Embracing Our Inner Child: A Review of Pixar’s movie Turning Red
*Movie Spoilers Ahead* As I am approaching 40, my TGIF nights look a lot different these days. Watching a new movie on Friday night with the kids might hit you with adult messages you don’t remember catching when you were a child on a random 90’s TGIF night. Pixar’s new movie Turning Red came out…
Chely la Chismosa: A cultural dialogue
“The only queso I eat is chisme.” Real Housewife of Oakland Hi, my name is Araceli and I am a Bravoholic. I have been a Bravoholic for over 10 years, with some gap years. This secret love was rekindled when I had a miscarriage and was miscarrying on my couch watching reruns of Real Housewives…
Abre Los Ojos: How Encanto Shows Us 9 Paths Out of Perfectionism Toward Authenticity
Since I was young, I’ve always been drawn to discover deeper meaning, whether it was in music, art, movies, literature, people or the words spoken to me and around me. I’m sure you’ve experienced this, too: like a thirst quenched by finding connections, learning something new about humanity, or a profound recognition of the mysterious…
Maya and the Three: A Surprising Detail
My world is ruled by my kids. This means that what gets put on the TV must be kid-friendly, and something that my kids want to watch. So my TV show palate is mostly children’s television programming. Who am I kidding, that’s not the only reason why I watch kid shows. I have always loved…
The Making of a Literary Feminist Icon: A Review of the Bio-pic of Isabel Allende
I will never forget the first time I read a book by Isabel Allende while in high school. It was The House of Spirits and I was immediately captivated by her words and the magic that came up for me in her storytelling. I had no idea there was a name for this style of…
The Dangers of Machismo in Telenovelas: A Critical Reading of Mariposa de Barrio
TW: Discussion of sexual violence and abuse I’ve always loved watching TV, I think it was my way of escaping into fantasy worlds, and taking my mind off of the reality of the world we live in. Especially in grad school when I was knee deep in heavy theoretical content, all I wanted to do…
