If the non-stop Christmas music wasn’t an indication, here’s a heads up that it’s holiday season. That means it is the one time of the year when you get to give gifts to the ones you love, like that one...
Culture
Thanksgiving is a time to show gratitude for our lives, our friends and family, and for what we have. With that said, that doesn’t mean that everything we’ve been taught about Thanksgiving is factual. In fact, a lot of folks...
We Latinxs are always making moves to be more successful, make more money, and make more dreams come true. We love getting things done and getting inspired by others in the culture who are doing the same. As a community,...
When it comes to Dia de Los Muertos, there’s no trick-or-treating. Latinos know that there are a lot of Hispanic traditions that we kinda sorta have to be into. While our ancestors used careteas, or masks, to scare the dead...
Halloween is when kids dress up in costumes and go door to door, asking for candy in the real world. In the Latino world, Halloween is the one day a year when parents can tell their kids about the monstrous...
Hispanic Heritage month, or what many of us prefer to refer to as Latinx Heritage Month, kicked off on Tuesday, September 15, and runs until October 15. It’s not only a time to recognize and celebrate the culture, contributions, influence,...
We are eating from home now more than ever. Not only is it necessary during coronavirus, but it also allows us to eat healthier and save money. It’s no surprise, then, that people are looking for new things to make...
Everyone should be a feminist. To be one simply means that you believe that women are equal to men, which we are. The fact that the topic is still up for debate, and that we still have to fight for...
The recent controversy surrounding the white professor, activist, and writer Jessica Krug has highlighted the complexity of the obstacles Black Latinas face. For Black Latinas, identity is a fraught issue because we defy the comfortable that most people prefer. Are we Latina?...
Dance is an integral part of any culture, and the Latinx culture is no different. There are traditional, folkloric dances that have been around for centuries; and those that that blew up as crazes, continuing to become essential and timeless,...
We’re living in a time where the terms “woke” and “problematic” have become colloquial shorthand to describe almost any and all behavior. A simple social media search will show that the culture has developed a way of assigning almost anything...
I remember the cringing feeling I felt when I first came to understand what the term prieta meant. It mainly came out of the mouths of Dominicans who wanted to have nothing to do with blackness — including their own....