daughters

From real life to TV and movies, eldest daughters have to carry everyone’s burdens and expectations and still keep it together. 

I never saw my particularly-fraught relationship with my Colombian immigrant mom represented, until I stumbled on “Never Have I Ever.”

“Being fat became like a way to say F you to society,” says “Real Women Have Curves” writer Josefina López upon the film’s 20th anniversary.

From the reality of the American dream to mother-daughter relationships and generational trauma, tapping into different versions of yourself to examining the people we love and what they teach us—’Everything Everywhere All At Once’ will break you open and show you how beautiful chaos can be. 

After watching “Turning Red,” I realized therapy has helped me extend grace to Mei-Mei-adjacent, boy-band-obsessed thirteen-year-old me.

The Latinx Sixteen Candles is a chance to celebrate our culture and provide representation that is much more nuanced than the original. 

While I’d recommend ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ for the aesthetic, it’s the exploration of relationship dynamics that really hits the mark.

Growing up, telenovelas taught me about a woman’s right to choose her own destiny. Something I included when I made my own, “Princess of South Beach.”

Dominican and Caribbean-American author Naima Coster is unafraid to tell extraordinary stories about ordinary families, especially the women that lead them. Her sophomore novel “What’s Mine and Yours” is now out in paperback.

After seeing ‘The Lost Daughter,’ I understand myself and my family better, even as I wish for more stories on this topic, particularly Latinx ones.