Why Latinxs Should Show up for ‘Sylvie’s Love’
First of all, ‘Sylvie’s Love’ is good. This Tessa Thompson-led picture matches its beauty with a sweet, simmering love story and smart social commentary.
Cristina Escobar
Writing at the intersection of race, gender, and pop culture, Cristina Escobar is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Latina Media Co. A rehabilitated English major, she’s a TEDx speaker, Rotten-Tomatoes approved critic, member of the Critic's Choice Association, and board member of the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association. Check out her work on Roger Ebert, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, and media-justice org, Free Press. Finally and most importantly, her abuelita made the best tamales this world has ever seen. You can follow her on Instagram @cescobarandrade.
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Our Favorite Latina-Helmed Shows of 2020
Vida. One Day at a Time. Station 19. Latinas and femme Latinxs may be the least likely to be represented on TV but that doesn’t mean we’re absent.
‘Eater’s Guide to the World’ Made Me Feel Seen (and Hungry)
On ‘Eater’s Guide to the World,” there’s an appealing view of humanity that manages to be both sweet and savory (get it? wink, wink).
Fictional Presidents Better than Trump
This is a list of presidential villains, traitors, and idiots who would all do better than the 45th person who actually held the office.
A Love Letter to Justina Machado
Justina Machado is one of those actors who you’ll watch whatever they’re in because they’re in it. This is our love letter to her, a Latina queen in a time when it’s pretty hard to even get on TV.
Hollywood Diversity Report 2020: A Q&A with Dr. Ana-Christina Ramón
There’s lots of talk about diversity in Hollywood right now. We DMed Dr. Ana-Christina Ramón to find out if it’s working.
Latinxs in Space
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.
Latina Critics on ‘Vampires vs. the Bronx’ (We Like It)
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.
Five Hopes for the Third Season of “Charmed”
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.
The Pretty Girls of “Vida” and “Schitt’s Creek”
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.