Virginia Isaad, Author at HipLatina

Billboard Latin Music Awards: Bad Bunny and Karol G Win Big

Virginia IsaadSeptember 24, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 24, 20210436

It was a huge night for many Latin music artists during the Sept. 23 Billboard Latin Music Awards which aired on Telemundo. Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny (born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) was the top winner of the night with 10...

News and Entertainment

Eva Longoria Developing Sci-Fi Series Based on Book Inspired by Cuban Mythology

Virginia IsaadSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 20210892

Eva Longoria‘s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment just added another Latinx show to their roster following the announcement that she’s working on a series for ABC about a large Mexican-American family in Texas. The multi-generational comedy is about an upper-middle-class family handling grief,...

News and Entertainment

Gabby Petito’s Case Sparks Outcry for More Coverage of Missing Indigenous Women

Virginia IsaadSeptember 22, 2021September 22, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 22, 2021September 22, 202101153

The movement to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women has worked to continue to get more recognition of the cause and yet hundreds go miss never to be found. Since September 11, every American news channel has been...

News and Entertainment

Border Patrol Agents Seen Whipping Haitian Refugees + How to Help

Virginia IsaadSeptember 22, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 22, 20210988

Photos and video footage of Haitian migrants at the border getting whipped by Border Patrol have gone viral and now people are calling for reform and aid for the migrants. Last week NBC News reported that there were more than...

Lifestyle

Patty Rodriguez’s Jefa Day in the Life

Virginia IsaadSeptember 21, 2021September 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 21, 2021September 23, 20210847

SPONSORED BY Patty Rodriguez often wears many different hats. You may know her as the creator of Lil’Libros, a bilingual children’s book publisher. She’s also the senior producer and on-air talent at “On-Air with Ryan Seacrest” and works on many...

Culture News and Entertainment

Walter Mercado Popularized Astrology and Helped Us Decolonize Our Ancestral Spirituality

Virginia IsaadSeptember 21, 2021September 21, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 21, 2021September 21, 202101486

Walter Mercado was a Supernova household staple in Latinidad who left a legacy to be respected for Indigenous, Latine/x, and Hispanic generations to come. Aside from Mercado being a creative genius and gender fluid icon, he was intentionally guiding us...

News and Entertainment

#Emmyssowhite Trends After No People of Color Win in Acting Categories

Virginia IsaadSeptember 20, 2021September 20, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 20, 2021September 20, 202101023

The lack of representation for people of color is nothing new and while there is some progress being made, the Emmys last night was proof that there’s still a lot of work to be done. Of the 12 acting categories,...

News and Entertainment

Chris Perez and Selena’s Family Amicably Resolve Yearslong Legal Battle

Virginia IsaadSeptember 17, 2021September 17, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 17, 2021September 17, 20210168417

The love story of Chris Perez and Selena Quintanilla Perez lives on decades after the Queen of Tejano’s death but his relationship with her family has been contentious for years until now. Earlier this week Perez announced on his social...

Culture

‘For Brown Girls’ is an Empowering and Healing Memoir for Women of Color

Virginia IsaadSeptember 16, 2021September 17, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 16, 2021September 17, 202109993

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez is an immigrant from Nicaragua and a first-gen Vanderbilt University graduate, these identities play a huge role in her journey and in her debut book, For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts. The memoir/guide/educational...

Culture News and Entertainment

Barbie Launches New Celia Cruz and Julia Alvarez Dolls

Virginia IsaadSeptember 15, 2021September 17, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 15, 2021September 17, 202107324

In recent years Barbie has been working on diverse representation including launching dolls of Latin icons like Frida Kahlo and Selena. Today, in honor of the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, Barbie unveiled Celia Cruz and Julia Alvarez dolls...

Culture Family

Why It’s Important to Let Boys Cry and Put an End to Toxic Masculinity

Virginia IsaadSeptember 15, 2021September 15, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 15, 2021September 15, 202103435

I held my son, Evan, in my arms and asked him what was wrong. He shook his head before responding, “Nothing.” His eyes brimmed with tears as he inhaled and exhaled deeply; it’s a mechanism his father and I taught...

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Hispanic Heritage Month is an Opportunity to Shine a Light On Our Stories

Virginia IsaadSeptember 15, 2021September 17, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 15, 2021September 17, 202101890

Hispanic Heritage Month started in 1988 in the U.S. as a way to celebrate the contributions made by people from Latin America but in the last 33 years we’ve seen little improvement in the actual treatment of the growing Latin...