Getting Inked is a Tradition With Latinos

Getting Inked is a Tradition With Latinos

Mary Mata December 3, 2013

By John Rosales, Hispanic Link News Service My tio Lalo was proud of the Jesus portrait tattooed across his chest. He also had the Virgen strategically scratched on his left […]

Latinos With Tattoos Seek To Represent Their Culture

Mary Mata March 7, 2012

David Tomás Martinez remembers getting his first tattoo when he was 18 years old; it said San Diego in old English script.  Over the years he kept adding more scripts, […]

What Separates Latino Hipsters From The Rest?

Mary Mata October 25, 2011

Austin, Texas — First off, you may be asking yourself, “What is a hipster?” The answer is the type of difficult one that accompanies trying to distill cultural movements. But, […]

The Top Props For The Stereotypical Latino

Mary Mata September 20, 2011

You know, sometimes it’s hard being Latino. You wake up, go about your day, do your business, and then people ask you where your donkey is, or whether your family […]

Culture On A T-Shirt & Other Ways Latinos Assimilate

Mary Mata August 4, 2011

This just in: new arrivals in the U.S. are not generally welcomed with open arms.  Benjamin Franklin initially opposed German immigrants, because of fears that they would not assimilate.  (He used […]

Interview With Mexico’s Vampire Woman

Mary Mata June 3, 2011

By Enrique Limón, of El Zonkey Show and on Twitter Mexicans fall short on internet meme hierarchy. Perhaps it’s because we hardly keep inside cats; maybe it’s because we need to save up memory […]