My grandmother tells me that when I was young, I used to deny being Peruvian and claim to be only American. The family used to consider my claims a cute joke, which I probably misinterpreted as reinforcement. As I got older, however, I severely struggled with identifying my culture- where
Now That I Have Found Myself I Have Also Found My Voice. Here lately I have been talking a lot about the AfroLatina experience. Not just any experience. My experience. Someone from my past asked me when did I become an Afro-Latina? Was that a real question? Did they
A New Film Sheds Light On Dolores Huerta’s Significant Untold Contribution From Creating ‘Si Se Puede’ Message to Organizing One of the nation’s most important of activists, a feminist, a mother to eleven (ay Dios mio what a super woman) and co-founder of the first farm workers
Throughout the many years of terror attacks, the United States has endured this last decade, the majority of the carnage is at the hands of white males. In the past year, white males have killed more Americans in mass murders more than by any other background. However, in the past
Earlier this year, the Why We Wear Black movement stirred up awareness and conversation around sexual harassment in Hollywood by bringing it into an elite platform. The ladies, and some gentlemen, of the Golden Globes, took part in the TIME’s Up organized efforts by dressing in all black to
BoldLatina came across 27 year old Laura “LOUDA” Raquel Camacho on Facebook and instant fandom it was! Louda most recently contributed her singing talents at the Dreamer Fund artivism fundraiser, in San Francisco. Born in Chicago, Illinois to a Puerto Rican mother born in Chicago and Mexican born father from
By the time, a female professional turns 30 is it likely that she will be very unhappy and burned out. Don’t let that be you! Here, at BoldLatina we mentioned the reports on ‘burn out’ and that women today are working harder for the money bag more than ever.
‘Illegally WOMAN‘ as featured in ‘Timeless Tales, True Edition‘ by Vincent Miller featuring Thalia Edwards Available on Amazon Also available on Amazon, Thalia’s Black Code a poetic memoir inspired by the insightful self-reflections of inner city Black and Latino teenagers as they look further into social, cultural and
Kim Kardashian showed off her latest hairdo: Fulani braids, inspired by Fulani women of East or West African. Except, in traditional Kardashian fashion, Kim robbed African American women of the credit for the style and called them “Bo Derek” braids instead. Bo Derek is a white actress who was seen
The 60th GRAMMY Awards are upon us, and we, at BoldLatina, are ready to see Luis Fonsi perform, as well as the rest of our Brown and Black people represent on stage. This year, the industry will be sporting white roses to support #TimesUp. Here are our predictions (in green
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