Happy Cancer Chick: Comedy, Chemo and the Power of Positivity
Even though there is nothing inherently funny or joyful about cancer, Jenny Saldaña has made it her personal mission to find the bliss in life despite the challenge of such an illness. Jenny is passionate about using her experience as a catalyst of inspiration to encourage women just like her who are faced with this terrifying [...]
Taking Back Our #Latina Hashtag!
If you’ve ever done a Google image search for the word Latina, you’ve encountered it—pornographic photos, T and A, and more. And no, we’re not talking Jennifer Lopez’s “wardrobe malfunction” at the Oscars or her V magazine cover shoot. Do a Google, Bing or Yahoo image search and sure, you will find some familiar Latinas: [...]
Cooking in a Mamiverse: Tortilla Soup Recipe
Today, Cooking In A Mamiverse we have Sandra Velasquez, front lady for eclectic Latin band, Pistolera, and children’s music sensation, Moona Luna. When she’s not out touring the country playing music, she’s at home cooking for her 4-year-old daughter, Valentina. A committed mami, Sandra makes sure that she instills in Valentina a love for healthy [...]
Choosing to Be Healthy
There is knowing what you need to do to be healthy and then there is doing it. And that’s just the rub for most of us, isn’t it? We know what we need to do. We rationalize not doing it for a moment, and that landslides into every moment. Or, at least, that is how [...]
Vivan Las Surrealistas!
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 [...]
Teaching My Son to Break the Rules!
Like most moms, I have tried to teach my son to play by the rules in life. This includes team sports, which I must confess to having known very little about until I found myself raising a bundle of budding testosterone who loves basketball and football. I’ve gotten books on the sports, and sat down [...]
Party Recipes with a Latin Flavor
With the Super Bowl, Grammys and Oscars all happening this month, there will be parties across the land. Regardless of whether you love football more than music or movies or vice versa, we’ve cooked up a menu that will work for any party. But, of course, we’ve added a little Latin flavor to the mix. [...]
5 Things “Linsanity” Teaches Women
Jeremy Lin has literally risen from obscurity into an overnight sensation. My Twitter feed and headlines flowed with Lin lingo: Be my VaLINtine, The Knicks Lin again, newfound followers call themselves Linatics—you get it. And I can’t get enough. I’m a sucker for a story about a kid who gets to live his dream amidst [...]
Why I’ve Quit Women’s Magazines
My stepdaughter recently asked us to buy magazines for her Girl Scout troop. My partner Joseph and I agreed, and she sent us a list of options and an order form. Joe and I decided we’d each choose one subscription. He made his choice quickly, but I pored over the list, unable to decide. Magazines [...]
Dad Gone Shooting Mad!
This is how not to parent a teenager. While we can certainly understand this father’s frustration with his daughter’s behavior, gun violence—even when aimed at an inanimate object—is never the answer. Don’t take our word for it, take this psychologist’s. Not surprisingly, the Facebook Parenting: For the troubled Teen video has spawned many spoofs. Here’s [...]
