Why Isn’t Zoe Saldaña On Any Magazine Covers?

Why Isn’t Zoe Saldaña On Any Magazine Covers?

Mary Mata September 2, 2011

Zoe Saldaña’s career highlights, and the surprising holes in it, were highlighted this week by Allison Samuels in The Daily Beast. Basically was Samuels says is that, despite Saldaña’s huge […]

A Latina Catholic On Texas’ Overturned Abortion Law

Mary Mata September 1, 2011

By Christina Rodriguez As a Latina who was born and raised a practicing Catholic, I consider abortion to be a pretty terrible idea, but I understand extreme situations. A diabetic […]

A Girl’s Guide To Responding To Catcalls

Mary Mata August 31, 2011

I remember being a chubby and dorky 13 year-old girl and getting honked at by creeps when I walked in my neighborhood. Since I was so incredibly awkward and unattractive, […]

Latinas Have A Higher Incidence Of Cervical Cancer

Mary Mata August 30, 2011

Cervical cancer is preventable. This is true even though more young women die of cervical cancer than anything else in the U.S. — it’s the second leading cause of death […]

Guapura 101: What To Do About Cuticles?

Mary Mata August 29, 2011

Not only is cuticle hard to spell, they’re also hard to deal with. I know growing up my best friend had the most sensitive cuticles so when we would give each other […]

Anna María Chavez Named New Girl Scouts CEO

Mary Mata August 25, 2011

Girl Scouts of the USA has selected Mexican-American Anna Maria Chavez as its new CEO. As mentioned previously in News Taco, the organization is stepping up efforts to recruit more […]

Bien Hecho: Perú’s First Afro-Latina Cabinet Minister

Mary Mata August 23, 2011

Grammy winning singer Susana Baca is now also a culture minister in Perú, and she’s being celebrated not just for her talents in that position, but also because she’s likely […]

Latinas At Risk For Heart Attacks, Symptoms Are Different

Mary Mata

More than 40% of women still don’t realize that heart disease is the number one female killer. One in 30 women’s deaths in 2007 was from breast cancer, compared to […]

Guapura 101: What To Do About That Lady Mustache?

Mary Mata August 22, 2011

Recently a friend and I were discussing our lady ‘staches and the ways in which we deal with them, so I figured we weren’t the only ones. Hair removal is […]

When Women Hate Women: An Abuelita Story

Mary Mata August 18, 2011

My maternal grandmother was very cruel to me when I was growing up. To this day, I’m not sure why, but I can only speculate that most of it was […]