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“Nos Haremos Respetar” by Regina Román

Based on the heroic tale of Diana la Vengadora, an anonymous woman who in 2013 reportedly took revenge for the rape and murder of Ciudad Juárez women maquiladora workers by fatally shooting two company bus drivers, “Nos Haremos Respetar” carries forward her message of demanding respect for women.

“It was originally a response to Juárez [femicides] since the ‘nos haremos respetar’ comes from a letter Diana, la Vengadora, wrote, but it’s definitely become an all purpose ‘sick and tired’ image for everything our gente has had to deal with,” said up-and-coming artist Regina Román.

Influenced by Mexican printmakers and Chicano graphic estilos, Román says she also draws inspiration from folk art, the DIY punk aesthetic and comic books. “I grew up in a very creative family. My father was very active in the Chicano poetry scene and my mother was a gifted pianist,” she said.

“Nos Haremos Respetar” also pays tribute to the 43 disappeared students of Ayotzinapa. Román, who told us she has family in Guerrero, has been active in the Acción Global por Ayotzinapa movement in her hometown of San Antonio, Texas.

In the spirit of Diego Rivera and Yolanda López, Regina’s Haremos is the type of defiant art we need more of right now. If you, too, make art for the people, feel free to submit it here.

Regina Román is a Xicanx visual artist based out of San Anto, Tejas. Follow her at flojalife, on InstagramandFacebook. Buy her artwork at Big Cartel.

Regina Román’s “Nos Haremos Respetar” speaks loudly in the time of Trump