Q+A with Karla Tatiana Vásquez, Author of “The SalviSoul Cookbook”
“The SalviSoul Cookbook” by Karla Tatiana Vásquez features the stories of women who contributed along with great recipes and photography.
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At CinemaCon 2024, It’s Obvious Latinas Are About to Have a Big Year
Lupita Nyong’o promotes two films and one franchise, Jenna Ortega stars in another, and Arianna Greenblatt breaks through at Cinemacon 2024.
Camila Mendes Might Just Be Our Generations’ JLo
Camila Mendes is finally giving us the representation we deserve in rom-coms, no shade to JLo’s attempts in the early aughts on forward.
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.
The Short List of the 8 Oscar-Nominated Women Directors
These eight women directors deserve to be celebrated for their Oscar nominations but there should be so, so many more of them.
Mindy Kaling is Changing Casting for the Better
Mindy Kaling is now using her power to get more diversity in Hollywood, even if she has to change the casting process to do it.
Filmmaker Lina Rodriguez & Her Slow Meditations on the In-Between
Before finding filmmaker Lina Rodriguez, I’d never seen movies so specifically and complexly about the Colombian hyphenated experience.
The Two Latinas in “Netflix is a Joke” Fest
I count just two Latinas – Melissa Villaseñor and Vanessa Gonzalez – of the 200+ “Netflix is a Joke” performers and I’m celebrating them.
Director Lila Avilés Explores Grief Through a Child’s Eyes in “Tótem”
As a child, the Mexican filmmaker behind “Tótem,” Lila Avilés spent a lot of time alone – an experience she now brings to the big screen.
How to Make Like Isabel Allende, Who Resolves to Write a New Book Every Year
A prolific writer, Isabel Allende dedicates a special day at the start of the year to starting a new book and you can follow her lead.