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Embracing Diversity: Bodegas, Brownstones, and the Rich Tapestry of Our Latinidades
Interview explores experiences with language barriers, cultural syncretism, “found family,” gentrification, and homophobia
Jun 13, 20249 min read
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10 Latinx/ Latine Poets for Pride Month
10 Latinx/ Latine Poets for Pride Month
May 31, 20245 min read
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Los Exóticos de la Lucha Libre: Subverted Masculinity in Cassandro
The lyrics of Celia Cruz’s “Yo viviré” rhythmically play out above a brightly lit luchador ring in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico in the beginning...
May 22, 20245 min read
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“LatinX Marks the Wound and Space for Collective Healing”
I want to highlight how artists across the U.S. cross ethno-national borders to heal together.
May 22, 20244 min read
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Wakanda Forever’s Eco-Permissible Latinx Worldbuilding
Wakanda Forever builds into its story a significant eco-permissible Latinx moment.
May 22, 20244 min read
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“Structures of Feeling & The Edgar; or Abuelita’s Bowl Cut”
It’s a way to intentionally affirm the Otherness that a conformist mainstream throws at youth.
May 21, 20243 min read
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Ralph Villanueva Reviews Manolo Caro's Film, Fiesta en la Madriguera / Down the Rabbit Hole
What is especially intriguing is the focus on Tochtli, his point of view, imagination, shifting understanding of language, writing, truth.
May 16, 20244 min read
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Aldama & Itzel Usher in a Sci-Fi Worldbuilding Paradigm Shift: A Review of Labyrinths Borne
Aldama offers a path forward by offering readers an emotional, intellectually spirited & collectivist minded tale.
May 12, 20244 min read
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Frederick Luis Aldama Talks with Cristina Herrera: Misfits, Sonic Revolutions, Familial Reconciliations, & Craving More Fiction that Misfits Publishing Molds
I wanted Max Rodriguez to hit the hard truths but also, and overwhelmingly, to take readers to places of joy and compassion.
May 5, 20248 min read
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Frederick Luis Aldama’s Pressing Passion to Portray & Proclaim Powerful Truths of Youth Surviving in the US-Mexico Borderlands: A Conversation
While the borderlands shape each protagonist differently, their individual stories thread together to form a greater tapestry.
May 5, 202411 min read
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Jonathan Hill and the Power of Encouragement
what I took from Hill's talk was a humble attitude of gratitude for all the little lights that shone in the dark, the simple gestures.
May 4, 202416 min read
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Melissa Castillo Planas Reviews Magical / Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy and Borders
Vanessa Villareal's autobiographical essays explore issues of violence, toxic masculinity, gender norms, racism, anti-immigrant prejudice
May 3, 20248 min read
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“Running Spice”: Latine Criminalization and Stereotypes in Star Wars Episode IX
Poe as former spice runner "as untrustworthy Latino bandit" reverts "to film stereotypes concerning the criminalization of Latines"
Apr 25, 20245 min read
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Regina Mills Reviews Spider-Man 2: A Tale of Two Spider-Men
In Spider-Man 2, we get the ability to switch back and forth between both protagonists, particularly in the exploration of New York City and
Apr 22, 20246 min read
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Mapping Latinidades On the Mad River: Cristina Herrera Reviews Lucrecia Guerrero’s Latest Novel
Lucrecia Guerrero’s latest novel, On the Mad River, set in the hardscrabble former factory town of Mad River, Ohio, we’re reminded of Latinx
Apr 21, 20245 min read
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BIPOC PoP Animation Festival 2024
The BIPOC Pop Animation Festival Celebrates the best work from up-and-coming animators!
Apr 11, 20243 min read
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Woeful Justice & Joy in Wednesday
Netflix’s Wednesday is doing something new, something highly noticeable.
Mar 27, 202410 min read
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Mariela Pinilla Reviews The Absolutely (Almost) True Adventures of Max Rodriguez
The novel is exactly what the “misfits, botched-jobbers, and unapologetic originals” have been waiting for.
Mar 27, 20243 min read
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Book Talk: Izzy De La Cruz Reviews Ashley Robin Franklin's The Hills of Estrella Rojas!
Check Out Izzy's Live Book Talk Review of The Hills of Estrella Rojas--a graphic novel that follows college freshman Kat as she...
Mar 19, 20241 min read
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Villanueve’s Dune 2 & Fajardo’s Crude: A Commentary on Interstellar Coloniality of Power & Terrestrial Corporate Greed
Fictional empire though it may be, Dune films take place in a universe where natural resource extraction and political power go hand in hand
Mar 19, 20247 min read
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