Latina Voices » 2009

By Evelyn Oropeza – Since I can remember all my teachers were blue-eyed blondes who only spoke English. In second grade, one of my teachers told me to draw a picture of myself. When I finished drawing the body, without thinking about it I drew a blue- eyed blonde. Most children...

Sonia Sotomayor deserves the nomination

By Teresa Puente – Sonia Sotomayor History was made today when President Obama nominated the first Latina, Sonia Sotomayor, to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. As Latina women we take pride that she has been nominated to the highest court in the land. She is the daughter of...

Susana Baca is Blatina

By Jan Peña-Davis – Susana Baca from the University of Chicago archive Blatinas, Hispanic women with obvious African roots (darker skin and kinkier hair), are few and far between in the entertainment industry, unless playing the maid in telenovelas or the espiritista or la...

Sabado Gigante – Giant Saturday or

By Karina Aguilar – America’s late night shows star funny and charismatic hosts like Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel and Conan O’Brien. There’s also Saturday Night Live. The big Saturday night show on Spanish-language television is Sabado Gigante, or Giant Saturday, hosted by...

She’s a real woman: Josefina Lopez

By Evelyn Oropeza– Writer Josefina Lopez grew up in a traditional Mexican household where the men were always fed first. “(The men) get to have the steak …and the women get the leftovers. We get the leftovers in every way metaphorically,” said Lopez said during a recent...

Mi familia is the George Lopez show

By Irma Iliana Gutierrez – Here’s the thing. I come from your not so average Mexican-American familia. My grandparents immigrated here in the 1950’s had four kids, worked really hard, bought property, the American Dream. After that, not so much normal. There have been tears,...

Brown faces

By Toi Cross – Is it the way my lips curl that gets you all nervous inside? Maybe it’s the way my vivacious curves sway—making your eyes do a double take when I pass your way? Is it my brown skin that constantly draws you in? Making you want to inquire more about who I am and...

Thinking of Abuela on Mother’s Day

By Lisa Cisneros – I saw my grandmother, Manuela, for the first time in six years recently. She was visiting from Texas. It was a reunion of mixed emotion. I was so happy to see her and I hugged her so tight and kissed her so much, but I was so sad because I wonder if it would...

Evenings at the Argentine Club

By Julia Amante – A tall man in a sophisticated suit probably custom made to fit his great body, had walked in and stood just inside the entrance. He scanned the room as if he were looking for someone. Then Nelly Apolonia ran out of the large hall and to the kitchen and...

Memories of Cinco de Mayo

By Evelyn Oropeza – “Gorda ponte en paz,” my mother yelled as she put ribbons in my hair to perform for the Cinco de Mayo Parade in Pilsen. Mi mamá helped me dress up in a long ruffled dress with colorful ribbons inside a small school bus. I tried to catch my balance...

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