A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers

They have been famous in the country for decades, but some states have passed decrees to ban them

Two days before the release of her new album, Mexican singer-songwriter Vivir Quintana was in a women's prison in Mexico.

Mexico City, Apr 25 (EFE).- Mexican singer Vivir Quintana asked herself ten years ago “what if my friend (victim of femicide) had killed her aggressor?” and from there emerged ‘Things that surprise the audience’, her new album that renews the run “misogynistic and violent” with cases of “real women who defended their lives” from the machista violence.

A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers - Entertainment News

Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico. The singer had spent the past 10 years visiting women incarcerated after defending themselves and, in doing so, killing their abusers. Their stories became part of &ldq...

Musician tells stories of women imprisoned for killing their abusers

Vivir Quintana is using a typically male genre of music to sing for incarcerated women

A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers

A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending themselves and to highlight the more complicated aspects of gender-based violence.