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Recap of Women's March and the Unapologetic Women of Color/Latinx

Recap of Women's March and the Unapologetic Women of Color/Latinx

This year nearly 2 million marchers showed up included Latinx/women of color combined. BoldLatina asked many of you to tag us, #boldlatinasmarch and you showed up for us! The above gallery is a sampling of those who marched with some of the most unapologetic messages geared toward women of

Claudia Sandoval Talks MasterChef Latino, and It Being the Year of the Woman

Claudia Sandoval Talks MasterChef Latino, and It Being the Year of the Woman

The culinary world, often dominated by male figures, is slowly, but surely changing its landscape thanks to outstanding female chefs taking over, one recipe at a time. Claudia Sandoval is one of those mujeres chingonas changing the game. Sandoval was the first ever Latina to win MasterChef, the ruthless cooking

Oreo, Beaner, Cracker- The Snack Food of Prejudice

Oreo, Beaner, Cracker- The Snack Food of Prejudice

Originally published on EducatedLatina.com Did you know that an Oreo is not just Milk’s Favorite Cookie? According to UrbanDictionary.com, an Oreo is also… Oreo A racist slur and schoolyard name based on racist stereotypes wrongly assuming that intelligence, articulateness, dapperness, and manners are traits of whites and

The Rise Of The Bruja Culture and How It Helps Us Connect To Our Ancestors

The Rise Of The Bruja Culture and How It Helps Us Connect To Our Ancestors

Long before it was deemed the devil’s work, brujeria, or witchcraft was considered a healing agent. In some cases, royal families called onto witches for guidance. There was an understanding that women were natural healers. They were unlicensed doctors, nurses, midwives, counselors, and pharmacists. They were self-taught, knowledgeable

How Many of Us Have An 'American' Name?

How Many of Us Have An 'American' Name?

Cassandra a writer in Dallas, wrote up something that so many of us can relate to. About our perfectly sounding, perhaps gringo names. Her piece for The Dallas Morning News,  “My Parents Gave Me An ‘American’ Name…” is contemplative and wrestles with the idea if she should change it, as

Love & Hip Hop Miami's Amara La Negra...Is Everything. (period)

Love & Hip Hop Miami's Amara La Negra...Is Everything. (period)

First, we here at BoldLatina have been onto Dana Danelys De Los Santos otherwise known as ‘Amara La Negra‘ since she was doing her thing in the urban Latino music space. Watch her ‘Asi‘ music video or the booty shakin’ ‘Ayy‘. Her love for the music business began as a

TIME'S UP Makes A Hollywood Power Move Against Sexual Harassment

TIME'S UP Makes A Hollywood Power Move Against Sexual Harassment

2017 was definitely the year of much needed call outs of sexual harassment and abuse by ‘too many high power men’ in the Hollywood, media and technology industries, and the reckoning shall continue. It’s no secret, that women have been at the forefront of many movements in the past

6 Latinas Whose Works Have Inspired Us In 2017

6 Latinas Whose Works Have Inspired Us In 2017

2017 was the year of noise. As we tried to hold on to our sanity, some of us yelled screams of unity, resistance, protection, and rebellion. Those screams were meant to fight off and identify the oppressors, racists and sexual predators alike. With (what seems like) chaos taking over the

How the Women of 'Coco' Woke My Broken Heart

How the Women of 'Coco' Woke My Broken Heart

Reader Submission by Rocio L.  You would never expect a single woman, a ‘childless’ single woman to go see Disney/Pixar’s ‘Coco‘. A look around the theater, it was apparent…families. Lots of familia vibes. As a woman in Hollywood, a Latina working in the industry, I had to

Sangrando para Liberación

Sangrando para Liberación

They teach us to be scared of those that can invade our bodies, but fail to teach us about our bodies they are trying to invade. I was nine-years-old, walking around Jackson Heights with my mother doing her regular schmegular compras. I remember telling my mom I wanted

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