Topic by Category: Thought Of The Week

Ok, so I admit it. I’m a huge science fiction fan. I got hooked in college with Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series, and then went on to read the entire set of fiction novels that were based on the show. I love other science fiction, too. Movies from The Terminator to The Matrix have been favorites, as well as science fiction authors such as Heinlein. One of these days, maybe I’ll even get around to writing a Latina science fiction series. If anyone knows of one, please let me know asap!

So I’m sitting here thinking that the real reason we all care about intimacy, love, sexuality and all that stuff is really about the QUALITY of connection…

A characteristics of “La Niña” is her desire to play and her sense of wonder over everything she sees, hears, smells, touches and tastes. The child appreciates all and has insatiable curiosity and a desire to learn.
This sense of wonder and play is a marvelous thing – we love to view it in children, [...]

As very young children, we learn by imitation. So we do what others teach us to do. And we learn to treat others – and ourselves! – in the ways that we see others do so.
This was key to Gina Ravera, this week’s interviewee, as she shared with us her memories of how her [...]

When we are very young, we are completely vulnerable and helpless. We depend on others to take care of us and we are at their mercy. It’s interesting to me of all the women I’ve interviewed how many of them speak of taking care of others, of being the “responsible” one and learning [...]

This week’s guest unfortunately had to reschedule, but things happen for a reason, right? I had hoped to have our new site “live” for the first full week of the New Year, but we’re still working on some details.

As Latina Leader Juana Bordas has shared with us, true leaders take time for self-reflection and learn more about themselves constantly.  They heal them-selves of past wounds and hurts so that they are better able to lead those around them with objectivity and kindness.
 
(Juana is founding CEO of the National Hispana Leadership Institute – [...]

Language and culture are so intertwined; I’d be remiss in my musings on identity if I didn’t spend some time on issues of language usage among Latinos in the U.S.
 
Although many of us speak Spanish, not all of us do, and we all speak at different levels of fluency.  For many, language capability and [...]

We’ve been discussing identity issues, and I wanted to bring up the issues of mixed race, ethnicity, national origin and culture because it’s another part of this "Latino measuring stick."
 
How many times have we heard that someone isn’t "really" Latino because both of their parents are not Latino?  For example, they’re "mixed race" — [...]

As Latinas we’re so diverse, it is often difficult to define exactly what a Latina is.  Hispanic or Latino is an umbrella term used to define many people of different races, cultures, colors and backgrounds, but all generally coming from 19-23 Latin American countries. 
 
The U.S. Census, for example, defines Hispanics or Latinos as those [...]