Latina Author Fights Back With Hollywood

Latina Author Fights Back With Hollywood

Mary Mata December 29, 2010

A hard core telenovela story comes to us from Hollywood. We wrote previously about Latina author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, who is currently embroiled in a battle with NBC and George Lopez’s […]

Wisconsin To Boast First Latina State Rep

Mary Mata

Wisconsin is set to have its first Latina legislator in the form of JoCasta Zamarripa, 34, who is Mexican-American and will be serving as the state representative of the eighth assembly district […]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor A Humanitarian, Liberal Voice On Court

Mary Mata December 28, 2010

There’s a great, analytical piece looking at Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the work she’s done on the court so far. The piece tries to tease out her opinions, […]

A Very Latina Christmas List

Mary Mata December 6, 2010

Omg, if you’re at all like me, you have no money to spend this Christmas! Good news is, there’s really nothing that I want that’s really all that expensive. We […]

Siendo Güera, Or, Being A White Mexican

Mary Mata November 17, 2010

Recently, I wrote a post about Shadeism, or, the importance of skin color in the Latino community. Several of you commented that it was, or was not, important in your […]

Former Miss Kentucky Latina In Trouble, Without Clothes

Mary Mata

¡Ay, Dios mío! That plucky former Miss Kentucky Latina, 22 year-old Daniela Gaskie, is in trouble again, but this time it’s gone TOTALLY telenovela status!  Turns out she and two […]