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Latinxs have long had a love/hate relationship with Hollywood, including on 90s TV, but we can still celebrate the Latinas who shined.

Watching these Latinx and Latin American comedians, I couldn’t help but see proof that we’re more similar than we think. 

In “West Side Love Story,” best-selling author Priscilla Oliveras gives us a love letter to her Puerto Rican-Mexican heritage.

Top stories written by Latinas delivered to you each month in partnership with #WeAllGrow Latina GORDITA IS OUT, BUT FRANCO IS IN? Given how much is at stake for this…

If you haven’t seen Jordan Peele’s latest work of art, Nope should be your next movie night. Aside from the mysterious extraterrestrial horror that will have you at the edge of your seat, what really makes this film shine is Keke Palmer. 

Whether it’s books, pop culture, or even trauma, Tamarindo podcast hosts Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino bring la calma.

In issue 16 of #TheLatinaPress, we celebrate Leo season, discuss that Emmys snub, and make some summer reading recommendations.

“Somewhere We Are Human” is a new anthology created by currently or formerly undocumented people. Curated by Reyna Grande and Sonia Guiñansaca, the entries range from visual art to personal essays (with poetry, arguably, in between), with authors, artists, and curators hail from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Inherently this book shapes an understanding of immigration usually left out of US textbooks.

When it comes to Latinx representation, media can always use more voices and that’s especially true for the Central American community. Enter ‘Radio Cachimbona,’ a podcast hosted by Salvadoran American Yvette Borja, about our two countries’ politics and laws and featuring amazing Latina guests.

In her recently released “¡Ándale, Prieta!,” Mexican-American author Yasmín Ramírez shares a moving ode to her childhood in El Paso, Texas, growing up a “prieta.” This debut memoir is a love letter to Yasmín’s family, her grandmother, and to women everywhere who have felt silenced, pained, or alone.