At CinemaCon 2024, It’s Obvious Latinas Are About to Have a Big Year
The lights on the CinemaCon 2024 stage have officially darkened. Pero, hot damn they leave a helluva lot of hope for Latinas on the big screen in the coming months….
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A Love Letter to Selena Quintanilla
…a guide just for her as she reflects on her future. Without knowing it, she would go on not only to pave a way for women in Tejano music but…
Media Still Prefers Hypersexualized Latinas – Especially in Miami
…with how women – especially young women – are treated and portrayed in media, Latinas more often than not are portrayed as bombshells: fetishized. These roles are for hypersexualized Latinas,…
"The Long Game" Celebrates A History More of Us Should Know
When Humberto G. Garcia attended San Felipe High School in Del Rio, Texas, he didn’t learn about the Miracle Five–the Mexican-American golf team who won the state championship in 1957….
“AlRawabi School for Girls” Gives Us Non-Western Empowered Girls
…consequences for women and girls. We’re a lot more alike than we think, and that means women around the world can find solace and solidarity in knowing we can support…
The LATAM-US Divide on Who is “Latina”
…were born in the US, and therefore did not represent them. Was part of the problem Domingo’s Blackness and Ferrera’s Browness? Probably. Latin American has a history of excluding Black…
Camila Mendes and Rudy Mancuso Have Your New Favorite in “Música”
…female characters “didn’t feel like they were just there to serve Rudys was really important,” says Mancuso, after citing that “There were a lot of strong women at the forefront…
Lío Mehiel is Just Getting Started
Lío Mehiel made history as the first trans person to earn the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award in Acting at Sundance in 2023 for their portrayal of a trans man…
Decoding the Feminine Power in “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”
…book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era written by Laurence Leamer, a story that, while implausible for the ordinary person outside…
Q+A With Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, Author of "Plátanos Are Love"
…10,000 copies in about six months and is in its second printing. It shows a little girl learning the secrets of plátanos from her grandmother, who shows her that this…