Ruby Osorio, who received her B.A. in Sociology and Chicano Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, is concerned with upending traditional representations of Latinas in art as well as in the mass media at large. Ranging in size from hand-sized sketches to mural-scaled works, Osorio's cartoon-like drawings can appear deceptively charming and "cute," but, like a teenage girl who has mastered the art of jujitsu, they pack a surprising punch. What is ultimately at stake for Osorio is not beauty, but power, more specifically the empowerment of women. Juxtaposing sutured bits of thread with solid inked lines and appliquéd elements, Osorio's subject matter is often erotic in nature. Young women in undergarments frolic in natural settings. Usually, there are no men in these scenarios, only lovely women with flowing hair flitting like tiny, enchanted creatures amidst flowers, stars, and butterflies. Upon closer inspection, we see actions that are normally considered taboo: a woman sitting on the toilet, for example, replaces the historically far more common trope of a nude woman submerged in a bath. Desire, even lust, are celebrated in Osorio's quirky paeans to femininity, but their real power emerges not from any particular act of rebellion but rather in her characters' exuberant embrace of life and nature, without shame or hesitation. Here, there is no contradiction between (or sense of mastery over) the individual and the natural world, only harmonious coexistence.