© Copyright 2015 NYU At one o’clock in the morning on a Friday last year, just a few days before their annual beach trip for the 4th of July, the Parapis discovered the body of one of their teenaged daughters, hanging in the basement of their East Elmhurst home. In the days that followed, […]
Image source: Wikimedia Commons All Lismari Montes, 15, had to do was find the bottle of prescribed sleeping pills that were hidden in her parent’s room. “I’m done” was all she could think as she walked upstairs to her room, yearning for escape from her exhausting fight with depression. Source: Milwaukee NNS Anger drove her […]
Homegirls-themed prom. Photos by C-Monster Celebrities like Rihanna, Selena Gomez and Sandra Bullock have appropriated this “tough girl” aesthetic from the cholas of the 90s. But the look actually has some really radical roots. Source: The ‘Folk Feminism’ Roots Of The Latina ‘Chola’ Look : Code Switch : NPR
Source Image: CNN If there’s one thing everyone should know about Hispanics in the United States, it’s that this growing minority is in the middle of a stressful identity crisis. Source: Hispanic or Latino? Why their identity is so complicated – CNN.com