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Memory, Migration, & the Power of Our Untold Histories: A Conversation with Pablo Leon
My hope is that it makes its way to Latin America, to Guatemala, because this history isn't taught in schools there.
Sep 14, 20258 min read


Demons and Desire: Another Look at The Possession of Alba Díaz
I'll be honest—I'm not a fan of demons. Or demon-related things. Suffice it to say I won't be re-watching The Exorcist (1973) anytime...
Sep 12, 20254 min read


The Two Pedro Pascals: How Latino Identity Gets Bought and Sold in Hollywood
Hollywood has put Pascal in an impossible bind: he can't be the traditional superhero leader without invoking the machismo stereotype that Latino men supposedly embody and, thus, must avoid.
Sep 12, 20258 min read


Against Sameness: LOCA and the Art of Being Otherwise
When I'm writing, I'm not thinking about representing an entire culture or place. I'm just thinking about representing the experiences of these particular people on the page.
Sep 12, 20257 min read


"Blood on the Fogón": How Elba Iris Pérez Captures the Brutal Beauty of Growing Up Between Worlds
This semi-autobiographical novel lands like a punch to the chest because Pérez refuses to sanitize the migrant experience. Instead, she offers something far more valuable: an unflinching look at how families fracture and heal under the weight of assimilation, how racism operates both outside and within our own communities, and how resilience grows in the most unlikely soil.
Sep 6, 20253 min read


From Cocinas to Lucha Libre: A Conversation on Food, Sports, and Latinx Comics
From Cocinas to Lucha Libre Ringsides brings together an extraordinary collection of Latinx creators to explore how food and sports serve as powerful touchstones of identity and community in the Latino Americas.
Sep 1, 20259 min read


The Journey of Anthony Mackie: From New Orleans to Hollywood
Aldama interviews actor Anthony Mackie who Anthony Mackie wakes audiences to new perspectives, thoughts and feelings about superheroes +
Sep 1, 20258 min read


A Sonic Escape to la Playita: Bad Bunny's WELTiTA and Boricua Longing
WELTiTA is more than a beachy bop. It's a lyrical portal to the Island, a meditation on home, escape, and longing that speaks directly to Boricuas everywhere—from the bustling streets of San Juan to the apartments of the diaspora.
Sep 1, 20255 min read


The Accent of Evil: How Gunn's "Progressive" Superman Still Codes Latina Villains as Foreign
Gunn's Superman inadvertently maps the persistence of Hollywood's most enduring hierarchy: the sounds of heroism versus the sounds of Otherness or, frankly, evil.
Jul 30, 20257 min read


Las Payasas: Girlhood, Quinceañeras, and the Borderlands of Memory
This comic is a tribute: to her, to the borderlands, and to the mestiza consciousness that takes shape in the messy, meaningful rituals of becoming.
Jul 17, 20253 min read


White-Optic Regenerative Televisual Narratives Continue Apace
oday’s white-optic televisual landscape teems with what I call white-regenerative narratives—stories in which worn-out, broken, or morally adrift white dudes are reinvigorated through contact with Brown suffering.
Jul 17, 20256 min read


Latine Conversations at Comicpalooza University: A Reflection
Comicpalooza University (CP University) is a space where fans, scholars, and creatives come together to learn, share, and build community.
Jun 30, 20253 min read


Exploring the World of Rian Comics: A Deep Dive into Creativity
Rian provides a list of must-read Latinx comics!
Jun 27, 20252 min read


Two and Three: Chicano- and Afro-futurism in Umbrella Academy
In science fiction shows and films, there is an erasure of brown subjects that renders them as collateral damage, too incompatible with advanced technology which leads to them doing ‘lesser work’, as well as perpetually "alien". As we look at season 2 and season 3 in Umbrella Academy, we see the concepts of Chicanafuturism and Afrofuturism play out through the stories of Diego and Allison Hargreeves.
Jun 23, 20254 min read


Stretching Beyond the Script: Luffy, Latinx Masculinity, & the Power of Imagination
In the Hollywood machine, Latinx masculinity is too often boxed into rigid, reductive roles...what if masculinity looked different?
Jun 22, 20254 min read


Aqua-pessimism and Black-Brown Futurities in Wakanda Forever (2022)
Namor’s vision could be described as aqua-pessimism—a fluid, insurgent worldview that interrogates whether the surface world, as it currently exists, is even worthy of inclusion in the inevitable, irrepressible unfolding of Black and Brown futures.
May 31, 20253 min read


5 Must-Read Latine Word & Image Stories
5 Must-Read Latine Word & Image Stories
May 30, 20254 min read


An Alchemical Reaction: Review of Isabel Cañas' The Possession of Alba Díaz
If you’re looking to read horror, historical fiction, slow burn romance, or simply a few hundred pages of engrossing prose, Alba Díaz and Isabel Cañas will not disappoint.
May 22, 20253 min read


Let’s Go! Latinx Creators Reimagine Comics for a New Generation
It’s not always easy to pin down what makes a comic “Latinx” or "Latino."
May 21, 20253 min read


Slaying and Staying True: Guillermo De La Cruz’s Queer Chicanx Journey in What We Do in the Shadows
hat We Do in the Shadows offers a refreshing portrayal of queer Chicanx identity: not through heavy-handed drama, but through laughter, horror, and heart.
May 1, 20253 min read
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