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This May Not Be Cyberbullying But Can Be As Harmful

HipLatinaOctober 11, 2018August 27, 2020

by HipLatinaOctober 11, 2018August 27, 20200965

A student sees a group of girls coming toward her in the hallway. One has been her best friend since second grade, but she doesn’t know the others very well. She says hi to them as they pass. They all...

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13-Year-Old Rosalie Avila Commits Suicide After Two Years of Bullying

Araceli CruzDecember 13, 2017November 24, 2020

by Araceli CruzDecember 13, 2017November 24, 202004553

The story of Rosalie Avila didn’t go viral the way it did for Keaton Jones. However, bullying has many faces, and they’re certainly not all white. Rosalie, a 13-year-old student from Yucaipa, Ca, committed suicide on Nov. 28 after enduring bullying for two...

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Stand With LGBTQ Youth Against Bullying on Spirit Day Today – Here’s How

Irina GonzalezOctober 19, 2017December 11, 2020

by Irina GonzalezOctober 19, 2017December 11, 202013040

As a bisexual Latina, I have faced my share of discrimination and bullying growing up. I was luckier than most because I had a group of close friends who not only knew about my sexual orientation but also stood by...

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¿Qué Tan Común es el Ciberbullying?

Common Sense MediaMay 5, 2017January 29, 2021

by Common Sense MediaMay 5, 2017January 29, 202102969

Es difícil decir exactamente qué tan común es el ciberbullying entre los niños, pues cada estudio mide el bullying cibernético de forma diferente. La definición de qué es considerado como ciberbullying también varía. Algo que es seguro es que todos...

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How Returning to Puerto Rico is Helping Me Heal From Childhood Sexual Trauma

Lola RosarioMay 31, 2023June 2, 2023

by Lola RosarioMay 31, 2023June 2, 20230799

Trigger Warning: Sexual assault on a minor Growing up, my brothers and I knew the rules — don’t talk back, get excellent grades, and never say ‘we’re poor.’ My mami often reminded us that we ‘always had food’ and we always went...

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11 Latina Changemakers Throughout History You Should Know

Sofía AguilarMarch 24, 2023

by Sofía AguilarMarch 24, 202301932

For Women’s History Month, a time when we recognize the groundbreaking contributions of women past and present, it’s important to remember that we wouldn’t have rights as women or Latinas if it weren’t for the efforts of powerful Latina changemakers...

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My Experience as a Dominicana at an Elite Private School in New York

Ashley MercadoFebruary 13, 2023March 14, 2023

by Ashley MercadoFebruary 13, 2023March 14, 202303723

In my 23 years of living, there have been many things that I have not been sure of, but my Dominican identity was surely not one of them. I grew up in Washington Heights in Manhattan, known as the Little...

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My Anorexia Recovery Transcended my Cuban and Working Class Roots

Virginia IsaadOctober 12, 2022October 12, 2022

by Virginia IsaadOctober 12, 2022October 12, 202203132

My weight plummeted to a skeletal 60 pounds after nearly a year of self-starvation. It was March 1997, and I was being admitted to an eating disorder hospital in suburban New Jersey. At first, I felt I stood out as...

Culture

12 Books by Latinas on Mental Health for All Ages

Sofía AguilarSeptember 30, 2022

by Sofía AguilarSeptember 30, 202204002

Many of us in the Latinx community have heard our families dismissing the importance of mental health and the reality of mental health struggles. It’s common to hear our relatives refusing to go to therapy, belittling those who do or...

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Andrea Beatriz Arango’s ‘Iveliz Explains It All’ Spotlights Mental Health in Latinx Kids

Sofía AguilarSeptember 16, 2022September 19, 2022

by Sofía AguilarSeptember 16, 2022September 19, 2022041620

As a middle-grade educator and English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher, it came as no surprise when Boricua author Andrea Beatriz Arango decided to pen her debut novel-in-verse Iveliz Explains It All, which just released on Sept. 13. Aimed at...

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Indigenous Teen Set on Fire by Classmates in Mexico For Speaking Otomi

Sofía AguilarJuly 14, 2022

by Sofía AguilarJuly 14, 202206077

Indigenous groups across Latin America—and really, the world—have been the victims of oppression for centuries. In Mexico alone, 23.2 million people identify as Indigenous, 7.3 million of whom speak an Indigenous language, according to a census from 2020 . But...

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Guatemala Further Criminalizes Abortion and Bans Same-Sex Marriage

Sofía AguilarMarch 10, 2022March 11, 2022

by Sofía AguilarMarch 10, 2022March 11, 202204634

[UPDATE 3/11/22]: Since the original publication of this story, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has threatened the country’s Congress with a presidential veto on the new legislation unless they reverse it. He has stated that the law, which criminalizes abortion and...