The Healing Powers of a Temazcal Ceremony
The Healing Powers of a Temazcal Ceremony
This past winter, I chose to take a trip to Tulum to help navigate trauma in my professional life and heartbreak in my personal life. Despite daily rituals that included meditation and journaling, I knew that the winter solstice would bring a period of extended cold weather and with [...]
Tracee Ellis Ross’ New Podcast Explores The Many Faces of America
Tracee Ellis Ross’ New Podcast Explores The Many Faces of America
What makes the United States the country it is? So many aspects might come to mind but something crucial about America’s identity is the diversity of its people. In the new podcast “I Am America,” award-winning actress Tracee Ellis Ross explores the stories of Americans from diverse backgrounds to paint [...]
Paisa Glam Meets Tejano Versailles: Pechuga Vintage x Victoria La Mala
Paisa Glam Meets Tejano Versailles: Pechuga Vintage x Victoria La Mala
Salvadoran-born Johnny Valencia is the proprietor of Pechuga Vintage, an artfully curated high-end vintage store based in LA to shop "for when you are ready to show up to the family Asado (or Parilla) feeling like Selena and Marie Antoinette’s baby." Valencia, profiled during our May 2021 re-launch, knows and loves talking archival fashions, from [...]
Why Do Women Orgasm?
Why Do Women Orgasm?
It may be evolutionary—or not. Sex is about more than just the orgasm—but it’s hard to resist the satisfaction of a climax. Unfortunately, though, orgasms aren’t always as easily achieved for some people as others: a 2017 study of cis-gendered participants found that bisexual and straight women were about 20% less likely to [...]
Julissa Bermudez Dishes on Republica Skin, TV Hosting, and DR Roots
Julissa Bermudez Dishes on Republica Skin, TV Hosting, and DR Roots
“You can’t have the room feel like it’s bigger than you.” - (maybe) Will Smith “La Primera Vez” is the digital talk show that lets you get to know your favorite Latinx celebrities. In this episode, host Christina Reid sits down with Dominican-born American television host, actress, and model Julissa [...]
A Brief History of Monogamy
A Brief History of Monogamy
How common is shacking up one-on-one? It may seem like humans have been shacking up together since the dawn of time, but that hasn’t necessarily always been the case. According to a paper published in 2012, the anthropological record shows that 85% of human societies have permitted polygamy (or polyamory)—and while [...]
Attachment Styles and their Affect on Intimacy
Attachment Styles and their Affect on Intimacy
And what to do about it. No matter how many times in your life you’ve professed, “new year, new me,” there are parts of your personality that do tend to stay the same from childhood, for better or worse. This is the idea behind attachment styles, a theory developed by British [...]