This weekend we started our next book, Chicana Power, reading both the introduction as well as the first two chapters. The introduction section did not exactly pull me in, I found it challenging to digest the amount of feminist and Chicana theory packed into that portion of the reading. I very much enjoyed Chapter 1 “Spinning the Record.” I enjoyed how the chapter delved into how and why Chicana feminist movements had not been given their due importance in history. In almost every aspect, that section of history was almost an afterthought. In feminist history, the women and their history is placed as the third wave of feminism. I found it interesting that though it sounds like a continued progression towards a better society, it actually illustrates the events as an add-on, a simple reaction to the “real” movement.
Thoughts on Histories
Thoughts on Chicana/Latina Feminist Histories Spring 2014
Thoughts on Histories 
I agree with you. I felt that what the author was saying or at least how she wrote it makes it seem as if the history of Chicana women in the Chicano movement is just an add on like she says that other historians have done and continue to write about history. The author does offer an intervention in this history, but I felt she was still doing somewhat of an add and stir model. It also seemed like I was reading a history book and not so much a novel.