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Huevazo: A Governor With Egg on His Face
Two things happened that brought worldwide attention to the island of Puerto Rico last week. First, a general strike that had gone almost completely ignored by news organizations in the United States suddenly became the news of the day (until it was overshadowed by the Balloon Boy hoax) thanks to all the reporting happening through…
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President Obama Gets His Latino Groove On
After seeing this slideshow from the White House’s Fiesta Latina, my knee-jerk reaction is “where’s Amaury or Benicio?” Puerto Rican isleños are almost completely absent from the U.S. Latino in-crowd. A “Fiesta Latina” denotes a diversity that’s still “in-the-works.” Yet it’s amazing to see Obama getting his Latino groove on. Especially after George López joked…
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Oprah in a "Mad Men" World
When I heard the other day that Oprah has a 1960s-themed show today, in celebration of Mad Men my first impulse was to go out and “madmenize” her. Off I went to the intensely addictive Mad Men Yourself. Go try it yourself, it’s an interesting experiment. Mad Men is extremely appealing to me from the…
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The VMAs Should Have Been Lady Gaga's Time to Shine
Hey Saaret, you were right about Kanye West acting a fool at the MTV Video Music Awards. I honestly don’t know what the hell Kanye was thinking when he let his creepy attraction to Beyoncé get the best of him. As I wrote earlier today, Katy Perry was on point when she said that watching…
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A Wise Blog Diva
ABOUT LIZA SABATER I rarely watch broadcast TV. And I am not that hot about cop shows either. I watch DIY shows. I don’t get the fascination with venereal disease metaphor movies and shows (am looking at you Twilight and True Blood). I’ve never liked Curb Your Enthusiasm, Maureen Dowd or voicemail. I won’t buy…
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Supreme Court Justice And Wise Latina?
Whenever I read Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s now-famous 2001 lecture, “A Latina Judge’s Voice,” I think of my maternal grandmother’s words at the kitchen table: “¡Ay nena, no tienes que decir que eres negra!” Yes, my Mama Cristina had a thing about my choosing to say I was black. My mother is a white woman born…
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