'Ahsoka' Shows Fierce Women Can be Fierce Friends Too
…Ahsoka, light spoilers ahead. Star Wars has fans of all cultures and backgrounds and there’s much to be said about how the fandom has treated women and BIPOC actors in…
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#TheLatinaPress: Heritage Month
…like Disney would invest in content that speaks to us, which is exactly what we see in Andor, the latest show in the Star Wars franchise. It follows Diego Luna’s…
Diego Luna’s 'Andor' Puts 'Latinos in Space' Back in the Spotlight
When Pedro Pascal’s The Mandalorian joined Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor and Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron in the Star Wars universe, fans started to refer to their characters – and later,…
Q+A With Zoraida Córdova, Author of ‘The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina’
…I took on a lot of different contracts, writing another series, writing The Brooklyn Bruja series. I started taking work for hire like Star Wars. Then between 2017 and 2018,…
5 Latinx Actors Who Anglicized Their Names to Make It in Hollywood
…(1979-present) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rZKLolIU7/ Oscar Isaac’s career literally soared into the stratosphere with his role of Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and then the subsequent franchise installments. The Guatemalan-Cuban…
Why it Matters that Supergirl is Latina
…and people of color. You only have to look at the way white fans attacked John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran during the third Star Wars trilogy — and in response, the radio silence of Lucasfilm…
Latinxs in Space
…current world. With Battlestar Galactica, I question fate and the limits of human ingenuity. With Star Wars, I delve into the delightful idea that all living beings are connected and that life…
‘Roswell’ is Fun and That’s All I Want Right Now
…actual skin and heritage show up. Think Zoe Saldana in Guardians of the Galaxy or Avatar, Lupita Nyong’o in Star Wars. They play aliens who are not visibly brown or black but who are…
10 Women-Centered Shows to Watch in 2020
…she and her crew celebrate the trials and joys of being young, black, successful, and female in Los Angeles. Killing Eve Did you see Jodie Comer in Star Wars? It…