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Latinx Narratives in Anime: Alita: Battle Angel, a Cultural Adaptation Without Erasure
Alita: Battle Angel is a vibrant, layered world mirrored the social disparities often explored in Latin American cinema
Apr 304 min read


Letting Our Hair Down at the NoMAA with artist Tafy LaPlanche
NoMAA’s exhibit would be the stepping-stone for everyone’s hair and identities
Apr 305 min read


Book Talk with Sam Ceballos: Eliamaría Madrid's Princesa Taco!
Available Here !!!
Apr 151 min read


Bad Moon Rising: Latino Werewolves and the Fight Against Monster Stereotypes
Werewolves get a bad rap. But is that the whole story? What happens when Latino representation enters the mix?
Apr 153 min read


Erased in Plain Sight: The Brutality Against Women of Color in Netflix's Show, You
In You, violence against women of color is graphic, emotional, and final.
Apr 144 min read


Gods, Guts & Glitter: Why The Sunbearer Trials Slays!
There are no white people in The Sunbearer Trials. Period.
Apr 144 min read


Exploring the Influence of Latinx Pop Culture Today
Latinx pop culture is more than just a trend; it is a powerful movement that impacts various sectors such as music, television, and...
Apr 114 min read


Finding Your Spanglish Stride: A Review of Speak Up, Santiago!
Speak Up, Santiago! is a warm story about friendship, self-determination, and disrupting the notion that there is a “right” way to be Latino.
Apr 93 min read


How Latino Comedians Are Getting Creative on TikTok (and why it matters)
Platforms like TikTok and Instagram reels become a center for Latinx creativity... there is a creative freedom that this funding allows that has resulted in the emergence of Latinx comedy that is written, directed and performed by Latinx creators for a Latinx audience.
Apr 23 min read


Power in the Numbers: Chicanofuturism and Afrofuturism in The Umbrella Academy
Diego and Allison in The Umbrella Academy Rewrite the Rules of Sci-Fi Representation!
Apr 23 min read


A Magical Reformation: Veronica Chapa’s Feminist Retelling of La Malinche in Malinalli: A Novel
Chapa reimagines La Malinche through a fantastical lens, centering themes of language, loyalty, and vengeance.
Apr 13 min read


Staging Latinidad: Gigi Guizado on Theater, Translation, & Community in Las Vegas
Erika Abad talks with Gigi Guizado about the recent surge in readings and performances of Latin American and Latino plays across the Vegas Valley.
Apr 110 min read


Monsters Among Us: Vampires and Colonial Violence in Isabel Cañas’ Vampires of El Norte
Vampires of El Norte is a powerful contribution to Latino-centered storytelling that reclaims horror as a space to explore memory, resistance, and survival.
Apr 12 min read


Found Forms, Frontera Stories: An Interview with José Alaniz
A "house of mirrors," the book spans eras—from the Republic of Texas to a dystopian future Atlanta to 1990s Los Angeles.
Mar 305 min read


The Gentle Flame: Milio's Healing Fire and the Power of Latinx Representation in League of Legends
League of Legends breaks mold of traditional fire-affinities by introducing Milio, infusing Latinx representation to the game.
Mar 304 min read


My Childhood Favorites: Is Spy Kids as Good as I Remember?
Karina Beccera asks herself: Is Spy Kids the greatest kids movie of all time?
Mar 304 min read


An Economy of Thirst: Liquid Futures and Mexican Labor in Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer
rooted in a vision of futurity that both resists Latinx dispossession and dismantles economies of thirst that propagate it
Mar 194 min read


Hacienda Caras in Barbielandia: America Ferrera’s Latina Resistance in Barbie
Brown Optic Barbielandia is a space where multiracial female solidarity mobilizes intervention
Mar 189 min read


Another Side of History: Review of David Dorado Romo’s Borderlands and the Mexican American Story
Another Side of History breaks down the hegemonic door that has tried to shut out complexities of Mexican American and borderland history.
Mar 123 min read


Deep Dive into Character: A Review of Melissa Coss Aquino's Novel, Carmen & Grace
With her evocative storytelling, Melissa Coss Aquino turns a story about two cousin-turned-sisters dealing drugs into a character study.
Mar 45 min read
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