The Short List of the 8 Oscar-Nominated Women Directors
…93rd year with the second female director winner. That year, two women were nominated for the first time in the Best Director category, with Zhao being the first Asian woman…
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Mindy Kaling is Changing Casting for the Better
…on Actors. With Never Have I Ever, she proved her point: there is plenty of South Asian talent out there. The evidence is Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, a 17-year-old girl who landed…
"Selena & Yolanda" Deserves the Outrage
…trigger.” It struck me that the outrage is not only from Latina women and men but also from white, African-American, and Asian women, white and African-American men, and members of…
Women Make Hollywood Money - So What’s the Hold Up?
…highest use of storytelling to affirm one another’s full humanity, to uphold the truth that we are all worthy of being seen — Black, brown, Indigenous, Asian, trans, disabled, any…
TV’s Past, Present, and Future Has No Latinos
…universe that can be anything, we are nonexistent. Gen V has two African-American lead characters and two Asian Americans, one of them a non-binary character. Quantum Leap has two Asian…
The Significance of America Ferrera in Barbie
…a wife or mother. But for a long time that was only true of young Caucasian girls. Though Barbie was born in 1959, it wasn’t until 1980 that we Latinas…
TheLatinaPress Nº25: Latinechella
…his way to becoming a household name. WAITING TO WATCH This is about Black and brown and queer and Asian people experiencing love and luxury and beauty and all of…
Latino Representation Statistics Low in Film, But We Have the Power to Change It
…in the 18-49 age range. Principle authors Dr. Ana-Christina Ramón, Michael Tran, and Dr. Darnell Hunt show that theatrical releases with 31-41% of their casts being Black, Latino, Asian, and/or…
Ke Huy Quan Finally Gets His Flowers
The 1980s and early 1990s were rife with extremely racist portrayals of Asian and Asian-American characters. Even as a child confronting completely different stereotypes, I knew that a lot of…
#TheLatinaPress: Issue 17
…Asian Femininity. Then I Found Freedom 📰 In the News Women’s Suffrage, Our Namesake Amendment and Its Enduring Lessons 🤩 We’re Here for This We’re here for this: Going to an HBCU…