Latinos Finally Did Good at the 2024 Emmys
The 76th Annual Primetime Emmys are officially in the history books and boy oh boy, Latinos were in the house. The evening featured our gente in every conceivable role from…
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Latinas Weigh in the Presidential Debate and Its Aftermath
“Trump first ran for president warning about rapists coming in from Mexico,” iconic Mexican American singer Linda Ronstadt recently wrote in an Instagram post, announcing her endorsement of Vice President…
"Reading Rainbow" Is As Relevant As Ever
…But in a clip from a 1995 congressional hearing, one member of Congress refers to PBS content (which includes Reading Rainbow) as “biased one-sided propagandistic programming.” Not too different from…
Don't Blame it on Being “Spicy:" Rewriting JLo's Breakups
…get to be “hopeless romantics” or “complex geniuses” when their marriage count surpasses the number of seasons of Friends. https://www.instagram.com/p/C_l2ipUycY0/?img_index=1 But too often when we discuss Jennifer Lopez’s relationship history…
“Peak Season” is Not A Romantic Comedy, It’s Real Life
…What makes Peak Season so compelling is its detraction from rom-com tropes. Watching it, I got enveloped in the complex feelings of a nascent relationship that forces our heroine, and…
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" Is Funny at Times, But Squanders Stakes
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel of the ghost with the most, delivers comedic beats despite some tonal misfires. It’s not so much bad as it is commitment-shy, as reticent and…
Invisible Yet Essential: The Urgent Call to Invest in Latino Media
…spouses, and families dependent on their wages, yet commerce and bridge infrastructure dominated headlines. The six workers who died, all from Latin American countries, were doing everyday jobs often overlooked…
With "Tías and Primas," Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez Gives Us New Models
…face. She told me the concept came from her efforts to reclaim some of the narratives she was told about her tías and primas through the age-old Latina practice of…
Adria Arjona Confronts Power Dynamics in "Blink Twice" Thriller
…people to do some really gnarly stuff,” Arjona, 32, told Latina Media Co during a recent interview. “Sure, there are elements of [feminism] in the film – of women coming…
"Peccadillo," the Paralympics, and Queer People's Right to Exist (and Excel)
…that “secrets belong to the devil.” https://vimeo.com/746422957 After a drag queen comes into the restaurant where Lorenzo’s family works, his internal battle kicks into high gear – the Devil quite…