365 Days of Latino Heritage

Latino Heritage Month has been commodified and commercialized with the real meaning behind heritage and history lost in a push to make Latinos spend and make us a brand. We are not a brand. We are not a marketing demographic. We are a complex mescla of people, culturas y lenguas.

Originally this started as a project for Latino Heritage Month, 2009 pero because our lives as Latinos, Latin Americans and the other names we respond to in our hearts are live every day, this is 365 days of Latino heritage.

Compiled and Curated
By Maegan la Mamita Mala Ortiz of VivirLatino
empoweredafrolatina: Meet Carolina aka Miss Rizos. She is a Dominicana and is leading the natural hair movement in the Dominican Republic. Miss Rizos founded www.missrizos.com after going natural a year ago after 15 years of ‘alisado’ or relaxers. This is huge especially in DR. When I visited, I saw about 3 women who wore their hair without a relaxer. My host said people immediately asked if I were from Brazil or Curacao because I could not be from DR because I wore my hair curly. Miss ‘Curls’ is here to offer her support, advice, tips and amazing personality to those seeking the natural way. Visit La Tiendita de Lolita. Follow her on twitter for updates! Do you wear your hair ‘natural’?

empoweredafrolatina:

Meet Carolina aka Miss Rizos. She is a Dominicana and is leading the natural hair movement in the Dominican Republic. Miss Rizos founded www.missrizos.com after going natural a year ago after 15 years of ‘alisado’ or relaxers. This is huge especially in DR. When I visited, I saw about 3 women who wore their hair without a relaxer. My host said people immediately asked if I were from Brazil or Curacao because I could not be from DR because I wore my hair curly. Miss ‘Curls’ is here to offer her support, advice, tips and amazing personality to those seeking the natural way. Visit La Tiendita de Lolita. Follow her on twitter for updates!

Do you wear your hair ‘natural’?

(via lati-negros)

Translation : 1 worker’s day, 364 days for the employer. Stop the exploitation! Transnational (corporations) out!

Translation : 1 worker’s day, 364 days for the employer. Stop the exploitation! Transnational (corporations) out!

(Source: oposicionpinera)

sqs-tec: Spread the word about ALMA’s (Association of Latino Men for Action) annual scholarship!  This is OPEN to individuals who identify as queer/trans*/gender non-conforming. Signal boost for free money for school!

sqs-tec:

Spread the word about ALMA’s (Association of Latino Men for Action) annual scholarship! 

This is OPEN to individuals who identify as queer/trans*/gender non-conforming. Signal boost for free money for school!

(via lati-negros)

How to Play Selena:

liquornspice:

Put hair in high ponytail

Take bottom of shirt and pull it up and thru the collar to create a fancy bustier

Grab hairbrush

Sing “Como La Flor” or “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” as they sound to your AAVE-speaking ears.

(quickly pull down your shirt and drop the brush if your mom comes in)

(via shawtygotskillz)

Now let us shift.

fuckyeahchicanawriters:

We are ready for change
Let us link hands and hearts
Together find a path through the dark woods
Step through the doorways between worlds
Leaving huellas for others to follow,
Build bridges, cross them with grace, and claim these puentes our “home”
Sí se puede, que así sea, estamos listas, vámonos.
Now let us shift.

-Gloria Anzaldua

(submission: autohistoriamestiza)