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A Very Pink Christmas

December 25, 2011

Even this little girl knows that not all girls want princesses for Christmas! Happy Holidays!

‘Tis the season—but for what, exactly? Last week, I decked my wall—on Facebook, that is—with some yuletide-inspired food for thought about the real meaning of Christmas and, in only a few hours’ time, had racked up nearly 100 responses from people of varying faiths, all vehemently defending their visions of Christmas against mine. I started [...]

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Tips for Traveling to Latin America on a Budget

December 20, 2011

The new Michael Buble Christmas soundtrack has been released! Yes, it’s shockingly early, but who cares? Deck the halls, folks, because the best holiday is coming in hot! As silly as it sounds, people are starting to think about doing some premature Christmas shopping. Early birds avoid chaos at malls during late November and December. [...]

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Salsa and Sexism: Are You Mouthing Misogyny?

December 19, 2011

It is after midnight and I’m in a taxi on the way back to my barrio, mouthing the lyrics to a song on the radio that I’m proud to know the lyrics of when, suddenly, I stop (fake) singing. Spanish is my second language and memorizing song lyrics doesn’t come as easily to me as [...]

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Girls Who Play With “Boy” Toys

November 2, 2011

I have always been just a little bit of tomboy. I have six brothers, so my mom’s and older sisters’ attempts to “feminize” me where met with much resistance early on in life. I wouldn’t dream of suffering the humiliation of wearing a dress! I just wanted to be “one of the boys” and I [...]

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Tell Clear Channel Radio that Racist Hate Speech is NOT Okay!!

October 15, 2011

I was raised by conservative parents who loved to listen to conservative talk radio. As a teenager, any time that I got into a car with my parents the radio station was always tuned to KFI AM640, a conservative talk radio based out of Southern California. I don’t recall when I first started listening to [...]

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Tips for the “Tell Us About Yourself” Part of An Interview

October 11, 2011

I often have the privilege of sitting on interview panels and I’ve noticed many patterns displayed by interviewees at the beginning of an interview that make it hard for me to distinguish them from their competition. One of the main parts of the interview, the “tell about yourself” portion, can make or break how you [...]

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Frida Kahlo: Mexican Artist

September 28, 2011

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón, known simply as Frida Kahlo, was born in her beloved family home, la Casa Azul (or “the Blue House”) in Coyoacán, Mexico on July 6, 1907. Frida Kahlo’s celebrated self-portraits reflect a lifetime of pain and sadness that began at the tender age of six when Frida was stricken [...]

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Ni Santas, Ni Putas, Ni Locas: Ravings of a Mad Woman

September 6, 2011

“You’re crazy!” He said to me, in the heat of battle, continuing to yell, threaten, and lunge at me menacingly. We were fighting. I was crying. And I was crazy. “Crazy?” I sputtered. “Wh-what am I doing that is crazy? I am crying!” “Look at you—you’re crazy!” I wanted to defend myself. My boyfriend—ex-boyfriend as [...]

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How To Raise Girls Who Love Their Looks

September 4, 2011

A few weeks ago a friend of mine posted to his Facebook page this article on how one should talk to young girls. The gist of the article – don’t focus on their looks, focus on their intelligence and blah blah blah low self-esteem blah blah blah plastic surgery too young blah blah blah don’t [...]