We have no idea what’s going to happen. We don’t know who’s going to win the election, when we’ll know the results, or how Trump and his cronies will respond…
Cristina Escobar
Cristina Escobar
A writer and activist, Cristina Escobar is the co-founder of latinamedia.co, uplifting Latina and gender non-conforming Latinx perspectives in media. A rehabilitated English major, she’s a member of the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association and writes at the intersection of race, gender, and pop culture. Her words can be found in Glamour, Roger Ebert, Latino Rebels, Remezcla, Shondaland, and lost grocery lists. Finally and most importantly, her abuelita made the best tamales this world has ever seen. You can follow her on Twitter: @cescobarandrade.
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In these dark time, I want to visit a future where together we “boldy go where no one has gone before.” You know? So join me in celebrating these, my favorite Latinxs in space.
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Trick-or-treating may be canceled but Halloween in all its scary, campy glory is not. So let us invite you to check out the latest from Netflix, Vampires vs. the Bronx. Confronted with vampires, gentrification, and maple scones, our heroes are young Afrolatinos, their protective, Catholic moms, and, of course, the local bodega.
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I have high hopes for the CW’s Latinx ‘Charmed’ reboot. But the show needs some tweaks to live up to the promise of its WOC brujas premise.
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I’d love to talk about the ways Melissa Barrera’s Lyn and Annie Murphy’s Alexis are similar all day. But there’s a problem.
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Back in college, I couldn’t imagine a life like the one in “The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia,” one where I got to be myself and be successful in science.
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The Emmys (and Hollywood in general) has a race problem — even if the 2020 nominations are a step in the right direction. So how do we solve it?
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Justicia and CulturaWhat We're Watching
‘Bring Me An Avocado’ Brings Clarity to the Gender Divide in Parenting
Poignant, tragic, and revealing, Maria Mealla’s ‘Bring Me An Avocado’ explores what your average good dad will do when his wife ends up in a coma.
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There’s no missing Carrie Mathison’s whiteness. It’s not just that she’s played by Claire Danes in Showtime’s critically acclaimed and recently concluded Homeland. Or that Carrie’s blond hair and blue eyes so often fill…
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It’s validating to see primetime TV like “The Baker and Beauty” delve into the trials and tribulations of being Latinx and bicultural.