P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
Join MCF president and CEO Dr. Carmen Rojas for a special Book Club conversation with authors Vanessa Díaz (associate professor of Chicano/a and Latina/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University) and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau (associate professor of American Studies at Wellesley College) to discuss the global impact of Bad Bunny in the context of Puerto Rico’s long tradition of anticolonial resistance.
P FKN R offers a deeper look at why Bad Bunny has resonated so powerfully with audiences across Puerto Rico, the United States, Latin America, and around the world by situating his rise to global superstardom in the context of Puerto Rico’s rich traditions of political organizing, artistic expression, and anticolonial resistance.
P FKN R is a meditation on the role of art in protest, social justice, and solidarity. As Bad Bunny continues to amplify conversations about race, gender, and colonialism, this book comes at a pivotal moment.
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Meet the Speakers
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Dr. Carmen Rojas
MCF president and CEO / Moderator, Marguerite Casey Foundation
Dr. Carmen Rojas is the president and CEO of Marguerite Casey Foundation. Under her leadership, which started in 2020, MCF has granted more than $273 million in funding to dozens of organizations doing the hard work of shifting power to those people who have long been excluded from having it, and launched the prestigious Freedom Scholar award. Prior to MCF, Dr. Rojas was the cofounder and CEO of the Workers Lab, an innovation lab that partners with workers to develop new ideas that help them succeed and flourish.
Vanessa Díaz
Author
Vanessa Díaz is an interdisciplinary ethnographer and journalist. She is an associate professor in the Department of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University. Díaz is the author of two books: P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance (2026), coauthored with Petra Rivera-Rideau, and Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood (2020). With Rivera-Rideau, she is also the creator of the “Bad Bunny Syllabus,” which explores the cultural significance of Bad Bunny and the complex, dynamic historical and contemporary realities of Puerto Rico.
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Petra Rivera-Rideau
Author
Petra Rivera-Rideau is an associate professor and chair of American Studies at Wellesley College. She is the author of three books: P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance (2026), coauthored with Vanessa Díaz, Remixing Reggaeton: The Cultural Politics of Race in Puerto Rico (2015), and Fitness Fiesta! Selling Latinx Culture Through Zumba (2024). In 2025, she was named one of the ALX100, a recognition of the top 100 Latinx leaders in Massachusetts. She also received the Harvard Latina/o Alumni Alliance Latinx/e of the Year award for her contributions to studies of Puerto Rican culture and history. With Díaz, she is also the creator of the “Bad Bunny Syllabus.”
The MCF Book Club creates a space for authors, scholars, and organizers to examine the most pressing issues of our time and imagine how we can radically transform our world.