Calling the Circle
So I have been waiting to actually say these words for a while because I wasn’t sure if it would be possible to make all the details, odds and ends, […]
Sex, Stereotypes, and Beauty
For 10 years, the National Organization for Women has been engaged in the Love Your Body Campaign: looking at ways that Hollywood, the fashion industry, and the media project images […]
2007 Cheers
In the fall of 2006, I became convinced that we were on the precipe of a beauty and body standard revolution. That the standards were about to be shaken up […]
A New Year's Book Giveaway Contest
I have a few copies of Hijas on the shelf and thought I would start the new year on the blog with a contest. For every comment posted on the blog […]
A Round Up of 2007
So, I am working on a body image, beauty perception, and identity cheers and jeers list for 2007. Have some suggestions for who or what should make either list? Send […]
Saving the Women of the World
(a history of me and my short skirts) 2008 will mark the 10th anniversary of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues and the movement it spurred. I had the honor of being […]
Girls on the Run in Chicago
Hopefully, you know about Girls on the Run. You might even know that we created a t-shirt from the Hijas Americanas experience whose proceeds benefit Girls on the Run. I […]
Falling between two worlds
So, my first really serious activism started when I discovered that a young man I was tutoring was in a gang. I was in college, maybe 20, and he was […]
Hollywood is better, but not quite there.
In my 10 Things That Will Make You Think, Speak, and Act workshop, I talk about the diversification of Hollywood and how far we still have to go. One of […]
Latina scholarship opportunity
Latina Magazine has partnered with Maybelline New York to give college scholarships to five Latinas who are currently juniors or seniors in high school. The application is available at www.latina.com/scholarship […]
