This Latina Equal Pay Day, we can’t help but think that the size of Latinas’ paystubs is tied to how invisible we are. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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The following Latina writers not only make an impact with readers with their work — but they also wowed their peers and earned numerous prestigious organizations — paving the way for more Latina authors. Let’s celebrate them!
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On ‘Brooklyn 99’ and the Fact that There’s No ‘Good’ Cop Show
To call Brooklyn 99 a “good” cop show isn’t as simple as it seems. After the murder of George Floyd, cops and the shows that portrayed them faced a lot of well-earned scrutiny. Brooklyn 99 was just one of many series to experience an identity crisis during its latest (and for B99, its last) season.
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With his sophomore release “El Gusano,” author Luis Carlos Barragán Castro shows a trend in his work, where he integrates the imaginative power of science-fiction and the richness of Latin American culture to imagine better worlds. Not perfect, not absent of conflict, pain, confusion, or death, but better.
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Q&A with Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, Author of “For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts”
Author and Latina Rebels’ founder Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez’s debut, For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color is the book I’ve been waiting for my whole life. What began as her love letter, almost a prayer, addressed to brown girls has become a 270-page book. It’s to, for, and about Latinas who have to navigate racism, sexism, and classism in all spaces, but particularly white-dominant ones.
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A partnership between #WeAllGrow Latina and LatinaMedia.Co NEWS FOR LATINAS BY LATINAS From Haiti to Afghanistan to the continuing pandemic, we cannot ignore what’s happening in our world today. Luckily there are…
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For your next TBR (to be read) book, I want to suggest five great Latina authors you should know about, as well as their must-read 2021 books.
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The first time Danny Trejo heard the phrase “toxic masculinity” he was 74 years old, and as you can imagine, his first response was, “What the hell is toxic masculinity?”
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Brown or White?: The Dangerous Disconnect Between U.S. and Latin American Media
So because of colonization, Latin America wants us all to be white, and the U.S., in their effort to include but also differentiate us in their media, have pigeon-holed the entire community into being the same shade of mestizo brown. But the reality is much more beautiful and complex.
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A partnership between #WeAllGrow Latina and LatinaMedia.Co THE OLYMPICS Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado made us proud by working a Black Lives Matter Tribute into her routine. We have to acknowledge the greatness…
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