"Selena & Yolanda" Deserves the Outrage
…the 1995 murder. But the Mexican-American community and Selena fans see it for what it is: a true-crime network’s exploitation of the tragic death of a Latino icon. “After so…
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“Érase Una Vez en El Caribe” Because There’s No Sugarcoating Colonization
…una Vez en el Caribe opens with a workers’ strike at one of the large haciendas. This is our first glimpse of the brutal colonial exploitation as the American hacienda…
"Boca Chica" Knows The Problem is Patriarchy But Doesn’t Offer Any New Solutions
…brother can carve out a place for themselves on the island without exploitation. And as a mother, Carmen isn’t beyond saving – she can make up for the wrong she…
"A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad" Is a Hard But Necessary Watch
…Continued Controversy Colonia Dignidad’s German settlers in Chile It won’t be easy to listen to testimonies of abuse, exploitation, and even Naziism featured in this documentary. Nowadays, Chile is a…
'Summertime' is the Perfect Ode to the Real, BIPOC-Filled Los Angeles
…got their order wrong, and another one who keeps nagging him to clean the bathroom, he performs a spoken word poem criticizing the exploitation and poor treatment of fast-food workers…
What I Learned Watching 'Banana Land'
…Cheap Thanks to Exploitation So, we now know that there is a massive demand for bananas in the United States and any trip to the grocery store will show you…
'Love, Victor' and the Intricacies of LGBTQIA+ Latinx Representation
…to watch, but the show’s acknowledgment of other kinds of coming out experiences felt like validation rather than exploitation. We were happy to see Victor’s mom Pilar evolve over the…
30 Million Latinas on “Selena: The Series”
…commentary. They’d have avoided a lot of trouble if they’d named it Selena Part 1: Los Quintanilla’s The Never-Ending Exploitation of Selena Quintanilla Over at VICE, Alex Zaragoza takes the…