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Guapura 101: Eyeliner

Mary Mata March 28, 2011

Okay ladies, I’m not the biggest fan of wearing makeup everyday. Shoot, since I was laid off a few years ago and began blogging, I really haven’t had many occasions for which […]

More Water Woes for the Border

Mary Mata

Translated Drug Labels Are Often Wrong

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Pressures On Latinas For The Perfect Body

Mary Mata March 25, 2011

by Christina Saenz The recent case of 17-year-old Dominique Ramirez brought to light of how Latinas experience sexist sizeism in ways that are similar to yet differ from white women. Dominique won […]

Why The EPA Is Important For Latino Families

Mary Mata March 24, 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, has long protected the health and well-being of all Americans, particularly Latino families. Unfortunately, conservative politicians are leading efforts to attack, defund, and in some […]

Biased Study Shows Obese Latinas, Children Underestimate Weight

Mary Mata

A new study shows that mothers who are obese, as well as their children, underestimate their weight. Most of those who participated in the Columbia University study were Latinos and […]

More US Latinos Live in Most Polluted Areas

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When I was a kid I used to ride the public transportation in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: over crowded and harried where the bus didn’t actually stop at the corner, it […]