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My Experience as a Dominicana at an Elite Private School in New York

Ashley MercadoFebruary 13, 2023March 14, 2023

by Ashley MercadoFebruary 13, 2023March 14, 202303746

In my 23 years of living, there have been many things that I have not been sure of, but my Dominican identity was surely not one of them. I grew up in Washington Heights in Manhattan, known as the Little...

News and Entertainment

‘Party of Five’ Star Emily Tosta Says the Show Will Break Stereotypes About Latinx

Yvette MontoyaDecember 17, 2019July 9, 2020

by Yvette MontoyaDecember 17, 2019July 9, 202005490

The highly anticipated Party of Five reboot is coming to Freeform in 2020. Notably, this revival has a totally different storyline from the original. While the number of siblings and the part about missing parents are still the same, the...

News and Entertainment

Kamala Harris Isn’t “Overconfident,” She’s Running for President

Johanna FerreiraAugust 2, 2019July 29, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraAugust 2, 2019July 29, 202002704

Wednesday night’s Democratic debate got a lot of folks worked up, including Grey Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo who took to Twitter to express her frustrations. While many would agree that Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. may be the...

Culture

15 Latino Stereotypes that Need to Go Away Already!

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiMay 13, 2019September 15, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiMay 13, 2019September 15, 20200102784

It’s 2019, and we are all for learning to break free of stereotypes and educating others on who Latinxs really are. There are a lot of assumptions some folks have regardings Latinxs and like many stereotypes, they can be hard...

Lifestyle

Lola’s POV: 100 Percent Latina

lolaOctober 28, 2018September 2, 2020

by lolaOctober 28, 2018September 2, 202002495

¡Mira! Today I have to rant: una pequeña pataleta. Let’s talk straight, what exactly is a Latina supposed to look like? What is she supposed to be like? Who defines what a Latina’s standards are? Maybe it’s all those college...

Lifestyle

America Ferrera Is Done With Being Stereotyped For Being Latina

Johanna FerreiraMay 23, 2018October 8, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraMay 23, 2018October 8, 202012533

Aside from being a successful actress, America Ferrera has dedicated a lot of her time to breaking stereotypes and getting involved in activist work that empowers marginalized groups—women in particular. This past fall, she got vocal about her own #Metoo...

Culture

6 Latina Beauty Stereotypes I’ve Embraced

Irina GonzalezApril 21, 2018October 15, 2020

by Irina GonzalezApril 21, 2018October 15, 2020015176

We all know the Latino stereotypes that plague most of us every single day, right? Things like the fact that we’re all spicy Latinas (my personal favorite) or people calling us exotic. Or that we have big families, crazy curves...

Culture

Stop Fetishizing My Anger By Calling Me a “Spicy Latina”

Irina GonzalezNovember 25, 2017December 2, 2020

by Irina GonzalezNovember 25, 2017December 2, 202016199

Shortly after the 2016 election, while many of us were in mourning over what could have been the first woman elected president of the United States of America and instead turned out to be a dumpster fire, I noticed a...