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Lorraine Avila’s Debut Novel Explores Brujería, Afro-Latina Girlhood, & Community

Sofía Aguilar
Afro-Latinx stories remain underrepresented and underappreciated in the Latinx community, the publishing industry, and beyond. Bronx-based Afro-Dominican writer Lorraine Avila might know this better than many. Not only is she unafraid to call out anti-Blackness in Latinidad, but also to place...
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10 Latina-Owned Items to Help You With Your Meditation Practice

Nicole Young
As the new year begins cleansing or meditation  practices can help clear out any negative energy and help you on your healing journey in 2023. Luckily, many Latina-owned brands have created tools you need to banish bad energy from your...
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Bruja Discusses Stigma Surrounding Brujeria as Spiritual Practice

Virginia Isaad
Brujeria has been long associated with oppression and fear. Brujeria is a Spanish term for witchcraft and carries a heavy personification of equal parts liberation and a tormented ill-dignified reputation. Historically speaking, brujeria is a colonized term used to separate...
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Your Weekly Tarotscope for February 2 – February 8, 2020 Revealed

jackie
Theme of the Week: The Emperor It is up to you, and only you, this week to go out and get what you want. We have the power firmly in our hands. There is a saying, “If you want something...
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‘Brown Girls Who Bruja’ Creator Tonya Gonzalez Talks Sisterhood and Spirituality

Virginia Isaad
Brujería in Latinx culture is more than just a spiritual ritual. It’s reclaiming ancestral traditions and empowering women in the face of cultural erasure. For Tonya Gonzalez, creator of the “Brown Girls Who Bruja” Instagram account, it’s also about sisterhood...
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How My Catholic Latina Mom Learned To Embrace My Bruja Spirituality

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Growing up Catholic, not only did I make my Communion and Confirmation, but my Puerto Rican mother was also my religious instruction teacher. We went to mass on Sundays and we said our prayers at night. My mom told me...