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A year ago today the world lost a talented actress, Naya Rivera. Naya, a proud Afro-Latina was best known for her role as ‘Santana Lopez’ in Fox Network’s “Glee” an American-musical television series that had its final season 6 back in 2015. Glee featured on-screen performance-
Originally Published on Hollywood has always had trouble properly representing the Latin community in ways that showed a positive light of the culture that feels genuine. For example, there was controversy over Ronni Hawk being cast as a Latina in Netflix’s “On My Block,” despite the fact she isn’
It is no secret that Latinx families have the highest rates of movie attendance according to a report released in 2018 by the Motion Picture Association of America. Latinx are the largest ethnic demographic in the United States with more that 25% in Box Office gross revenue. Despite our movie
Bold Latina last reported on several Latinas in cannabis who have created a space within the highly lucrative yet still young (legally) cannabis business. This is a feat worth not only mentioning, but championing, as, in 2017, according to Marijuana Business Daily, Hispanics and African Americans together accounted for only
Originally published on Autostraddle and cross-posted on Everyday Feminism and BoldLatina. I never really used to give much thought to the idea that society needs positive cultural images of minorities until I came to embrace my Hispanic heritage and come out of the closet, a set of processes which
Here at BoldLatina, we put a spotlight on members of our community doing unique, self expressing things. This year, our Gram feed was populated by roller skaters and a Latina roller skater in particular, who skated to Latinx music, R&B/Soul and reggae was suddenly in our feed
Originally published on International Planned Parenthood Federation and Everyday Feminism. TW: Abuse Last month after a dinner, I was sitting in my friend’s car, and for the first time in our two-year relationship, we discussed our shared experience of growing up with abusive fathers and abused mothers who
Originally Published on Two years ago, a video of a man threatening two Spanish-speaking women went viral on the internet. I was 14-years-old, sitting in shock, as I watched the scene play out on my phone. In a political climate full of hatred and intolerance, I was
Joe Biden, as a then pre-election Presidential candidate wanted a running mate – someone ‘strong’, qualified for the Vice President job and pledged the Vice President candidate will be a woman of color . For months, the anticipation of who will serve in the highest office along side the President, as
Self-identifying Latinx make up less than 7% of the technology workforce at large technology corporations like Google, Facebook, Twitter, to name a few. That is a diversity stat, we have to change. The diversity and inclusion conversation has made its way to the surface across mainstream America and we,
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