Latina Moms | Daughters
Nine-year-old Erica Mitzel isn’t like most girls. She enjoys getting muddy, tackling boys and playing rugby on an all-boys team. She tells people that if they want padding for protection, they should go play football. It is a matter of pride for her to prove she is just as tough—or tougher—than the boys. “It lets [...]
You’re in the car with your kids listening to a pop station. Suddenly, the lyrics explode in your ears: And I know you be getting so horny Cause you be sending me texts Like boy just get your ass up in that car … “Mom, what does horny mean?” When it comes to sex education [...]
When artist Mercedes Gertz got divorced 11 years ago, she quietly put her wedding pictures away in a drawer and slumped into a depression. Getting divorced was so painful, it was almost embarrassing to see the picture of herself at 25, a smiling, naïve young girl in a poofy white dress. But over lunch [...]
A few months ago, a parent at Trinity Lutheran Christian School, nestled in the Anaheim Hills between Disneyland and rugged wild canyons, discovered that another parent was a registered sex offender listed on the California State Attorney General’s Megan’s Law registry. He had been convicted of a sex act with a 14-year-old. The convicted parent [...]
If you watch the news, you are keenly aware of how horror and anger and vulgarity get all of the press. But all of us have those little stories to tell of weird coincidences or happy encounters that give you a sense of fulfillment and hope. This past week, was a good one for many [...]
Most Americans today don’t think about where their food comes from—except that it better be cheap and convenient to buy. But the brilliance of the farmworker movement launched by Cesar Chavez more than 50 years ago is that he put a human face on our food. Suddenly, Americans became aware that getting those grapes, lettuce [...]
She is the idealized Mexican woman. With large, almond-shaped brown eyes and thick long braids. She is beautiful and not frail. She is strong and feminine. Brave and proudly wearing her Mexican colors of red, green, and white alongside the cartridge belt across her chest. The Soldaderas, more commonly known as las Adelitas, were [...]
All mothers worry about their children’s welfare. But for mothers of children with special needs, the anxiety of finding a good caretaker can be crushing. They have a particular burden of leaving their children in good hands to live safe and loving lives. Diana Rivera is now facing that challenge. She has been the primary [...]
As mothers we have many titles—nurturer, chef, cleaning lady, chauffeur, analyst, accountant, tutor, cheerleader, so-and-so’s mother, etc. But how many of us have not dreamed of escaping that reality into a fantasy world where there were no titles, obligations, responsibilities or schedules? I don’t mean a vacation. I mean actually escaping into a completely unreal [...]
A woman-on-the-street survey of Latina moms in California mirrored the findings of The Mamiverse Study of Online Latina Moms and New Media, unveiled this week, showing that jobs, education, health and immigration are among the most important issues in the upcoming presidential election. Jobs and Education ranked tops with 6 out of 10 Online Latina [...]
