Latina Team USA Olympians Aim to Win and Inspire
…Team USA. “In 2016, I was young and everything was very new. It seemed like something so much bigger than myself. Going into Paris, I feel like I’m the veteran.”…
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We Need More Latina Late Bloomer Stories
…cultural norms that center family and children. We’re more likely to open and own businesses than non-Hispanic women in the U.S. In 2023, we were 43 percent more likely to…
How This Neurodivergent Puertorriqueña Became a Screenwriter
…two extremely challenging overnights on set, and carried the project through months of post. Throughout it all, I felt like an absolute star. I didn’t feel like a weak, overlookable,…
“Betty La Fea” Reboot Has Room to Grow
…decade and who, like Betty, doesn’t quite fit the stereotype of the industry’s “attractive” woman, I am ecstatic that the noxious beauty and body standards of the late 90s and…
What “Twisters” Got Right For Our Latino Community
…“For some reason they knew that we would all connect,” Perea added at the LA premiere. “Like, there wasn’t a massive table read to see if there was chemistry. I…
5 Latina Journalists Who Analyzed the RNC So You Don’t Have To
…messaging: the invocation of names like Kate Steinle, Laken Riley, and Rachel Morin – white women whose deaths have been linked to undocumented immigrants. Ulloa explains how the RNC strategically…
Coupling Weddings and Death in Cinema
…this one warrants elaboration. I have never felt the urge to have a child or become a parent, but I have always wanted companionship, to be a spouse. Like many…
The Palestinian Girls of 2002's “Jenin, Jenin” and Today Deserve Peace
“I’d like to say something that has nothing to do with hope or anything like that. But to the Israelis, I have [this] to say – ‘Proud as eagles we…
5 Reasons To Watch BookTok’s Current Obsession, “My Lady Jane”
There are a few things that romance book girlies like me particularly love: A good plot, forced proximity, and an enemies-to-lovers trope. It’s the perfect recipe to get us blushing,…
"Up Here" is Perfect for Romantic Overthinkers Like Me
…know what it feels like to want love so badly that you’re too scared to get close to it. Much like Lindsay and Miguel, I too have been my worst…