Latino Men Are Always The Most Critical Of Me
Latino Men Are Always The Most Critical Of Me
The people that get most upset about what I write are almost always Latino men. I’m not stereotyping or exaggerating — this is simply a fact. Nearly all of the […]
On Halloween, Oscar The Grouch Almost Got Beat Up By Gandhi
I started celebrating Halloween a little early this year. I went to a party dressed as Oscar The Grouch, he of “Sesame Street” fame. I was expecting to fly under […]
How Can I Make My Husband Love Our Kids?
Dear Martha: I have been married for 20 years and have two beautiful children, 19 and 13 years old. My husband is a good partner and a very good provider. […]
Father’s Day & Learning To Love My Father
“Tu no has sido adulto, pero yo si fui niño y adulto.” You have not been an adult, but I have already been a child and adult — that’s what […]
Thoughts Of Machismo On Father’s Day
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 […]
Confessions Of A “Mister Mom”
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
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 […]