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	Podcast:		Audiograph
	Episode:		Crushing gender and cultural barriers with the Chulita Vinyl Club
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:10:08
	Publish Date:		2019-06-06 20:02:27
	Description:		Second Fridays at the Legionnaire Saloon in downtown Oakland are not just any bar night. In this week's Audiograph , we're going to a dance party that feels like a family reunion. Outside, strangers bond over the delicious tacos sold at the pop-up-food-stand, Tacos El Último Baile . And inside, the dance-floor is packed with crews of women in their flyest kicks and threads getting down to classic and rare 45s of cumbia, funk, and more. “There’s a sense of comradery and also sisterhood here ” says Martha Brenda Valdez, one attendee. “You feel like your at a baile for your family.” The DJs who host this throwback party are known as the Chulita Vinyl Club , an all-vinyl, all-“womxn of color” DJ collective. Between Texas and California, there are seven Chulita chapters, including this one in the Bay Area. Spinning rock en español, soul, and more, the Chultias play a hybrid sound at the Legionnaire that is especially nostalgic for the Latino millennials who make up most of the crowd. “It’s
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