02: Fig Tree Theory

EP.02: Unlearn That Sh!t

There's a comment trending on TikTok right now: "I don't care how you were raised, unlearn that s**t." In this episode, I use that as the jumping-off point to dig into the real, documented history of Mexicans in Texas: the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the deliberate deletion of land protections, the segregated "Mexican schools," and the 1917 Bath Riots, a piece of border history with a direct, documented line to Nazi Germany. Then I break down the five-step system this country has run on immigrant group after immigrant group, and share the three things that helped me personally unlearn what I was taught and reclaim my history: reading real academic history, reading Black intellectuals, and doing the inner psychological work. It's not your fault how you were raised. But unlearning it is on you. Show Notes: * Check out the Libby App * Must Read Books For Mexican Americans [https://bookshop.org/lists/must-read-books-for-mexican-americans] * Audre Lorde’s The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master’s House [https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Tools-Dismantle-Penguin-Modern/dp/0241339723] (Amazon link bc not available on Bookshop) * James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time [https://bookshop.org/a/122735/9780679744726] * Robin Wall Kimmerer‘s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants [https://bookshop.org/a/122735/9781571313560] * Article from my substack on this topic with pictures and sources for further reading: https://itzett.substack.com/p/go-back-to-your-country [https://itzett.substack.com/p/go-back-to-your-country] Thanks for reading La Sala by Itzett Romero! This post is public so feel free to share it. La Sala by Itzett Romero is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to La Sala by Itzett Romero at itzett.substack.com/subscribe [https://itzett.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

02: Fig Tree Theory

I've spent decades in organized religion and philosophy looking for answers. And I've realized — the next phase doesn't live in a text. It lives in women. In intuition. In each other. This episode is about the question I keep wrestling with: if we are spiritual beings here to experience ALL of what it means to be human, why do we shrink ourselves into just one identity? And why did we stop wanting more in the first place? The patriarchy's greatest win wasn't force. It was making us forget to dream. Thanks for reading La Sala by Itzett Romero! This post is public so feel free to share it. In Other Rooms * Follow me on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/itzettromero], Tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@itzettromero], and Linkedin [http://linkedin.com/in/itzett-romero] * Top Books To Wake You up [https://bookshop.org/lists/top-books-to-wake-you-up] Get full access to La Sala by Itzett Romero at itzett.substack.com/subscribe [https://itzett.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

01: We Call Him the Antichrist So We Don't Have to Hold Him Accountable

This one started as a rant about Trump playing Jesus on the internet. It turned into something else - about the excuses we make for bad men, powerful or not, and why we're always harder on ourselves than we are on them. I’m experimenting with audio and video in Substack because that’s what comes naturally to me. This is my first mini-episode to test the waters and get some thoughts on “paper”! Hope you enjoy it. In Other Rooms * Follow me on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/itzettromero], Tiktok [https://www.tiktok.com/@itzettromero], and Linkedin [http://linkedin.com/in/itzett-romero] * Top Books To Wake You up [https://bookshop.org/lists/top-books-to-wake-you-up] Get full access to La Sala by Itzett Romero at itzett.substack.com/subscribe [https://itzett.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]