"voto-latino" Articles & Blogs:
Hollywood Feminists of the Day: Eva Longoria-Parker and Rosario Dawson
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Kudos to Eva Longoria-Parker and Rosario Dawson for standing up and using their voices to protest the new immigration law in Arizona.
Here’s what Longoria-Parker said to Us Magazine:
I haven’t made it a secret that I’m strongly opposed to the Ar...[Read on] |
America Ferrara of 'Ugly Betty' Speaks Up About Latinas' Education
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by Debra Eichenbaum, Intern, National Women’s Law Center
We were thrilled to hear that America Ferrara, star of Ugly Betty, is using her influence to bring attention to the extraordinarily high dropout rate among Latina high school students. Las...[Read on] |
Casi Divas- Interview with Director Issa Lopez
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Casi Divas tells the story of four very different women vying in a contest to become the next big telenovela star. It is a story infused with dreams of changing your life and desires for celebrity and success but if you think it is all gloss you will mi...[Read on] |
Stereotyping Latina Actresses
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Even though you probably wouldn’t recgnize her name, you have defintely seen Lupe Ontiveros on some TV show or movie over the last couple of decades. I will always remember her as America Ferrara’s mom in Real Women Have Curves.
Ontiveros has spent...[Read on] |
The voice of a studio head- Amy Pascal talks to The Wrap
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It’s not very often that you get to hear, really hear, a studio chief’s take on the business. Sharon Waxman, founder and editor-in-chief of The Wrap got Amy Pascal to answer some questions and talk about the state of the movies. It’s also good...[Read on] |
The Supreme Court and Redefining Racism
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The past few weeks have seen important news related to race and the Supreme Court. In the June 29 Ricci v. DeStefano decision the court ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven who claimed they were subjected to racial discrimination when the res...[Read on] |
Changing the Culture that Creates…. Us
| (Ed. Note: Author Crystal Allene Cook is the former executive director of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.)
Whispering Wall
At the beginning, none of us probably really understood what was needed to
do the job. Granted, I’d been invol...[Read on] |
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