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Rep. Jimmy Gomez Takes Baby to Congress to Normalize Working Dads

Sofía AguilarJanuary 6, 2023

by Sofía AguilarJanuary 6, 202302628

We love seeing Latinxs in politics, serving important roles and positions in our government and breaking down barriers for the next generation of leaders like Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Latino U.S. representative Jimmy Gomez...

News and Entertainment

Women in Mexico Call for National Strike to Protest Femicides

Virginia IsaadFebruary 27, 2020July 23, 2020

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 27, 2020July 23, 202003762

The murders of women in Mexico have made headlines but despite global attention femicide in the country continues to worsen. As a result, Mexicanas are now uniting for a national 24-hour strike on March 9. There were 1,006 femicides in...

Family

How Manifestation Brought My Latino Dad and I Closer Than Ever

Johanna FerreiraJune 24, 2019August 5, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraJune 24, 2019August 5, 202002281

My immigrant parents separated when I was less than two years old. I was a first generation Colombian kid in a small town in Westchester, NY — the land of well-manicured lawns, cul-de-sacs, and seemingly happy homes with married parents...

Culture

I Grew Up Being Told ‘Calladita Te Ves Mas Bonita’ & I’m So Happy I Didn’t Listen

Johanna FerreiraDecember 12, 2018October 27, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraDecember 12, 2018October 27, 20203 18201

I’ve always talked a lot – still do. My mom says I talked before I even learned to walk. She claims that before I hit two years old, I was already speaking in complete sentences and talking her and my...

Lifestyle

Jada Pinkett Smith Banned Son Jaden From Sleepovers To Protect Him From Violation

Johanna FerreiraJune 13, 2018September 29, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraJune 13, 2018September 29, 202004633

If you grew up in a strict Latino household, chances are you weren’t allowed to sleep over anyone’s house and that included even relatives. It was something I never really understood until I got older, which is why Jada Pinkett...

Culture

The Invisible Threat Behind #MeToo

kamariMay 30, 2018October 9, 2020

by kamariMay 30, 2018October 9, 20200943

Disclaimer: This article contains several spoilers to Season 2 of 13 Reasons Why. Questions continue to swirl around the newly-released second season of Netflix’s breakout hit teen drama 13 Reasons Why. And rightfully so, as the show’s writers take viewers...

Culture

Why We Need To Start Seriously Addressing Toxic Masculinity & Machismo

Johanna FerreiraMay 10, 2018October 5, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraMay 10, 2018October 5, 2020118384

Recent sexual misconduct allegations made against acclaimed Dominican-American writer, Junot Díaz has had me thinking a lot about toxic masculinity, machismo, and what society has conditioned us to believe defines manhood. This might seem like a radical theory to some, but...

Family

We Need To Talk About Marianismo

Priscilla BlossomMarch 13, 2018September 17, 2020

by Priscilla BlossomMarch 13, 2018September 17, 2020129128

As women, we are often socialized to be pleasant and quiet, to be pure and chaste, to be pretty and helpful and little more. As Latinas, there often feels like there is an added layer of this. First generation Latinas...

Family

14 Signs You Grew Up in a Latinx Machista Household

Irina GonzalezDecember 21, 2017January 29, 2021

by Irina GonzalezDecember 21, 2017January 29, 2021015086

Growing up in a Latinx household has its pros and cons. You likely grew up in a fun, colorful household that celebrated every life event with flair. You might have learned to speak another language or, at the very least,...

Culture

How the 1973 ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Match Inspired Defiance in One Puerto Rican Home

Rossana RosadoSeptember 26, 2017December 16, 2020

by Rossana RosadoSeptember 26, 2017December 16, 20200764

In the fall of 1973 over ninety million viewers watched the “battle of the sexes”, a tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King. I’m pretty sure we knew nothing about tennis in my Puerto Rican baseball family. Nevertheless,...

News and Entertainment

Rosario Dawson’s Mother’s Experience With Machismo Is All Too Familiar

Jessica MolinaApril 20, 2017February 2, 2021

by Jessica MolinaApril 20, 2017February 2, 202111366

Rosario Dawson and Katherine Heigl’s upcoming film, Unforgettable, is a “cautionary tale,” explained director, Denise Di Novi. “If you hinge your identity on being desired by a man or desirable by a man… if you believe all the cultural conditioning that...