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Somos Latinx
As a Black Oaxacan, I Have No Choice But to Betray Mexican Nationalism
Alán Pelaez Lopez
Mar 15, 2023
Somos Latinx
The White Business Of Cosplaying As Black and Latine Is A Violent American ...
Marjua Estevez
Mar 13, 2023
Somos Latinx
My Adult Eczema Helped Me Rediscover My Resilience
Zameena Mejia
Mar 13, 2023
Somos Latinx
Despite Making Music For A Decade, Ravyn Lenae Is Just Getting St...
At age 24, Ravyn Lenae has spent nearly a decade in the music industry. By the time many of us discovered her through her second EP in 2018 — Crush, the
by
Ashley Garcia Lez...
Somos Latinx
Latinas Are Commanding the Beauty Industry — But Haven’t We...
Latinas have turned to careers in beauty for generations. Salons serve as social landmarks in our communities — they’re a place to catch up with loved
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Tess Garcia
Somos Latinx
“The Decriminalization of Sex Work Will Help Us All:”...
Sex work dates back to 2400 BC. It existed before our abuelitas were born and will continue to exist long after you and I are gone. Despite it being one of
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Jacqueline Delgad...
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Entertainment
Jenna Ortega Loves Coachella Valley — But Not For The Reason You ...
Most of us who aren’t from California associate Coachella Valley with its annual music festival. Since 1999, the three-day weekends have showcased some o
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Ashley Garcia Lez...
Somos Latinx
La Flor Más Bella’s
Mich Represents Latinas Who Are ...
Latines love entertainment. For years, we have been the top moviegoers — even though the films we watch rarely reflect our communities. While we represen
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Nicole Froio
Entertainment
Diane Guerrero Nurtures Her Inner Child While Playing
Adelita
Diane Guerrero has always been a performer. Even before becoming a household name for her roles in hit TV series like Orange Is the New Black and Jane the
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Ashley Garcia Lez...
Somos Latinx
Best Songs by Latine Artists of 2023
We’re only three years into the decade, but Latine artists have been really killing it in the 2020s. In 2022, these genres, often lumped together under t
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Marjua Estevez
Somos Latinx
Why
Bantú Mama’s
Win at the NAACP Image Awards Matters
Over the decades, popular culture has created dominant narratives of the Dominican Republic that are most often synonymous with poverty, crime, or state vi
by
Marjua Estevez
Somos Latinx
7 Black Artists Defying Latin America’s Cultural Whitewashing
Before her death, master printmaker Belkis Ayón employed collagraphy to challenge the dominant narratives of Cuban culture that whitewashes and sanitizes
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Marjua Estevez
Somos Latinx
The Consultant’s
Aimee Carrero Asked for More — & Got it W...
Most people know how much an unexpected text message in the middle of the night can ruin a good sleep. For Aimee Carrero‘s character Patti in the Ama
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Alicia Ramírez
Somos Latinx
5 Fun Spring Eye Makeup Trends You Need to Try, According to the ...
Growing up in a Dominican home in New York, Latina beauty was about vanity for the Frias sisters. For them, cosmetics have always been rooted in communal b
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Ashley Garcia Lez...
Somos Latinx
I’m in My Main Character Era. Here’s How I Achieve the Look...
Growing up, I used to join my Peruvian cholita mom on the sofa to watch telenovelas. These dramatic Spanish-language soap operas introduced me to worlds th
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Andrea Velasquez
Entertainment
These Freestyle Artists Provided the Soundtrack to Latina Sexual ...
I couldn’t tell you the first time I heard freestyle music. It’s not like reggaeton, where I have a vivid memory of being put on to the genre by a home
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Raquel Reichard
Somos Latinx
Christina Milian Loves Making Rom-Coms & We Can’t Get Enoug...
Whether it’s the iconic early-aughts film Love Don’t Cost a Thing or her 2021 Netflix hit Resort to Love, Christina Milian has solidified herself in th
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Priscilla Rodriguez
Somos Latinx
10 Abuelas Share Advice on Love & Relationships
by
Daisy Maldonado
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Somos Latinx
Why I Ditched Solo Trips & Travel With My Parents Instead
I can’t pinpoint the first time I said to myself, “I want to travel the world,” but I do remember the first time I felt awakened by the possibility o
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Victoria Leandra
Somos Latinx
Bad Bunny Was Snubbed for Album of the Year at the Grammys, But H...
On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena was transformed in a kaleidoscopic burst of color as Bad Bunny lifted the curtain on the 65th annual Gram
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Marjua Estevez
Somos Latinx
Americano Media Wants to Be “Fox News in Spanish”
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include comments from Americano Media. In recent political elections, far-right Spanish-language talkin
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Marjua Estevez
Entertainment
Freeridge
Tells the Story of an Overburdened, Eldest Daugh...
Latines love entertainment. For years, we have been the top moviegoers — even though the films we watch rarely reflect our communities. While w
by
Nicole Froio
Somos Latinx
After 100 Years of Whitewashing, Brazil Will Depict the Goddess I...
Every February 2, the city of Salvador in Brazil celebrates Iemanjá, deity of the sea and motherhood, who is the most-worshiped Yoruba goddess in the coun
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Beatriz Miranda
Books & Art
4 Latina Authors on Breaking Into the Book Industry
Writing involves two worlds: the creative sphere, where a writer often spends months and years crafting a book, and the business side, where the goal is to
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Eva Recinos
Somos Latinx
This is What Grammy Nominee Anitta Thinks About Being Called a ...
The year 2022 was pivotal for Latines in the music industry — and especially for Brazilian artist Anitta. Last year, the Rio de Janeiro-born singer-songw
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Brenda Barrientos
Somos Latinx
Amirah Vann Brings Heart & Depth to Black Women’s Stories i...
As the open-hearted matriarch Hattie Mae in Tyler Perry’s 2022 film A Jazzman’s Blues, Amirah Vann demonstrates a great tenderness and fierce love to b
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Jasmin Hernandez
Somos Latinx
These All-Women Mariachi Bands Are Rebelling Against Tradition
Growing up in a Mexican home in Indiana, Ibet Herrera always loved mariachi. The historically male-dominated regional Mexican music inspired her as a young
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Eva Recinos
Somos Latinx
Swapping Clothes Isn’t Just Fun — It’s Community Care
When I was growing up, new clothes only came around twice a year: before the start of a new school year and on my birthday in September. More often than no
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Jacqueline Delgad...
Somos Latinx
These Latina Food Creators Are Helping Us Preserve Latin American...
I’ve never been one to miss a meal. Growing up Honduran in the Bronx, tortillas de harina, pollo guisado, enchiladas, and machuca (or hudutu, as my famil
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Janel Martinez
Somos Latinx
The Mass Deportations of Haitians in the Dominican Republic Is An...
When I first read Edwidge Danticat’s “Create Dangerously,” I was struck by her understanding that the proverbial “immigrant artist at work” is fo
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Marjua Estevez
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