I Can Tell You’re Latina By How You Gesticulate

Recently I was at an event when an elderly white gentleman approached me and began a conversation. After we got over the whole “It’s Sara, not Sarah,” part of my […]

So recently, and for some inexplicable reason, I seem to have some pretty strong pegue. For those of us not in the know, “pegue,” is the word used to describe […]

By Elaine Dove One of my favorite places for “researching” topics that come up in my daily life is my local grocery store. It just so happens that the one […]

Dear Martha: I have lived the past 20 years with an alcoholic. I have stayed in the relationship because, first, I thought he would change. Later I did it for […]

By Elaine Dove I see us everywhere. Restaurants. The grocery store. The mall. I hear our sighs in the dressing room as we try on skirts that, mid-thigh on others, […]

Dear Martha: I am a bank teller, I am 25 years old and my husband is 32. My husband thinks I am increasingly worth less because he says I have […]

Dear Martha, I love my husband and we have been married 15 years, he is a good person and loves my two children, we are stabile and people admire us. […]

Dear Martha, I find myself in a difficult situation because I have little time to make the decision whether or not to abort my pregnancy. I’m 18 years old and […]

Dear Martha, I have lived with my partner for the six years since I arrived from Mexico, we are lesbians and she has two children whom I have raised and […]

[Editor’s Note: To read in English, translate this page with Google Chrome.] Mamás fuera de control con sus hijos. ¿Qué les pasa? ¿Por qué no hablar, intervenir y callar? ¿Saber que, […]