PRESS

“Ibarra’s sharp and raunchy political burlesque channels rage and despair, dejection and defiance, from within concentric circles of representation, both social and aesthetic.”

-Robert Avila, SF Bay Guardian

“Seductively Subversive”
- CURVE Magazine

“brilliant, hot and saucy”
- Annie Sprinkle

“piñata-fisting provocateur and performance phenom”
- SF weekly

“Her performance managed to pack a hefty critique of the surveillance of queer bodies in contemporary culture into less than 10 minutes. Her satirical rendition of burlesque, rather than an intricate and titillating dance, plainly begged the question: “What is there left to see?” Using Chicana and feminist iconography, La Chica Boom pushes at the boundaries of the term “queer,” advocating for a broader application of the word than in reference to sexuality alone.”
— Kate Conger, SF Weekly

“The self-described Chican@ performance artist and community organizer uses drag, burlesque, and other stage conventions to blow [racial, political, sexual, and gender issues] to smithereens (or, as she puts it, “destabilize white heteropatriarchy”).”
— Hiya Swanhuyser, SF Weekly

“political and sexy at the same time”
- Seattle Gay News