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There’s a reason why society expected women to stay at home, raise the children and care for the family and why it expected men to go into the workforce in leadership as breadwinners. I believe it’s because we know how to raise good, productive, responsible people. I believe
I used to be terrified of dogs. Whenever I would see a dog, no matter the size, training, breed, or your incessant affirmations that he is a “sweet dog”: the world slowed down. Shit, the world practically stopped, for me. When a dog was in my general vicinity, everything moved
When I was 19 years old I had an abortion. Very few people know. Now you know too. I was in a college psychology class when I got the call. I remember my world spinning out of control, as if all the things that mattered to me was no longer
Criselda Vasquez paints her familia as they’ve never been seen - powerful, dignified, and front and center. Her large-scale portraits celebrate Latinx identity, reclaim space in the art world, and challenge cultural erasure with every brushstroke.
Pride can be so intimidating, loud, and appear to be something so fearless, yet some of us are not there yet, are not in a safe space to “come out”, or did not always feel this way. When we think about pride, it has lost its meaning from what it
I sat in my apartment “studying” for finals listening to music and drinking tequila with friends when someone played, “Que falta me hace mi padre” on Youtube Cómo lo voy a olvidar Siempre lo tengo en mi mente El me enseño a trabajar Me aconsejó a ser decente After a
“Well, somebody’s doing the raping, Don! I mean somebody’s doing it! Who’s doing the raping? Who’s doing the raping?” Trump exclaimed on CNN while being interviewed by Don Lemon. Trump elaborated further, “Well if you look at the statistics of people coming, you look at the
Harmonia Rosales is an Afro-Latina artist who does one thing we can totally get behind – she ‘flips the art canvas script’ literally, by doing her own take of the world’s most renowned works of art (with male subjects, white males) with Black women/ women of color as the subjects
It’s hard loving yourself when everyone is telling you otherwise. Here’s to a collective effort of trying to love your lonjitas, tú piel morena—just like I’m trying to love mine. I remember flaring up my nose in front of my mom, hoping she would flare her
Mamá, I know that I put my life in constant danger when I go out to raise my voice. I want you to understand why I consider myself an activist, why we as a generation, are part of the fight and why I must continue fighting para nuestra gente. Mami,
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