With Sharp Irony, Puerto Rico May Lose the Bad Bunny & Residente Film
Bad Bunny and Residente are making a film about Puerto Rico’s 1897 uprising against Spanish rule. It should be filmed on the island.
Justicia and Cultura
For Women’s History Month 2026, I Dove into the Literary Archives
In the archive, I found the Canadian Latina magazine “Aquelarre.” And I am proud to share this treasure for Women’s History Month 2026.
Sundance 2026 Celebrates Latin Art as Resistance
At Sundance 2026, we talked with Latin filmmakers, actors, and audiences about the state of our community and art as a form of resistance.
“Starfleet Academy” Finally Advances Trek’s Klingon Problem
“Starfleet Academy” opens up the Trek reckoning we desperately needed by finally addressing the franchise’s racist Klingon problem.
“Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” Doesn’t Check Power
“Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” could have been a reckoning. Instead, it feels like a PR recalibration.
How Media Shaped Carnival, The Biggest Party in The World
For over four centuries, Brazilian media and Carnival have shaped each other, even if their relationship started off rocky.
As a Social Justice Scholar, I Refuse to Watch “Melania”
Sometimes, the most honest review is declining to participate in the spectacle at all. That is my position on Amazon Prime’s “Melania.”
“P FKN R” and the Politics of Bad Bunny
“P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Voice of a Global Movement” is the rare academic book you can read without a highlighter.
Bad Bunny Wins at The Grammys For All of Us
This victory is bigger than Bad Bunny himself. It belongs to the Spanish-speaking diaspora and to everyone affected by ICE’s reign of terror.
Take It From a Mexican Jew: We’re Getting the “Deep Cuts” Controversy Wrong
Pretending a person can’t be Mexican AND Jewish – as seems to be the case in the conversation around the ‘Deep Cuts” casting – is wrong.