Imilla Skate, an all-female skateboarding group in Bolivia. They not only encourage women to skate, but to do it in skirts and dresses.
“Imilla” means “girl,” and is commonly used by women to describe their daughters. They also refer to themselves as “cholitas,” a term taken back from misogynists, much in the same way the n-word was taken back as a method of resistance and empowerment.
“Cholitas” was used to describe indigenous women in traditional attire that included dresses and skirts. The Imilla Skate women encourage skateboarding in skirts as a matter of reclaiming their ancestry, and disallowing it to be a derogatory term.
They also found a way to build a skate park and support center, teaching young girls to skate. And encourage them to be powerful on route.
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