Corregidora

Ursa Corregidora is a mixed singer/songwriter who is trying to find happiness despite a lifetime of being victimized. Traumatized by her childhood, Ursa often has nightmares and flashbacks that reveal the many male figures who have attempted to sexually assault her growing up. In addition to these personal affronts, Ursa spends much of her childhood listening to her Great Gram recount what life was like as a slave forced into prostitution. All of the women in her family were the victims of abuse in some way, and Ursa carries this knowledge with her into the world. As an adult, she enters two rocky marriages, both of which are rooted in her sexual appeal and little else. The men she marries refer to and treat her like an object. When she can’t or won’t perform sexually, they then belittle her. She talks to them about her family’s painful past and rather than sympathize with her, they use it against her. Ursa has her limits, however, and when her first husband physically abuses her and her second husband cheats on her, she leaves them behind to pursue her career.

Ursa tries time and again to re-establish herself, but no matter where she turns, whether it’s to a supposedly friendly female neighbor or to a nightclub owner, she can’t seem to escape being sexualized.