Becky G on Her Regional Mexican Album, Touring, & Using Her Platform for Good
Becky G on Her Regional Mexican Album, Touring, & Using Her Platform for Good
After a decade in the industry, Becky G is getting ready to embark on her first headlining tour through the U.S. This milestone comes on the heels of the Mexican-American pop star bringing her genre-spanning hits to global stages, like Coachella, this past spring. As Becky G's career continues to [...]
Beat the Heat with These Mezcal Cocktails for Any Occasion
Beat the Heat with These Mezcal Cocktails for Any Occasion
With record heat waves across the globe casting a familiar dread over society, one way to cool the climate change fever is with some delicious(ly strong) cocktails. Heat warnings aside, summertime always brings with it plenty of occasions for refreshing and vibrant cocktails, perfectly crafted to beat the heat and [...]
Baroline is a Self-Made Woman
Baroline is a Self-Made Woman
Caroline Diaz, better known as Baroline, will tell you that she may not know how to drive, ride a bike or a scooter, but she knows a hit record when she hears it. At only 27 years old, the music executive Diaz has cemented herself as a force to be [...]
Morbius Fails to Be More Than a Product of Corporate Synergy
Morbius Fails to Be More Than a Product of Corporate Synergy
Sony Entertainment is eager to get into the extended universe game. The company behind Sam Raimi’s hugely successful trilogy and Marc Webb’s less successful duology of “Spider-Man” films is in the midst of developing what they’ve dubbed the Sony Spider-Man Universe, or the SSSU. It doesn’t roll off the tongue [...]
Irma Rangel: Public Servant, Feminist Veterana, and Persistent Crusader
Irma Rangel: Public Servant, Feminist Veterana, and Persistent Crusader
Irma Rangel’s name is well known in many towns and cities across Texas. In Dallas, there’s the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School; in College Station and Kingsville there’s the Irma Rangel Pharmacy School; and in Austin, the University of Texas houses the Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute. Though [...]
This Anglo-Argentine Writer-Turned-Tour Guide Shares the Magic of Buenos Aires with the World
This Anglo-Argentine Writer-Turned-Tour Guide Shares the Magic of Buenos Aires with the World
When we speak, Vanessa Bell is at her house in Buenos Aires as the first heatwaves of summer are starting to roll in. I learned of Bell several years ago when I came across her Twitter feed, where she frequently posted photos of midcentury and post-modern lobbies in buildings throughout [...]
This Week’s New Music Releases: Daddy Yankee, GALE, Maluma, and More
This Week’s New Music Releases: Daddy Yankee, GALE, Maluma, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly round-up of the best new music. This week's list features women on the rise in Latin music. Puerto Rican singer-songwriter GALE debuts with her single "Inmadura," and Veronique Medrano pushes the boundaries of regional Mexican music in "Mal Ojo." Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano comes through [...]