Intro
It is with great pleasure that we bring to you our first issue of 2022, our Sex Issue. When we first envisioned what Panocha Zine would be about one of the first themes we wanted to deconstruct was sex, sexuality, and sensuality. We wanted to understand how sex relates to our identities, and how we deconstruct the ideologies that have been drilled into our pretty femme skulls.
Art by Sandrine Segula
The idea of “Ni Santas, ni putas” comes to mind. It is very well known that in our Latinx communities “purity” is taught to us as our only value. This contrasts with the hyper-sexualization that Latinx femme and non-binary bodies experience in society. It is a real struggle for us to freely and openly experience our sexuality and express our desires in a healthy and empowering way, rather than in shame and secrecy. The words and images in this issue seek to do that. This is a space wherein fact we encourage everyone to be both santas and putas and everything in between.