SXSW's "Sister & Sister" Captures the Loneliness of Teenage Years
…from Kattia G. Zúñiga at South by Southwest 2023. Sister & Sister revolves around Marina and Luna (Cala Rossel Campos and Ariana Chaves Gavilán respectively), who take a trip from…
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I Judge Books by Their Covers and You Should Too
…authors (who I am focusing on here, but I bet further analysis would likely reveal a similar trend among other authors of color). Take a quick glance at any Black…
Ke Huy Quan Finally Gets His Flowers
…time. That’s how I ended up watching The Goonies and the Indiana Jones franchise over and over again. Ke Huy Quan’s roles in 1985’s The Goonies and 1984’s Indiana Jones…
7 Latinx Films to Watch at SXSW 2023
…a road trip from Costa Rica to Panama during their summer vacation in search for their absent father. The Panamanian cast includes Ariana Chaves Gavilán and Cala Rossel Campos, who…
TheLatinaPress Nº23: Black History Month+
…and we are obsessed with Ariana DeBose’s striking, Barbie-pink suit. Check out the complete outfit breakdown courtesy of Chanel Vargas. We also love when we win. This year, the Dominican…
10 Latina-Led Movies To Watch Ahead of International Women’s Day
…film debut, Real Women Have Curves! In this movie, East LA native, 18-year-old Ana Garcia (America Ferrera), a student at Beverly Hills High School, struggles to balance her dream of…
A Love Letter to ‘90s Thalía
…out to streak the front of your hair blonde, or get a crop top while also singing pop songs like “Piel Morena,” or “Amor a La Mexicana.” What do all…
Put Respect on Raquel Welch's Name
…covers. And by doing so, she broke barriers, expanding the look-a-like, cookie-cutter, blonde-hair, Anglo sex symbols of the moment (think Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Diana Dors). Welch was change….
Q+A With Jennifer Givhan, Author of 'River Woman, River Demon'
…Santos Moon, a Chicana artist and practicing bruja whose husband is accused of murdering their friend. When she remembers a similarly carried-out murder from her childhood, she finds herself a…
Three Latinx Shows to Watch This Winter
…and Ines (Bryana Salaz) and their friends as they are forced to deal with a curse they accidentally unleashed. Nikki Bella Says I Do In addition to the scripted Latinx…