"Mickey 17" Exposes The System We're Already In
…emotional engine, and it may be one of the most technically demanding roles of his career. In playing Mickey, he shows us the slow erosion of a self across iterations….
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Latin American Women Face Violence in “We Shall Not Be Moved”
…the lives of all peoples, not just the men typically at the center of those stories. The Tlatelolco Massacre has been a mainstay in Mexican cinema since the tragedy itself,…
We Are the Drama: Latina Celebrity Feuds, Real and Imagined
…masses! Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez If you’ve used the iconic Mariah Carey line, “I don’t know her,” then you deserve to know about its shady back story. When Mariah…
Netflix Caved to Authoritarianism and Canceled "Boots"
…side glances. As the unspoken understanding that survival often means shrinking yourself, editing yourself, sanding down anything that might make you a target. Boots doesn’t dramatize queerness as spectacle. It…
Mourning Rob and Michele Reiner & Trump's Vile, Calculated Response
…casting himself as the aggrieved victim of a fabricated conspiracy. Trump once again inverted cause and effect: opposition became pathology and accountability became persecution. Trump folded the deceased into a…
We Are All Belén
…care. In Texas, where abortion is banned after six weeks, Josseli Barnica died of a miscarriage in 2021 after being denied medical attention. In her case, the fetus still had…
Remembering Abraham Quintanilla, Selena’s Father & Patriarch of Tejano Music
…culture. His story is inseparable from the history of Tejano music itself – an art form forged in borderlands, shaped by exclusion, and sustained by families who believed cultural survival…
"Accidente" Season 2 Delves into the Consequences of Revenge
…her way in life without El Charro. Desperate to be herself again, Brenda (Valentida Acosta) insists on using her new baby as a substitute for her deceased son. Opportunistic journalist…
Rudy Ruiz’s "The Border Between Us" Humanizes the Border, One Story at a Time
…Joe’s ambitions, driven by both pride and pressure, gradually fracture his family. His story becomes a reflection on how the same values that inspire hope can also fuel self-destruction. Through…
7 Latina Body Positive Books to Read This Holiday Season
…and stop being at war with myself. I filled my Instagram feed with creators like Miriam Lara-Mejía, Mariana Den Hollander, Arhe Molina, and Agustina Cabaleiro, and my Kindle with their…