Bridgerton’s Sexual Politics: We Haven’t Come as Far As We Think
…of us would not be Dukes or Duchesses, Viscounts or their families. We’d be the servants and maids, the workers who made these cloistered privileged lives possible. And these women…
…of us would not be Dukes or Duchesses, Viscounts or their families. We’d be the servants and maids, the workers who made these cloistered privileged lives possible. And these women…
…make a Latinx show without her – she’s Carmen on Elena of Avalar, Reina on Devious Maids, and Maya on Superstore. And even when she’s surrounded by loud and proud…
…of Latina scientists in popular culture. We’re more likely to be portrayed as maids or spicy (profession-less) temptresses. We’ve got Liz Ortecho on Roswell: New Mexico, but remember the character…
…imaginary Latinas than myself or any of the women I know. And while they were certainly hot, they lacked dynamic storylines and any true autonomy, usually playing the maid or…
…maid or sexy sidekick, the movies she chose placed her at the center no matter the narrative (I argue this is true even in Maid in Manhattan). While these films…
…made fun of because of their accent, or fit the two roles that TV has largely cast Latina women in: the sexy hypersexualized love interest or the janitor/gardener/maid. Detective Rosa…
…of two indigenous maids and the primary caretaker of a white Mexican family, living in the upper-middle-class Mexico City neighborhood of Roma. The film follows Cleo through a year in…
…limit to the harmful gay tropes without a meaningful storyline or character development. And let’s not forget the worst and most cliche stereotype: the treatment of the maids. The countless…