Maquicienta Is Building a Thoughtful, Feminine-First Internet
With YouTube videos stretching over half an hour, Maquicienta guides her audience through dissecting how systems interfere with our autonomy.
Journalism
Dolores Huerta Deserves Our Support – She’s Not the Only One
We now know the truth about Cesar Chavez – so let’s rename the streets, honor Dolores Huerta, and show up for survivors more broadly.
How Media Shaped Carnival, The Biggest Party in The World
For over four centuries, Brazilian media and Carnival have shaped each other, even if their relationship started off rocky.
Cardi B Uses Interviews to Share Her Caribbean Values
Watching her interviews, Cardi B made me laugh a lot – and nod my head as she affirmed Caribbean values and ideals.
Teen Vogue Taught Me to Speak Up. Condé Nast Silenced It.
Teen Vogue inspired me to be a journalist, thanks to its bold editorial voice taking young women of color seriously. This is its eulogy.
How the Media Commits Legacy Femicide Against Latinas
Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Mellie Carballo. Maria Pesantez. In life and in death, these Latinas deserved more than the media’s legacy femicide.
“The Morning Show” Season 4 Dives into AI, Influencers, and Deep Fakes
Season 4 of “The Morning Show” does not disappoint, arriving without apologies to dramatize the biggest issues facing media today.
“The Paper” Brings the Formula of “The Office” to a New Zip Code
Peacock’s “The Paper” doesn’t deliver “Dunder Mifflin 2.0” but instead a real – and uncomfortable – portrait of journalism in decline.
Legacy Media Lost the Plot
54% of Americans now get their news from social. Legacy media helped build this bonfire — and now they’re wondering why it’s so hot.
Today We March Against ICE and Authoritarianism
The dictatorship has begun and as a veteran, this enrages me. So keep marching against ICE, media complicity, and Trump’s authoritarianism.