Latino Men Are Always The Most Critical Of Me

Latino Men Are Always The Most Critical Of Me

Mary Mata November 18, 2011

The people that get most upset about what I write are almost always Latino men. I’m not stereotyping or exaggerating — this is simply a fact. Nearly all of the […]

On Halloween, Oscar The Grouch Almost Got Beat Up By Gandhi

Mary Mata November 2, 2011

I started celebrating Halloween a little early this year. I went to a party dressed as Oscar The Grouch, he of “Sesame Street” fame. I was expecting to fly under […]

How Can I Make My Husband Love Our Kids?

Mary Mata October 27, 2011

Dear Martha: I have been married for 20 years and have two beautiful children, 19 and 13 years old. My husband is a good partner and a very good provider. […]

Father’s Day & Learning To Love My Father

Mary Mata June 17, 2011

“Tu no has sido adulto, pero yo si fui niño y adulto.” You have not been an adult, but I have already been a child and adult — that’s what […]

Thoughts Of Machismo On Father’s Day

Mary Mata

I love my father more than I could ever put into words. And, now that I think about it, my father and his male relatives have been the people who […]

Confessions Of A “Mister Mom”

Mary Mata June 14, 2011

Los Angles, California — I get up at 7 a.m. and make coffee. By 7:30 a.m., my wife is looking for her keys to jet. By 8 a.m., my 10 […]

Making Macho Latino Action Heroes

Mary Mata

By Santiago Forero Austin, Texas — As an artist, I work with familiar media images to show how society molds beliefs about itself, particularly how these images encourage superficial judgments about […]