Wondering About Women Who Hate Women

Wondering About Women Who Hate Women

Mary Mata November 2, 2011

Ladies, have you ever walked into a room full of people and noticed that many of the women were giving you dirty looks for no reason at all? I call it […]

Feminism Is For Latinas, Too

Mary Mata October 26, 2011

I remember the exact moment I became a feminist. Imagine a chubby, 12 year-old Oh Hells Nah bored at church. I was daydreaming (probably about food, as I often did) […]

How A Chicana Finally Learned To Cook

Mary Mata October 12, 2011

When I was an adolescent, my mom tried teaching me how to cook and clean. I was an obnoxiously rebellious girl at the time, so I usually refused. Here are […]

Happy Friday From Lydia Mendoza!

Mary Mata August 19, 2011

I love Lydia Mendoza because, even in the 1930s recordings I first heard of her music, she’s got sass. She ain’t takin’ nothin’ from nobody and she’s going to let […]

My Difficult And Wonderful Journey With My Mexican Mother

Mary Mata July 27, 2011

My relationship with my mother when I was growing was fraught with tension because of what seemed like an enormous cultural chasm. We were never like the “Gilmore Girls,” finishing each other’s […]