University of New Mexico to Offer Course Examining Bad Bunny's Fashion, Gender, and Politics

The University of New Mexico (UNM) announced on April 19, 2026 a new academic course using Bad Bunny's fashion as a sociological lens to examine gender, race, and political identity in Latin pop culture. The class, set to launch in Fall 2026, uses his wardrobe choices — including skirts, fishnet stockings, painted nails, and drag-influenced looks — as primary texts alongside sociological frameworks for analyzing how he has challenged reggaeton's historically hypermasculine aesthetic. UNM professors cited his public statements against machismo and his incorporation of traditionally feminine clothing as evidence of a deliberate, consistent political project embedded in popular entertainment. The course joins a growing body of academic interest in Bad Bunny as a cultural studies subject, with courses and papers at multiple U.S. and Latin American universities addressing his influence.