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You Should Thank Katt Williams For Anti-Mexican Rant

Mary Mata September 1, 2011

We know you called no take-backs, but El Guapo and the folks at The Daily Refried offices are begging to be done with this new, improved racism 2.0. It’s like […]

Latino Civil Rights Leaders: Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales

Mary Mata

Is There Tejano Culture Without Tejano Music?

Mary Mata August 31, 2011

My Life As The Mexican Jack Kerouac

Mary Mata

When I was in high school, I had an unquenchable thirst for the road. I had read books by Jack London, Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson that had romanticized […]

A Girl’s Guide To Responding To Catcalls

Mary Mata

I remember being a chubby and dorky 13 year-old girl and getting honked at by creeps when I walked in my neighborhood. Since I was so incredibly awkward and unattractive, […]

“Dos Pocitos” Is A Play About Identity, Pride And More

Mary Mata

By Chelsea McCullough It’s 2026 in a border town in Texas called Texaco. What was once South Texas has degenerated into an “ungoverned, lawless territory” where the only remaining residents […]

Bien Hecho: 3 Latinas Lead UTSA’S First Marching Band

Mary Mata August 30, 2011

Three Latinas will head the 200-plus member University of Texas at San Antonio marching band as drum majors. The three were voted in by their peers and head the first ever […]