…my research on Colonial Stockholm Syndrome, I examine how colonized populations can internalize loyalty to systems that constrain their autonomy. It is not a matter of ignorance or weakness. It…
…Nations are located in what is colonially known as “British Columbia,” and the authors reflect on a cultural exchange they did with the Mapuche people of southern Chile. Aquelarre also…
…The Puerto Rican flag itself, a blue triangle surrounded by red and white stripes, has been a symbol of resistance since the 19th century. Its presence threatened colonial officials so…
…what happened when the colonizers took our women.” This phrasing neatly gets to the heart of the problems with American Pachuco and Chicanismo as an identity and a movement: women…
…perspective as filmmakers is clearly visible. “We’re hyper aware of the ways in which settler colonial cinematic conventions have been used as a weapon to dispossess Indigenous people of our…
…many of us. We come from families shaped by migration, by colonial borders, by systems that decided who gets to belong and who doesn’t. We have spent our lives watching how…
…be a rarity. Although we’re a comedy and entertainment-focused podcast, it is still essential for us to preserve our roots through these legends, as many predate colonization. Our indigenous ancestors…
In 2025, we got a clearer picture of the place Latino talent holds in Hollywood today. Series like The Bear cemented that presence with complex main characters, like Liza Colón-Zayas’s…
…Robert Pattinson, an “expendable” whose job description requires him to die repeatedly for the benefit of an interstellar colony. Mickey is cloned over and over again – each version retaining…
…deviance. Then it strips critics’ legitimacy. Eventually, it makes their suffering legible only as spectacle or punishment. In a colonial nation already conditioned to accept hierarchy, surveillance, and obedience, this…
