March 8, millions of women around the world gather in the streets to give rise to the fight for the rights of women, who have historically been victims not only of stereotypes but also of gender violence. Therefore, if you are thinking of joining this event that is celebrated every year, and you want to prepare yourself in the best way, we leave you a playlist with 6 songs to resist and inspire you to go out and march

“Nos queremos vivas” Rebeca Lane

Rebeca Lane is a Guatemalan sociologist, activist, poet, and rapper, recognized for her raps that show the reality of the Latin American feminist struggle. In the song “Nos queremos vivas” which means “we want each other alive” Lane honors the indigenous tradition through rhythms and instruments while denouncing one of the gender problems with the most victims in the region: femicides.

From this, she develops other issues that are also equally relevant to the feminist struggle, such as abortion, mistreatment of women, silence on the part of state entities, and, above all, sisterhood, which is the main engine of this struggle. struggle.

“She Got Arrested”, The Interrupters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okad2AmxoNA&ab_channel=HellcatRecords

The Interrupters is one of the most popular bands on the ska-punk scene in the United States. Their song “She Got Arrested” has a very catchy and danceable melody, but its lyrics tell a difficult story. It tells of a woman who was arrested for killing “her man.”

As soon as the song progresses we understand the reason behind his actions: he mistreated her and she, tired, decided to stop him and said she would do it again. Thus, this song not only talks about the mistreatment of women in domestic spaces but also about the ineffectiveness of the legal system by not prosecuting the abusers but the victims.

“Hijabi”, Mona Haydar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOX9O_kVPeo&ab_channel=BehsatVeyseloglu

Mona Haydar is a Muslim Syrian-American rapper who, through her poetry and lyrics denounces the westernized views on Muslim women that result in a type of gender Islamophobia, by turning practicing women into objects of discrimination.

With “Hijabi”, Haydar puts women who wear the hijab on high, questions the Western perspective through direct questions, and makes it clear that Westerners should not comment on something that has nothing to do with them, since Muslim women are not simply an object of sociological study. Likewise, the song demands respect for all women, regardless of the nuances that go through them.

“Voy”, Femigansta and Ofelia Fernández

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie8QV8bwHFY&ab_channel=Femigangsta

Agnes Simon is a young Argentine who became known through her Instagram and Twitter where she shares funny videos, her political opinion, and songs of his authorship, which usually talk about feminism. “Voy” is a song with powerful lyrics that revolves around what the feminist movement is, its importance, and its reasons for being: “Feminism is freedom, revolution, is being aware.”

In addition, it is accompanied by a section of a speech given by Ofelia Fernández in 2018. Fernández is recognized for being one of the heads of the legal abortion movement in Argentina.

“Strong Enough”, Cher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLt8lUBEPnM&ab_channel=CHERFanClub

Classic: this is how you can define the career of one of the strongest and most loved artists of all time. With “Strong Enough”, released in 1999, Cher challenged the concept of romantic love and the idea that you can’t live without someone you loved.

With this anthem of freedom, she made it clear that a woman can be strong enough to put a break in a relationship and move on with her life. And it is that Cher is also recognized for that spirit of feminine power, for breaking with what is expected of her as a woman and an artist from the beginning of her career in the 60s until today.

“Si me matan”, Silvana Estrada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeU7rb-dBow&ab_channel=SilvanaEstrada

We close our list with a song that not only has beautiful lyrics but is also accompanied by a video that It touches the heart of whoever sees it. With her prodigious voice, Silvana Estrada, Mexican singer-songwriter, gives us a hymn about sisterhood, about the collective pain caused by the death of a woman, and about the feeling of justice that grows in every corner of the world and leaves behind the legacy of women’s struggle for their rights.

With this song, we remember that pain has been a common denominator in this social movement, but that it has also been the way to remove fear in order to move forward and get closer and closer to a world where women can live with dignity, where we have the opportunity to live without constantly fearing for our lives.

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