When the Eva Longoria-produced television show Devious Maids was first announced, we wrote skeptically about whether it had a chance at being anywhere in the realm of "good." Surprisingly, Sunday night's premiere was okay, especially given that it looked like it was going to be a racist pile of garbage.
A new reality show being produced by DaM Legacy Entertainment is casting hot Latina mamis. I am not making this up!
When chortling rich bastard Mitt Romney gave his infamous "47%" talk to a room full of gajillionaire donors earlier this year, he also pointed out that if he had been born Latino, he'd have it easier than he has it now, as an oppressed white man. Actress and card-carrying Latina Rosie Perez was wholly unamused, and…
Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry is working on a pilot called Devious Maids, which seems to be loosely based on a Mexican telenovela Disorderly Maids Of The Neighborhood. The premise: Four maids (Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz, Entourage's Dania Ramirez, Chasing Papi's Roselyn Sanchez, Scrubs's Judy Reyes) with big…
In a few very tangible ways, Latinas have it rougher than other folks. Not only do we often find ourselves in an ethnic/cultural/linguistic/racial minority, cuing others to pile on stereotypical expectations, but we're also female. Often we might be the only woman in the room, and so we also bear the brunt of an…
Over a year ago, author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez optioned the TV rights to her bestselling novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club. Christmas eve, Valdes-Rodriguez called the TV project racist on her blog. For Christmas she got a cease and desist letter.
"In the Hispanic community, a clean home is a happy home, but during the holidays, it is critical for the home to be reluciente — or sparkling clean!" So says a bizarre and misguided press release issued by Clorox.
According to a new study, "Latinos hold political and social views that are similar to the rest of the population, but on some gender issues, they're evidently more open-minded," including supporting family-friendly workplace policies and women working outside the home.
In addition to the obvious racist and xenophobic implications of the new Arizona immigration law, in addition to the obvious concerns that this unlawful law targets residents based on the hue of their skin and the language on their lips…
Maggie Burgos and Soraya Lopez are mother and daughter who share more than blood: they both battled depression, and in Burgos' case, made multiple suicide attempts. Now, the two helped launch the "Back Me Up" campaign, to raise awareness.
Not surprisingly, to many Latinas, Sonia Sotomayor's "wise Latina" remark doesn't mean "I am a racist who hates white people." Here's what it does mean.
Actress Lupe Ontiveros has played a maid more than 150 times. "I'd get parts if I spoke the way they wanted me to speak," she says. "I did it because it was an investment in my career."
A lot of work goes into creating a non-white television character! Creating everyone's favorite little Spanish-speaking explorer, Dora, took a year of planning with research, consulting and rounds of screenings with "tough" preschoolers. Not only that, the non-Latino creators have to be careful not to, you know, make any …
Christina Silva, who was crowned Miss California USA on November 25th and had her crown revoked three days later, is suing the Miss California USA pageant over allegations of rigging and racial bias. Silva, who is Hispanic, claims that Keith Lewis, the director of the pageant, was uncomfortable with her speaking…
