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By Jenny Patiño – Author’s Disclaimer: Don’t go killing anyone. It doesn’t end well. Not on television. Not in real life. Not even on television inspired by real life. That being said, I am a connoisseur of televised murder. The “CSI” and “Law & Order”...

Sin Nombre

By Benita Zepeda– In the 2009 film “Sin Nombre”, there are many themes that are apparent throughout the film. Some of those themes consist of gang culture, where a “brotherhood” is placed before the law. Then there are themes of love. Love that is lost, found, concealed...

Latinas lose out

By Angelica Jimenez– Latinas are losing a desperately need program providing culturally competent reproductive health and family planning because of harassment and intimidation from pro-life groups. Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast has succumbed to...

Latin American Queens of Entertainment

By Amalia Gonzalez– Four girls from different social classes become friends after going to high school together. Telenovelas about social issues and friendship, involving teenagers as they journey through high school are very popular. Throughout the years Televisa from Mexico...

Cost of citizenship

By Angelica Jimenez– Jose Gonzalez, an immigrant from Mexico, became a U.S. citizen in 1997. For Jose and his wife, Adela, the journey to U.S. citizenship was possible because the costs weren’t as high and the requirements not as strict as they are today. Immigration officials...

A “modern” twist on stereoty

By Benita Zepeda– Stereotyping someone based on their race and ethnicity can be hurtful to those at the punch line of the joke, but as a Latina, I have found a television show that has completely recreated the way racism is viewed in mainstream media. The television show “Modern...

12 stereotypes

By Luz Garcia– There is not enough variety in Spanish-speaking television; it seems they only transmit news and overrated telenovelas. In efforts to make TV more entertaining, I believe, stations like Univision and Telemundo create game shows like “Sabado Gigante” for example. There...

Low riders get higher

By Annabel Garcia– George Lopez has been successfully doing stand up for quite some time now. However, it is only recently that he has started his own talk show on TBS. The set up of the show is his classic stand-up at the beginning, and interviews with some famous people. Lopez...

Miller Lite Models

By Mariela Quintuna– It was July 23, 2009 when I went to the World Cup game of Mexico vs. Costa Rica. I went with my fiancé and his brothers. It was a rainy day and we got there early so we walked around the booths to see what was there. There was the radio station, La Que...

They’re Here, They’re Queer, and Som

By Jenny Patiño– You know that tío your family doesn’t really like to talk about? The one that never got married and kind of reminds you a little of Walter Mercado? Or how about your tía Margarita and her “comadre” Rosa, the lady she’s been living with for 10 years? ...

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