“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” Revamps the Girl Detective Story
In “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” our heroine is facing a world where violence against women is not only normalized but hidden.
Sofía Aguilar
Sofía Aguilar is a Chicana writer and editor based on the traditional homelands of the Tongva and Chumash peoples, now known as Los Angeles, California. Her work has appeared in the L.A. Times, Refinery29 Somos, Them., and HipLatina, among other publications. As an alum of WriteGirl and a first-generation college graduate, Sofía earned a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she received the Andrea Klein Willison Prize for Poetry and the Spencer Barnett Memorial Prize for Excellence in Latin American and Latinx Studies. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaxaguilar and visit her website sofiaaguilar.com.
Latest Posts:
In Freelance Journalism, We Make Our Own Spaces
Featuring an all-Latina line-up of experienced freelancers, the Freelance Journalism 101 Retreat is a crash course for freelance hopefuls.
American Girl Still Matters to This 24-Year-Old Latina
I love American Girl dolls but have a complicated relationship with Josefina, who shares my Mexican American heritage but not my glasses.
“The Brothers Sun” Powerfully Portrays Matriarchy, Family, and Chisme
“The Brothers Sun” follows a family of renowned Chinese gangsters and has a little something for everyone – particularly Latinx viewers.
The Theatrical Re-Release of “Shrek 2” Deserves a Spanish Dub
Eugenio Derbez’s Spanish dub of the Shrek films are arguably the funniest versions. So why aren’t they celebrated in the re-release?
Q+A With Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, Author of “Plátanos Are Love”
Queer Afro-Latinx writer Alyssa Reynoso-Morris’s “Plátanos Are Love” shows a little girl learning from her grandmother.
‘Frog and Toad’ is the Ultimate Queer Comfort Show
The Frog and Toad book series written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel was one of the major reasons that I fell in love with reading. As a child, I speedily advanced through small-print chapter books like Percy Jackson and The Chronicles of Narnia. But in the end, I always came back to these books for […]
Q+A With Angie Cruz, Author of “How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water”
Dominican-American novelist Angie Cruz received widespread acclaim for her novel Dominicana. Her newest and fourth novel How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water follows Cara Romero as she loses her factory job during the Great Recession and returns back into the job market. Over twelve sessions, she tells the story of her life […]
Why the Downfall of the ‘Scream’ Franchise Feels So Personal
“Scream” was the franchise that got me into horror movies but with Melissa Barrera’s firing and Jenna Ortega’s exit one day later, I’m out.
Q+A With Elizabeth Acevedo, Author of ‘Family Lore’
In “Family Lore,” Elizabeth Acevedo traces each of her character’s lives to create a single, overlapping, and powerful portrait of a family.