Articles tagged with: culture
A Favorite Bedtime Story
I often wonder about what my children will remember from their childhood.
Any sweet memories I have of being little all involve my abuela. My grandmother is the one who raised me and …
Well, there were no official “Hispanics” in the United States in 1940, apparently, because that term didn’t come along until 1970.
According to NBC Latino:
“The terms “Hispanic” or “Latino” were not used then,” says Mark Hugo …
¿Donde va el Acento?
So, listen.
I’ve got a new day job. I’m hanging at a Latino nonprofit in Nashville. Doing PR and communications. My new role calls on me to write in Spanish. For native Spanish-speakers.
Me …
Why Latinos are Late
Is it true? What they say about Hispanic Time? You know the joke: What time is it when a Latino arrives? Late o’clock.
If you are Latino, if you have friends who are …
Is it just me, or do you too hold your breath when something horrible, scandalous happens because you’re hoping: “Don’t let him (or her) be Latin!”
Drunk driving deaths, notorious mistresses, mass shootings, suddenly popular reality …
Aretes at Birth
When did you get your ears pierced?
Mine were done at 2-months, in a doctor’s office. He pushed the earring right through my tender lobes.
My daughter’s ears were pierced at 4-months, by her pediatrician, …
A Love Poem by Pablo Neruda
(click the headline link if you can’t see the video)
On this Valentine’s, listen to the beautiful reading of Pablo Neruda’s Tus Manos, words of passion, love and gratitude. The reading …
Hot Latina Stereotypes
So, Latina hotness, cultural norms, professional dress and Hispanic stereotype are all out there right now, inspired by one very tight red dress at the Super Bowl Media Day.
Inside the mini-dress was Mexican …
Latina Like JLo
On my last birthday, a friend gave me a wonderful pair of earrings. I was grateful and appreciative that she thought of me and remembered my love of earrings when she came across …
Pan Dulce Says “I Love You”
By Cynthia Martinez
When I was younger, and still in the dating scene, I thought boyfriends never loved me. Not one of them ever expressed love towards me with confetti, pan …
