The New Latina Stereotype
The first time I saw Amy Santiago on Brooklyn 99, I beamed. An intelligent Latina woman, in a mainstream sitcom, starring alongside another Latina (Rosa Diaz) — I was hooked….
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Why You Need to Read "Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed" Right Now
…Jewish roots, Ibi Zoboi, a Haitian-American from Brooklyn, and Cristina Arreola, a Mexican-American born in El Paso, Texas. This lineup reflects an attitude of inclusion on behalf of Fennell, who…
Interview with Davina A. Ferreira, Founder of Alegría Publishing
…idea. Who’s going to send anything?” I ended up receiving the most incredible poetry from over 170 poets from all over the U.S. like Brooklyn, Florida, Texas, the Midwest. These…
The Best Latinx Novels of the Year
…York. There, we meet Olga Acevedo, a wedding planner with a successful career, and her brother Pedro, a Brooklyn-based congressman. When their radical activist mother, Blanca decides to re-enter their…
Netflix's "Blockbuster" is a Promising Workplace Comedy
…like Cheers, The Office, and Parks and Recreation, to contemporary offerings like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, and Abbott Elementary, the workplace comedy has become an essential fixture of television and what…
Q+A With Zoraida Córdova, Author of ‘The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina’
…I took on a lot of different contracts, writing another series, writing The Brooklyn Bruja series. I started taking work for hire like Star Wars. Then between 2017 and 2018,…
#TheLatinaPress: Issue 6
…The Pandemic Helped Illustrator Andrea Campos Realize Her Dream by Shayne Rodriguez Thompson, Popsugar On ‘Brooklyn 99’ and the Fact that There’s No ‘Good’ Cop Show by Sofía Aguilar, Latinamedia.co…
On 'Brooklyn 99' and the Fact that There's No 'Good' Cop Show
…to pacify our attitudes towards the systems that were never meant to serve our marginalized communities. For a long time, I believed Brooklyn 99 was a different kind of cop…
Latinx: A Filter For Potential Homophobes
I love the word Latinx. But if you’ve participated in “Hispanic” social media over the last few years, there are people who absolutely. Hate. It. “What the hell is Latinx?”…
Mandy Gonzalez Is "Fearless"
…Blume’s was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. It wasn’t until I was older that I discovered authors like Sandra Cisneros and I understood there was a place for me in…