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Posts tagged "Latinas"

Bye Bye Ugly Betty

Did you hear that ABC is canceling Ugly Betty? To be honest I was never a big fan of the show. I watched part of this first season but I quickly lost interest when the plots focused more on romance and intrigue. Still it’s sad to see one of the handful of TV shows that... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 30, 2010 at 2:43 pm
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Latinas crack the glass ceiling

Marlene Gonzalez used to work in Corporate America. At an event she helped organize years back, she started talking with a white male colleague about her work and her background as an immigrant from Latin America. Her colleague looked at Gonzalez, who is fair skinned. “Oh, but you don’t look like my maid,” he said... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
August 17, 2009 at 1:35 pm
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Sanford scandal stirs sexist stereotypes

The way some media has been covering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford‘s affair with a woman from Argentina plays into some sexist stereotypes about Latina women. She was called a “hottie,” an “Argentine firecracker” and his “Latin lover” by the New York Daily News. Some headlines have made the obvious “it takes two to tango”... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 30, 2009 at 2:33 pm
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Anita Alvarez and other Latinas discuss identity

A group of prominent Latina women gathered in Chicago recently to talk about what it means to be a Latina. They took part in a panel discussion organized by the Latina Leadership Council, which is an initiative of the Chicago Foundation for Women, held at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Among the participants I... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 16, 2009 at 9:53 am
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She's a real woman: Josefina Lopez

She’s a playwright, a screenwriter and a novelist. And she challenges Latina women to be proud of their curves. Writer Josefina Lopez wrote the play which became the movie, “Real Women Have Curves.“Remember that movie? It helped launch the career of America Ferrera who became Ugly Betty. And she has a new novel out called... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 18, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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