5 New Books to Read for Latinx Heritage Month
…can expect to find similar themes of family estrangement, violence, and resilience. You Sound Like a White Girl by Julissa Arce I’ve written about this book before, and if you…
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“Somewhere We Are Human” Illuminates the Undocumented Experience
…Sonia Guiñansaca, the entries range from visual art to personal essays (with poetry, arguably, in between), with authors, artists, and curators hail from Latin America, Asia, and Africa (including Julissa…
Why Everyone Needs to Read Julissa Arce's Latest Book
…to the United States, but it never fully guaranteed they’d be accepted. In You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation, author Julissa Arce argues that rather…
Five of the Most Anticipated Latina Books of 2022
…by Julissa Arce https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbgqF2gBf9/ Julissa Arce captured our attention with her books, My (Underground) American Dream, and Someone Like Me (How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream). Now…
10 Latinx Stars That Should be Nominated for an Emmy
…academy. Julissa Calderon, Gentefied Gentefied is one of our favorite new shows of 2019. Produced by America Ferrera, Gentefied gives us a world where we can see ourselves and Julissa…
2019 Belongs to Jennifer Lopez
…played a backseat. And it is not because she wasn’t a talented actress, roles for Latinas in Hollywood were scarce. The roles she took were for more than just the…
“Charmed” without Feminism is Terrible
…my enthusiasm, ratings were not great and attention scarce. The powers that be at CW decided to reboot the reboot, replacing the showrunners and premise. I’ve been watching this season live…
Why Michael Burnham is Great and “Star Trek: Discovery” is Not
…That’s about 10%, significantly less than our percentage of the general population. And of course, women of color in lead roles in STEM-focused shows are even more scarce For that…