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Somos Latinx
Yuri Lamasbella Is Hilariously Spoofing Everyone’s Obsession With Reality TV
Mekita Rivas
Aug 19, 2024
Somos Latinx
Love Island USA
Season 6 Reproduced The Same, Tired Spicy Latina Trope
Natalie Arroyo Ca...
Aug 19, 2024
Somos Latinx
I’m Proud To Break Barriers In My Latine Family. I’m Also Exhausted
Zameena Mejia
Aug 14, 2024
Somos Latinx
I’m A Latina Mom & I’ve Decided To Go Back To College
As the daughter of Nicaraguan immigrants in San Francisco, I am the first in my family to go to college. But my academic journey hasn’t been easy: Severa
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Christina Rodrigu...
Somos Latinx
Vallenato Is Colombian Campesino Music. And When The Land Suffers...
When I listen to vallenato, I’m transported to Colombia — the smell of crisp mountain air, the first touch of sunrise on my skin, the rich taste of a w
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Daniella Tello-Ga...
Somos Latinx
Why First-Gen Latines Often Have An Insecure Attachment Style
At 4, Viviana and her mother immigrated from Colombia to Miami. Living in a multi-generational home with her grandparents, she didn’t get to spend as muc
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Nicole Froio
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Somos Latinx
“You Will Be Misunderstood:” How Ariana DeBose Naviga...
For Ariana Debose, a clear vision and a belief in oneself is the path forward. The Puerto Rican Oscar-winning actor has built her career on the stage
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Mekita Rivas
Hot Girl Somos
Dating Is Hard. Latina Fetishes Make It Insufferable
You’re not imagining it; dating seriously sucks right now. Nearly half of the adults in the U.S. are single, dating has gotten harder for people, and ten
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Zameena Mejia
Somos Latinx
How Brazilian Women Challenged Slavery and Patriarchy Through Food
In the quaint district of Milho Verde, it’s impossible to go without hearing about Geralda Francisca dos Santos and her biscoito de polvilho (a cassava f
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Beatriz Miranda
Somos Latinx
Natasha Kline Got Death Threats for Telling Her Story In Disney’s...
For Mexican-American creator Natasha Kline, the forthcoming animated Disney show Primos is a reflection of her experiences growing up in Los Angeles. “I
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Cristina Escobar
Somos Latinx
Lou Pearlman Targeted Latino Youth In His Boy Band Scams
In the early 1990s, Lou Pearlman formed the Backstreet Boys, arguably kicking off the boy band fever that took over in the ensuing years. Repeating the sam
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Nicole Froio
Hot Girl Somos
How “Calladita Te Ves Más Bonita” Silences Latinas
I have always been a talkative person. I regularly got “talks too much” on my report card all throughout school. It’s something I can joke about now,
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Zameena Mejia
Somos Latinx
Behind The Movement to Get More Afro-Latines in Office
Existing at the intersection of Blackness and Latinidad, Afro-Latines’ absence in public offices across the United States is two-fold. As they belong to
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Nicole Froio
Somos Latinx
As a Latina, Women’s Retreats Felt Unwelcoming. But This One Taug...
I’ve never been on a girls’ trip. As a first-generation Latina from New York, my teens and 20s mostly consisted of family trips to my parents’ homela
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Zameena Mejia
Somos Latinx
As a Kid, I Hated Sending Clothes Back Home — Now It’s My W...
In 2003, before I had an iPod, my uncle gave me a CD player for Christmas. With this heavenly gift, I could escape my parents’ screaming matches as I sou
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Natalie Arroyo Ca...
Somos Latinx
Black & Brown Women Are The Driving Force Of This 800-People Isla...
With a population of just 800, Little Corn Island is a hidden gem in the Caribbean, and it holds an inspiring secret: Women keep it going. Hailing from div
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Victoria Leandra
Somos Latinx
Why Autistic Latinas Often Get a Late Diagnosis
Sara Mendez, 23, started to think she might be autistic after one-too-many jokes from her then-boyfriend who attributed her insect collection and love for
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Sofia Viera
Somos Latinx
I Took Up Folklórico As An Adult & It Saved My Mental Health
“Cinco, seis, siete, ocho. Metatarso. Dos a la izquierda. Tres a la derecha.” These are the only words occupying my brain on Wednesday and Friday e
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Stephanie Montes
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Somos Latinx
As Tourism Booms in Latin America, Sexual Harassment Against Lati...
On a Friday night in 2023, Monique Brasil, a 37-year-old Black community organizer, entered a swanky club in the Brazilian city of São Paulo for a lively
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Christina Noriega
Somos Latinx
Palestinian-Chilean Artist Elyanna Won’t Stop Advocating fo...
“Seeing everything that has been happening in all of these universities in the U.S., I just want to say how proud I am to see our generation speak their
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Brenda Barrientos
Dedicated Feature
The 7 Must-See Titles You Should Stream On Max Right Now
When it comes to the Latine experience, the entertainment industry has only ever operated in one way: to underrepresent us on-screen and behind the scenes,
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Brenda Barrientos
Somos Latinx
Peru Lists Transgender Identities As “Mental Health Problem...
Weeks before the start of Pride month, when many companies and politicians choose to court the LGBTQ community, Peru was making headlines for the opposite:
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Bianca Padró Ocasio
Somos Latinx
Hit Man’s
Adria Arjona Is Stepping Into the Leading ...
Good people may do bad things, but that doesn’t make them bad people. Or does it? That’s the philosophical crux at the center of the movie Hit Man, now
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Mekita Rivas
Somos Latinx
Mexico Elects Claudia Sheinbaum Its First Woman President — But S...
On June 2, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum, the candidate of the governing Morena party and a former Head of Government of Mexico City, made history becoming Mexic
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Bárbara González
Somos Latinx
Mon Laferte Is Ever-Evolving. Her Autopoiética Tour Encourages Yo...
Mon Laferte is in the dressing room of the McAllen Performing Arts Center in McAllen, Texas, when she logs into the video call. When we speak, she is relax
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Nicole Froio
Somos Latinx
Why Are Latinas So Overrepresented In The Foster Care System?
At 8, Child Protective Services removed Elvira Laguna from her mother’s house and placed her in a foster care home in Pasadena, California, with around 6
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Nicole Froio
Somos Latinx
After Grief, I Quit Traveling. But This Trip to Mexico Reminded M...
I used to love traveling. With my best friends by my side, I was nearly swept away by the Reynisfjara waves in Iceland, spun like a princess outside of the
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Raquel Reichard
Latinx
Where Are The Latinas in Sports? Allow Drafted to Show You
Growing up as a queer Latina in Southern California, Karina Martinez found comfort in playing sports in high school. Martinez, who came out as queer at 16,
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Nicole Froio
Somos Latinx
Yes, My Mom Died By Suicide. No, She Wasn’t Being Selfish
I sat on top of a table overlooking my high school track field, which at one point was my happy place, but things were different now. Twenty-five minutes i
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Jovita Trujillo
Somos Latinx
What Max’s
Turtles All the Way Down
Gets Right (& Wr...
Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced) can’t stand her own thoughts about bacteria and germs anymore. Despite doing therapy for her diagnosis of obsessive-compulsiv
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Nicole Froio
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