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“Happy Birthday, Frida Kahlo! 🎂🎉

Today marks the birth of one of Mexico’s most famous artists – Frida Kahlo. Frida would often lie about her birthday to coincide with the start of the Mexican Revolution on July 7, 1910. Born to a German father and a Mesitza mother, Frida grew up defying gender norms and enjoyed dressing in men’s clothing from a young age and was encourage by her father to do so.

In her youth, Frida was a prominent student on her way to becoming a doctor before polio and a devastating bus accident left her permanently disabled. A communist, feminist, and artist, Frida’s work centered around gender, race, love, and pain in what many have deemed surrealist art although she was not fond of the categorization.

Throughout her life Frida would stand with workers and oppressed peoples in Mexico in beyond. In fact, she rallied the courage to protests despite severe illness after the U.S. ousted President Jacob Arbenz in Guatemala. Today we honor her unforgettable legacy and spirit.”

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” - Margaret Atwood

Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) was a writer, social activist, and feminist. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she was particularly concerned with the rights of marginalized groups, women, and people of colour.