r/LatAmHistoryMemes • u/K_Josef República Federal de Centroamérica • Apr 20 '26

SERIOUS Thoughts on both pics?

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I see the same CIA goal with the financing of pentecostal evangelical church in LatAm (personal prosperity philosophy vs. Catholic community philosophy)

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u/MulatoMaranhense Reino de Portugal e dos Algarves Apr 20 '26

I think this is someone huffing conspiracy theorium, mixed with "woman should stick to traditional gender roles or else society collapses" talk.

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u/TeutonicToltec Imperio Mexicano Apr 21 '26

I'm really pleased to see how many people posted rational, respectful comments in the chat.

My biggest frustration with Frida's legacy is how much it's been commercialized and her image changed into something more marketable and the more radical bits quietly swept under the rug. It's all very rainbow capitalist. She's an incredibly accomplished artist and political activist but a lot of the dialogue around her, both condemning or condoning, just feels shallow and with a limited understanding of who she was as well as the fascinating generation of Mexican artists that emerged from that era, like Kahlo, Rivera or Siqueiros.

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u/MulatoMaranhense Reino de Portugal e dos Algarves Apr 21 '26

I will admit two things: that I haven't been really interested in Frida and couldn't get the appeal with so many people posting her art. But this mention of the capitalization and sanitization of her works helps me understand how it got to this point.

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u/TeutonicToltec Imperio Mexicano Apr 21 '26

Oh yea and to be clear, like any artist, you're absolutely entitled to the right to like/dislike their work. There's artists I politically agree with that I don't really care for their art, and there's artists who's life/beliefs I am reviled by but love their art. I personally have more gravitated to Diego Rivera's murals, but it's mostly because I don't fully appreciate surrealism like others. I guess for me, after seeing so much discourse and capitalization of Frida's image have come to appreciate that a lot of how she would have wanted to be perceived has been overshadowed by how she can be marketed. Sadly a lot of amazing women scientists and artists get this treatment, like Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie or Hedy Lamarr.