ARNIE AND PORFI by SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ 2.04.13
Copyright 2013 by Sergio Hernández . … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 2.04.13
ON THE RUN. News that someone could actually kill a zombie by destroying the brain was a shock to me. I had always thought it was just a Hollywood story ploy that allowed the movie heroes to win. … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 1.30.13
3 THINGS TO CONSIDER ABOUT OBAMA & THE SENATE'S PROPOSED IMMIGRATION REFORM. President Barack Obama made a big show of outlining the principles of immigration reform Tuesday (you can read … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 1.27.13
STARTING A SUPPORT GROUP CALLED "GUEROS ANONYMOUS." I’ve sometimes thought about starting a semi-secret organization, complete with decoder rings and speakeasy-like murmured passwords. I’ve … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 1.21.13
DEMOCRATS, OBAMA ARE LYING ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM Immigration reform is not going to happen in 2013, and if it does happen in 2014 before mid-term elections where the issue is being used as a … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 1.21.13
INAUGURATION DAY! Hola my peeps! Your Tia is all excited about the inauguration of President Obama today. And what about an inauguration poem written and read by a Latino? I guess we Latinos are … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 1.14.13
CÉSAR CHÁVEZ AND AZTEC SCIENCE FICTION! Orale Latinopians! Welcome to another week of Latinopia. Two great videos this week, in cinema and literature. We visit with acclaimed Chicano Director of … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 12.31.12
THE BEST OF THE 2012! Hola my peeps and PROSPERO AÑO NUEVO to you all! Well, here we are at the end of the year and it was quite an exciting year for Latinopia. This year we added another … [Read more...]
ARNIE & PROFI By SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ 12.23.12
The real reason for the end of the Mayan calendar... … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 12.16.12
TRAGEDY AND HOPE. Your Tia Tenopia is still reeling from the terrible events that transpired this week in Connecticut. I’m wondering, as so many of you I am sure, how something so horrendous could … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 12.16.12
MR. NEZ After Pearl told me she was a zombie like me all I wanted to do was spend long hours with her, comparing notes, finding out about her zombiness and about my own. I had a million questions! … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 12.02.12
THE OPEN PALM PENDANT. After seeing the Open Palm pendant around Pearl Gonzalez’s neck, my first impulse was to chase her down the hall and immediately ask her about it. But then my zombie … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 11.25.12
WILSON HIGH AND A DISCOVERY. Finally, the day came when I was to try out my new zombie appearance– daring to go to school without make-up to cover my pasty pale skin or Patchouli to cover the scent … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 11.18.12
VOTERS,IMMIGRANTS AND QUINCEAÑERAS. Hola my holy-moly Latinopians! Your Tia Tenopia is still reeling from the electoral power we Latinos showed in the election a few weeks ago. And your Tia isn’t … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 11.04.12
THE ELECTION AND CARLOS ALMARAZ. No, Carlos Almaráz is not a write-in candidate for President. Your Tia just wants you to know that this week Latinopia is all about the National Election on the … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 10.28.12
WHAT DOES A ZOMBIE WEAR FOR HALLOWEEN? When I was sixteen a great debate ensued at school the week prior to Halloween. The year before all my classmates had planned for days what they would wear, … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 10.21.12
WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY, LATINOS ARE GOING NOWHERE. I am definitely not the smartest person I know, nor am I the most technologically savvy. And yet, oftentimes it strikes me that in the world of media … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 10.14.12
FRANK SIFUENTES REMEMBRANCE. Tia Tenopia is very sad this week. The Latino writing community lost a pioneering writer and community activist, Frank Sifuentes. This week we have a Latinopia Hero … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 10.08.12
IMMIGRATION IS MY MOST FAVORITE PART OF AMERICANA. I’ve been obsessed with immigration as an issue for a long time. Back when I was in college, I used to bombard the Latino email list with stories … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 10.01.12
“ILLEGAL" IS NOT RACIST - YEAH, RIGHT. How can I convince my editor that “illegal” is a racist term? A young woman frantically asked me for advice to answer this question this week. She was … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 10.01.12
SIQUIEROS! SIQUIEROS! SIQUERIOS! Hola Latinopians. Well, this is the month to celebrate the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siquieros. All the activity is centered around the resurrection of his … [Read more...]