Two Latinxs Who Helped Make ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Fabulous
‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ features fabulous vintage fashion, catchy music, and two amazing Latinx actors in Camila Morrone and Sebastian Chacon
Representation
Latino Representation Statistics Low in Film, But We Have the Power to Change It
UCLA’s 2023 Hollywood Diversity Report is out, and with it comes valuable insight and new Latino representation statistics on the big screen.
Latinos like John Leguizamo Demand More Representation via SXSW Panels
At SXSW, Latinos from John Leguizamo to Julio Torres to Cheech Marin sounded off on the importance of our community creating our own stuff.
“Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Is The Kind of Fantasy Show We Dream About
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is fantasy on a scale never truly seen before on TV. Comparisons to HBO’s Game of Thrones, or Netflix’s Stranger Things are superfluous and unnecessary, because if we’re being honest, The Lord of the Things: The Rings of Power isn’t even operating on the same level. […]
Jewish Latines Deserve Representation, Too
Like many Latines out there, I grew up watching telenovelas with my mom and my grandma. I loved the rags-to-riches romances. You know the type – the kind of stories that made me believe that one day I, too, would find the person who would wait for me as I walked down the aisle, dressed […]
Q+A with Yasmín Ramírez, Author of “¡Ándale, Prieta!”
In her recently released “¡Ándale, Prieta!,” Mexican-American author Yasmín Ramírez shares a moving ode to her childhood in El Paso, Texas, growing up a “prieta.” This debut memoir is a love letter to Yasmín’s family, her grandmother, and to women everywhere who have felt silenced, pained, or alone.
It’s Complicated: Latinx Stereotypes and the Stars Who Play Them
Latinxs have long had a difficult relationship with Hollywood. We are constantly fighting to get representation on the silver screen, despite being 62.1 million strong in the U.S. When we are in films, our roles often perpetuate long-held Latinx stereotypes, such as women only being maids, men only being criminals, and everyone not knowing how […]
Bad Bunny as ‘El Muerto’ Is Not The Hero We Deserve
He’s a villain, not a hero, I know. There’s a lot I could say about casting Puerto Rican Bad Bunny as a Mexican character, especially one so out of pocket as to be nearly non-existent in the Marvel comics. But the most important thing for me, as a Chicano, is how his casting in this […]
‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Makes Culture an Every-Day Thing
‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ isn’t a show about how its the titular character, Mickey Haller, is Mexican American. And that’s a good thing.
Why I’m Excited for Selena Gomez’s Latinx Sixteen Candles
The Latinx Sixteen Candles is a chance to celebrate our culture and provide representation that is much more nuanced than the original.