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When it comes to winning prestigious awards from Nobel Prizes to Pulitzers, it’s no surprise that white men have been the recipients of major recognition by astute cultural institutions that define excellence. It’s been down in history, mostly white men deciding in boardrooms with decorated portraits of white
America Ferrera is the epitome of a humanist, feminist, and activist at heart. America Ferrera’s TED Talk about Latinx identity and representation definitely covers her values gained through her journey. Throughout her Hollywood entertainment career, she has given us deep characters that have resonated with us as Latinx and
Shows that center on the Latinx experience are a rarity, however season-after-season there are more multicultural, diverse stories being told on screen which is an indicator of changing demographics and ‘the people’ are demanding it! When was the last time you supported a Latinx series that resonated with
Not all Mexican mothers fulfill the stereotype of love and passivity. Mine is a story of grit, crying, and chipping away at my education and finding myself. While in college I came to call my mother by her first name. After the many instances, examples, and experiences of showing me
Originated published on Guerilla Feminist I am the first in the my family to do a lot of things, like go to college and get a graduate degree. And all my accolades began to go to my head. I began to feel like I was better than the people who
For San Jacinto artist Barbara Rivera, painting has become a form of liberation and a form in which she can speak up about issues that are currently affecting her community. Born to immigrant parents, she takes inspiration from both her father and mother’s cultures. Her father is a refugee
There’s a scene in the “Diary of A Mad Black Woman” where the main character, Helen, rejects a man attempting to flirt with her at a family BBQ. Having recently found that her husband of 18 years was cheating on her, and literally thrown out of her house by
I think a lot about what it meant to grow up idealizing my future husband. Recently, I sat with a friend and we spoke about how similar our childhoods were. We are both women and grew up conservative christian; on top of that we are also pastor’s kids. The
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
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