La Llorona in Juvenile Hall on JSTOR

this is SO interesting also The White Lady Of Elysian Park’s story and how it’s evolved since then (Now she’s often specifically a Pachuca murdered by WWII sailors) says a lot about… a lot of stuff.

It’s also really really REALLY heart wrenching and I don’t recommend you read it if you’re not in a space to deal with it right now (it has a lot of stuff that relates deeply to issues of class, race, and gender, and just like… I wish I could help and protect every “bad” teenage girl out there)

La Llorona in Juvenile Hall on JSTOR