
Mariana Álvarez Castillo
About
Mariana Álvarez Castillo is a Diasporic, Caribbean and Decolonial Feminist, who holds a bachelor of Arts from the Central University of Venezuela and a Master’s Degree in Image Studies from the Alberto Hurtado University of Chile. She currently works as an Audiovisual Producer in Mexico City and writes for Afroféminas Magazine.
5 Years of Black Feminist Collective
Yesterday—May 5, 2022—marks 5 years since Black Feminist Collective was created. We are an intergenerational collective of Black feminists and womanists across the diaspora who … Continue reading 5 Years of Black Feminist Collective
Dispute the Questions: Reflections on Non-Hegemonic Feminism in Latin America
By Mariana Álvarez Castillo • Originally published on Afroféminas • Regarding the feminist commemoration dates, it is important to think about some of the discussions that have historically taken place within the movement, but that in the context of the recent 8M are shaken, deepened, and resumed.
Bodies and Forcefulness: The Experience of Blackness in the work of Delphine Desane
By Mariana Álvarez Castillo • Originally published on Afroféminas • Delphine Desane (B. 1988) places moments of her world in limbos of colors: from her experience as a Black woman in Europe, she brings situations, outfits, faces and hair to the canvas. With flat colored backgrounds and penetrating gazes, Delphine makes visible the Black corporality that surrounds her, from a place that involves the intimate, the meditative and the forceful.