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Angel Aviles is “Too Happy to Be a Sad Girl”

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiDecember 8, 2020December 10, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiDecember 8, 2020December 10, 202003023

Angel Aviles is a fixture in Latinx pop culture. Her character of Sad Girl in the 1993 cult classic, Mi Vida Loca, repping the tough-as-nails East L.A. chola, has lived on. Although she isn’t acting much these days, Aviles has...

15 Famous Latinxs Who Hail from New York

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiSeptember 20, 2019July 29, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiSeptember 20, 2019July 29, 202001170

September 21 is National New York Day, where we celebrate the state that gave us hip-hop, Broadway, the best bagels and (arguably) pizza in the nation, chicken and waffles, teddy bears, toilet paper, hot dogs, air conditioning, frozen hot chocolate,...

27 Times Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Tweeted the Truth

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJuly 21, 2019August 3, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJuly 21, 2019August 3, 202001959

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t run for office to be meek and silent. She is part of the wave of Democratic politicians who decided to be the change they wanted to see in America. And change involves speaking the truth so...