Sarcasm As Self-Defense Against Racism, Sexism

Growing up in Cicero, Illinois was not easy. Not only was my first neighborhood full of prostitutes, gangs, and all sorts of other hooligans and degenerates, I was a complete […]

Sonia Marie De León de Vega is a Latina conductor in California whose mission it is to bring classical music to the Latino community. She was recently honored by Latina […]

So I’m not the fanciest girl in the world, but one of my favorite ways to get dressed up is to add some body shimmer to my arms, shoulders, neck […]

I’m single, I’m almost 30, I’m unstable and currently in the middle of moving from Texas where all my family is, to LA, where I have a few family members […]

My relationship with my mother when I was growing was fraught with tension because of what seemed like an enormous cultural chasm. We were never like the “Gilmore Girls,” finishing each other’s […]

Ok ladies, first of all, try not to apply mascara in the car. Secondly, there’s a very particular way I’ve found of curling your eyelashes, then applying mascara, that makes […]

If you’re anything like me and my family, chanclas are a super important part of everyday life — especially during the hot summer months. And there are all manner of […]

This week’s Guapura 101 is inspired in part by an NPR story that came out with some nasty breast implant horror stories today, but also by my own experiences of […]

When was the last time you heard Nancy Grace rail obnoxiously from the television screen about the murder of Brisenia Flores? You know who I’m talking about – it’s hard […]

July is almost here, and, you guessed it, that means the fashion world is about to start whipping out their fall items soon. Let’s take a look at what that’ll […]