…topic of Magical Realism, Romero says, “I can’t imagine writing a book that’s purely ‘realistic.’ For me, ‘realism’ involves a certain amount of magic. We live in an ever-expanding universe…
…and patriarchal backdrop, his prominence is unsurprising. We know two things about Puerto Rico’s early 19th-century landscape: literacy efforts were mostly reserved for white males and women largely remained in…
…kind of masculine very quick,” he continued, “And so it felt really important to include all the other people in their lives that are just as important.” And yes, that…
…and the Villanueva women: fostering a sense of belonging for those of us in the diaspora who are so used to resisting. Jane the Virgin never falters from this bottom…
…is disproportionately low” to the crisis itself. In a later episode, the podcast focuses on women’s experiences, sharing that “Their reality is poverty, their reality is violence, hunger, malnutrition, and…
…figure even outside the show: one who profits off hating women in a country where roughly 10 women are assassinated every day. His rise to fame came from problematic fatphobic…
…continues to be a lucid and scathing reading of reality. From cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado (Mendoza, 1932-2020), better known by his pseudonym Quino, the masterpiece turned 60 recently and has…
…no “look at her now” articles. Upon realizing this, filmmaker Jazmin Jones – once a pupil of Beacon herself – set out to track her down, with teenage “cyber doula”…
…just hours before, was all about gratitude. “I know it’s been the trend to take the negative approach, but my entire career, I actually never really emphasized that,” says Matten….
…is perhaps easy to forget some of the state-sponsored violence that until recently assailed most of Latin America. The story of incredible women like Eunice Paiva serves as an indelible…
