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Queer & Christian in Texas: Are They Always Conflicting Identities?

Stacy Fernández — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:44:21 +0000

Three queer Texans talk about their relationship with religion.

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This Conference Aims to Give Writers the Tools They Need to Navigate the Publishing Industry

Stacy Fernández — Thu, 02 May 2019 19:54:32 +0000

Dominicanish. It’s how many people of Dominican heritage – those who have wondered if they’re Dominican enough – feel. The word is the central focus of an upcoming writers conference aimed at demystifying the publishing process for this community. Behind this new event is a group of powerhouse women, who hope to build community for

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Amanda Alcántara Wanted to Tell an Untraditional Dominican Story, So She Decided to Self-Publish

Stacy Fernández — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:35:31 +0000

Last month, Amanda Alcántara was behind on rent. She had just paid the people who helped bring her debut book, Chula, to life and she was short on money. The decision wasn’t very hard; rent could wait, her book could not. Chula is an imaginative bilingual collection of intimate poems, short stories, memories, and vignettes

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This Workshop Seeks to Critically Address Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community

Stacy Fernández — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 22:26:19 +0000

Anti-blackness is global, and it’s certainly alive and well in the Latinx community. From brushing off jokes that are racist to using questionable nicknames for people who are Black to interrogating Black Latinxs about their identity, we have a lot of work to do to move past these bigoted behaviors. Undertaking this task in New

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How a Latino Family Helped Integrate Public Schools in California

Stacy Fernández — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 22:10:08 +0000

Before Brown v. Board of Education ruled that the segregation of public schools violated the 14th Amendment, the landmark case Méndez v. Westminster ended school segregation in California – setting an important precedent for the future. Fueling this case was puertorriqueña Felicitas “La Prieta” Méndez, along with her husband, Gonzalo. Born in Juncos, Puerto Rico,

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This Woman Is Using Early 20th Century Postcards to Learn About Nicaragua’s Afro-Indigenous Population

Stacy Fernández — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:43:42 +0000

In a series of sepia-toned postcards with the words “Saludes from Bluefields, Nicaragua” or “Recuerdos de Nicaragua,” you can see how colonizers from the Moravian Church – a Christian church in Germany – imposed their European-style of clothing on the Afro-Indigenous communities living on the Caribbean coast of the Central American country. The artifacts –

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This Afro-Latina’s Feminist Bookstore Is Building Community in Gentrifying Crown Heights

Stacy Fernández — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:58:29 +0000

With academic thought lining the shelves and Celia Cruz and Aretha Franklin dancing in your ears, Cafe Con Libros is hood feminism. Owner Kalima DeSuze hopes the space and its monthly book club will serve as a source of community building in the middle of a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood. Growing up a six-minute walk from

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