Thoughts Of Machismo On Father’s Day

Thoughts Of Machismo On Father’s Day

Mary Mata June 17, 2011

I love my father more than I could ever put into words. And, now that I think about it, my father and his male relatives have been the people who […]

News Taco To Go: Rubio, Fathers, Venezuela & Immigration

Mary Mata

The Two Marco Rubios On Immigration Who Are We Celebrating On Father’s Day? Texas Anti-Immigrant Bill Is Filled With Inconsistencies Socialist Dreams And Beauty Queens: Arriving In Venezuela  

Espadrilles: European Style For Everyone!

Mary Mata June 16, 2011

Wish you were in Spain? Me too! Can’t afford it? Me neither! That’s all right, because this week Spain is coming to you. In the fourteenth century, the Catalonian Spanish started […]

Socialist Dreams And Beauty Queens: Arriving In Venezuela

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from “Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens: A Couch Surfer’s Memoir of Venezuela” by Jamie Maslin from Skyhorse Publishing.] Caracas, Venezuela — Dawn had […]

Checa LA Movie: “X-Men First Class” Is Super Cool

Mary Mata June 15, 2011

[Editor’s Note: To read in English, translate this page with Google Chrome.] Honestamente, debería resumir la reseña diciéndoles simplemente que la película esta “de primera clase”, “padrísima” o “súper cool”, porque […]

In Mexico, Ghost Stories Are Always Real

Mary Mata

I cannot sleep when I am in Mexico – especially my father’s hometown of La Rivera, Jalisco. This is because I feel powerful force that I don’t understand, and I […]

Texas, The U.S., Becoming More And More Latino

Mary Mata

Both sides of my family have long resided in the borderlands, specifically El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, but recently on the American side for just over one hundred years. During […]

Lots Of Latinos Don’t Have Spanish Surnames (Like Me)

Mary Mata

So you’re probably wondering, how does the surname “Calderón” not count as a Spanish surname? Well, it does. But my other last name, Schuessler, certainly doesn’t. I’ve been thinking recently, […]

Confessions Of A “Mister Mom”

Mary Mata June 14, 2011

Los Angles, California — I get up at 7 a.m. and make coffee. By 7:30 a.m., my wife is looking for her keys to jet. By 8 a.m., my 10 […]

Making Macho Latino Action Heroes

Mary Mata

By Santiago Forero Austin, Texas — As an artist, I work with familiar media images to show how society molds beliefs about itself, particularly how these images encourage superficial judgments about […]