The necessity to stay related is so urgent for Univision’s veteran anchor Jorge Ramos, that he has now included the erasure of ladies underneath the duvet of ‘trans visibility’ to his marketing campaign towards the normal values of the general public he claims to champion and characterize.

This turned evident in an interview with Puerto Rican trans city music performer Villano Antillano (Antillian Villain), that aired over Ramos’s Al Punto talk-show final Sunday, February fifth, the place the important thing take-away was: Feminism’s new frontier lies on the threshold of the (100% machista) reggaeton — and within the palms of ladies — like her.

Watch how women- presumably Univision’s most respected demographic — get swiftly canceled by Ramos within the identify of “trans visibility”:

JORGE RAMOS: Sorry… So do you’re feeling that reggaeton – you… the ladies – are taking it in direction of a feminist orientation?

VILLANO ANTILLANO: Sure. I’d say so – in direction of focusing it extra on that empowerment. Like- that music that’s born out of empowering us from different issues that aren’t essentially gunshots and weapons, and stacks of payments so it falls extra inside a extra feminist vary, and is rather more about oneself.

“Do you’re feeling that reggaeton – you… the women- are taking it in direction of a feminist orientation?” Ramos requested a couple of style, he mentioned, the place “a lot of the songs I hearken to are in regards to the energy of ladies.“

Severely Jorge? Reggaeton is infamous for lyrics that objectify girls, one thing that to ‘her’ credit score, Antillano rectified with “(reggaeton) just isn’t very a lot for empowering girls”, including that “It is us girls who at the moment are like taking it in that path.”

In what path, we marvel. For whereas Ramos elevated deep-voiced Antillano to the extent of feminist trailblazer- “a reggaeton and concrete music singer who’s breaking stereotypes and who by elevating her voice with nice braveness, is opening areas in music and a society that till very just lately have been closed to many,” it seems that ‘her’ braveness stems from elsewhere: revenge. 

In Villanos personal phrases: “On the finish of the day, who cares who I’m with and the way I determine? It shouldn’t matter to anybody…However since folks give attention to that a lot, then I’ll showcase, get it, and I’ll serve it on a platter, as a result of if it bothers them a lot, it is as a result of they need to see it.”

Ramos has lengthy sought to normalize radical positions for Univision’s viewers — from “democratic socialism”, to Malthusian environmental coverage (the Inexperienced New Deal), to abortion, to euthanasia. Now you can add transgenderism to that blend.

One query stays on our thoughts: Given Ramos’ standing as Particular Editorial Advisor to the CEO of Univision: Is erasing girls now the community’s official editorial line? 

Press on Develop to learn the whole transcript of the phase talked about above.

Al Punto con Jorge Ramos
02/05/2023
11:52 a.m. Jap

JORGE RAMOS: This week I had the chance to speak with Villano Antillano. She is a reggaeton and concrete music singer who’s breaking stereotypes and who by elevating her voice with nice braveness, is opening areas in music and society that till very just lately have been closed to many. Thanks for being right here. I thanks a lot.

VILLANO ANTILLANO: Completely. Delighted.

RAMOS: Let me… I need to speak about your music, however I need to take you again to that summer time of 2022.  Dangerous Bunny brings you to the stage on the coliseum, in Puerto Rico. The shrieking can nonetheless be heard right here, however I’m curious about what you mentioned; then you definately mentioned, “Thanks,” to Benito. “Thanks for staying on the fitting facet.” What did you imply by that?

ANTILLANO: I believe that Dangerous Bunny has taken it upon himself in his profession to tell us that he’s on the facet, I believe, of feminism. I believe he’s an individual who has made it very clear via his actions, that he believes in feminism and helps trans girls. He positively stands out as somebody necessary and I believe he is aware of what he is doing.

RAMOS: That is the place you met Bizarrap, did not you?

ANTILLANO: No. I met him later at a celebration

BRANCHES: OK

ANTILLANO: However it was via him.

RAMOS: It was via him.

ANTILLANO: Sure

RAMOS: I listened to session 51. And what does he have? In fact, everybody is aware of him now from Shakira’s tune. However Shakira’s session was the 53rd. Yours was the 51st. What does he have, why does Gonzalo Conde do it in a different way? The one no person is aware of as Gonzalo Conde?

ANTILLANO: Bizarrap is a brilliant unbelievable artist, however he’s additionally a businessman, an individual who has a really clear imaginative and prescient of what he desires to do and what he’s doing, and he is a wonderful producer who is aware of the right way to play along with his big viewers.

RAMOS: I need to attempt to perceive what is occurring in Puerto Rico. Whereas politically every little thing appears stagnant, the power coming there from artists such as you is really extraordinary. And never solely you, there’s Dangerous Bunny, there’s Ozuna, there’s Farruko, Daddy Yankee. There are all of you. What’s occurring in Puerto Rico?

ANTILLANO: I believe Puerto Rico has all the time produced very unbelievable artists and I believe perhaps it is a query that I’ve requested myself. I believe perhaps it has to do with this nice frustration about our standing as a colony. Our everlasting damnation to distress by the hands of the empire of the USA and a whole lot of different issues. I really feel there’s lots of people.

RAMOS: That is very robust. What you simply mentioned.

ANTILLANO: Sure, I’m very political, I’m very clear about many issues. I studied political science, truly. However you realize, I sort of assume that nicely, that want and a thirst for higher issues, transfer us to create issues artistically talking, very subsequent degree. And I believe we have all the time led in numerous genres, salsa, reggaeton.

RAMOS: You say you studied political science and I needed to ask you about that. Does reggaeton lack politics? Many of the songs I hearken to are in regards to the energy of ladies. They speak about interpersonal relationships, however I not often hear about politics. Possibly in Dangerous Bunny’s Apagón, proper?

ANTILLANO: I believe that style just isn’t very a lot for empowering girls. It is us girls who at the moment are like taking it in that path and there is larger artists within the caliber of Karol G which can be like redirecting it. However it’s not style or motion, or a motu proprio shifting in direction of that.

RAMOS: Sorry… so do you’re feeling that reggaeton- you… the women- are taking it in direction of a feminist orientation?

ANTILLANO: Sure, I’d say so- in direction of focusing it extra on that empowerment. Like-  that music that’s born out of empowering us from different issues that aren’t essentially gunshots and weapons, and stacks of payments so it falls extra inside a extra feminist vary, and is rather more about oneself.

RAMOS: In Cáscara de Coco you say “I’m not simple”, I’m not a coconut shell”. Is that this the way you understand your self?

ANTILLANO: Sure, I actually, that is a saying that my grandmother used to inform me “You aren’t coconut shell”, as a result of I used to be not simple and he or she was neither, I additionally referred to as her that, that we have been each very, very robust girls. And I grew up listening to that and I grew up understanding that I used to be very totally different and really troublesome, due to that trait, of not letting anybody trip me. And in addition very curious, very inquisitive. But when I can not do this, why cannot I do it? And I believe I all the time grew up being very conscious of that. And I additionally love being humorous and sort of rubbing issues in folks’s faces.

RAMOS: Within the lyrics there are… I used to be going to say honesty, however I believe it fell quick. There’s absolute transparency and whole honesty. Is that the thought? To make personal life public?

ANTILLANO: It is not a lot that personal life turns into public. It’s that the personal lifetime of an individual condemned earlier than society turns into public, you perceive. As a result of, on the finish of the day, who cares who I’m with and the way I determine, it shouldn’t matter to anybody, as a result of I’m an individual who deserves the identical rights as everybody else. We do not have to get into that idiosyncrasy. However since folks give attention to that a lot, then I’ll showcase, you get it, and I’ll serve it on a platter, as a result of if it bothers them a lot, it is as a result of they need to see it.

RAMOS: And also you instructed me a really Puerto Rican phrase “Do not anybody trip me.” Are you able to clarify it to me?

ANTILLANO: Don’t let anybody trip you is that you don’t let anybody step on you. Do you perceive me? Let nobody do it to you. Let nobody get away with it. Might you all the time be forward

RAMOS: There’s one thing, there’s a whole lot of revolt in that.

ANTILLANO: A variety of revolt. Sure, sure, I’m a rebellious individual.

RAMOS: Okay. And with that I go away you. However thanks very a lot for coming and for the belief.

ANTILLANO: My pleasure.

RAMOS: Thanks.

ANTILLANO: Thanks.