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BeLatina pachamama netflix
As the comedian and author Greg Behrendt said, "Anything In life worth having comes from patience and hard work." That's exactly what happened to writer-director Juan Antin, that after 14 years of working with Pachamama, he finally premiered the animation film.  Pachamama is the story of a 10-year-old boy, named Tepulpaï, who wants to become a shaman and is growing...
JLO Feature FB Manifesto
All hail Queen JLo, especially today since it’s her birthday! Today she has circled the earth 50 times, but we can’t deny that each orbit makes her even better than the last one. That skin, that body, and most importantly, her unstoppable ferocity! She truly is a gem within our Latinx community.  Now, all this praise and admiration from people...
Priscilla Ono MUA Belatina Feature
Priscilla Ono became Rihanna’s go-to make up artist and Fenty Beauty’s global makeup artist by following her passion and using the lessons that her Mexican grandparents gave her. Like most well meaning immigrant guardians, Ono’s grandparents wanted her to ensure a secure financial future as a doctor or a lawyer; so when she dropped out of school at age...
General Motors Crash Test Dummies Women Belatina
Gender disparity can crop up in unexpected places, especially where men’s and women’s bodies are concerned. Whether it’s the temperature of air conditioning in an office setting or the dosage of prescription drugs, men’s bodies are typically used as the default model around which we build our society. This has serious implications on the design of car safety. Despite...
Equal Pay Soccer Proter Gamble
Procter & Gamble, the multinational consumer goods company that sponsors the U.S. Women’s National Team, announced after the World Cup that the company would be donating $529,000 to help make up for the disparity in pay that the team receives in relation to their male colleagues. The gesture was significant, demonstrating the way that corporate sponsors can step in...
Buckwheat Garden Salad BeLatina Grain
Did you know that Mexicans and Puerto Ricans have a greater possibility to die from diabetes than whites in the United States? In fact, it is said that Hispanics have 50% more of a chance to die from diabetes. This means we should certainly take some precautions before satisfying such dire statistics. It is already known that the food...
Roselyn Sánchez BELatina
Roselyn Sánchez is an ultra-talented Puerto Rican actress who has worked hard to become a household name. You can probably recall seeing her on Without a Trace, Rush Hour 2, Grand Hotel, and other roles. Aside from acting, she also juggles other trades such as singing, songwriting, and producing, to name a few. However, despite her impressive skills, she still...
Ceraadi Duo BELatina
At some point in the last few years, you may have passed a vibrating car driving by with a bunch of fly girls blasting what seemed like the same girl act R&B and hip hop music you listened to back in the 90s. We’re here to tell you that is was probably Ceraadi, with their musical air of Salt-N-Pepa...
Sesame Street Kennedy Center Honors Belatina
The Kennedy Center has just announced the five recipients of this year’s Honors, a prestigious award meant to recognize creators, performers, and artistic trailblazers who have shaped American culture through the excellence of their work. The honorees of this year at the 42nd annual event span the genres of music and entertainment, representing the plurality of the American experience:...
Glamazon IV Fischer IG BeLatina
The Internet can be a place that offers community and connection to anyone. It’s especially helpful to people who live at the intersections of marginalized identity markers. For Ivana (Iv) Fischer, a Black Latina trans woman, being online has provided her a sense of community, love, and support. Fischer has been vlogging on YouTube since 2017, covering topics from...
MagnumPI Reboot BELatina
Last August, fans of the original Magnum, P.I. series, which ran from 1980 through 1988 and starred the mustachioed Tom Selleck, got a chance to revisit their favorite Hawaiian detective, but with a difference. Executive producers, Peter Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim, sought to bring some much needed diversity to a storyline that originally involved mainly men, most of them...
Jamie Okuma BeLatina Native American Artist
Though we were presented to the beauty of Native American art, we have never really known much about the artists themselves. What’s even more interesting is that we were rarely told if any of the art were created by a woman or a man. But all of that is changing. We are finally getting an exhibition that is personalizing...