Word: latina
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...those young folk singin' and dancin'. The production numbers are huge and tight and innovative. And as a mom, you've got to respect the attempt Disney makes to be decent. Granted, there's nobody ugly in the movie, and I'm not sure why there's only one Latina in a New Mexico high school, but there's (gasp) a fuller-figured girl and everyone's differences are celebrated. The biggest problem anyone seems to have is which basketball scholarship to accept, or whether or not to go to Juilliard, but, well, this is Disney, not Harmony Korine...
Julia Alvarez, the famous Dominican author whose work focuses on the immigrant experience, described her growth as a Latina author to a crowd of nearly 500 in Sanders Theatre last night...
...report analyzing 30-year trends in abortion rates finds that fewer and fewer U.S. women are choosing abortion overall, but that the rate of decline differed significantly between populations. Abortion decreased more among white women and white teenagers, for example, compared with women of Latina or African-American descent...
...said Kylie S. Gleason, a Boston high school senior, about a blacklight party in Adams House dining hall on Friday night. “Everyone was so awkward.” The party, which was hosted by the Latino Men’s Collective and Fuerza Latina, was originally called “Barely Legal” but was stripped of its name when administrators got wind of it. Despite these uncomfortable encounters, many prefrosh said they felt that the program did a good job of giving them a taste of social life at Harvard—dispelling common myths...
Presencia Latina, Harvard’s Latino cultural show, is intended not only as a showcase for Latino and Latin-American creativity but also as a means of strengthening the entire community within Harvard. The show, which will take place tomorrow, features both traditional and modern acts presented by the winners of the show’s Latino/a of the Year awards: hip-hop artist Daddy Yankee and “America’s Next Top Model” winner Jaslene Gonzalez. The board members of Presencia Latina have been auditioning students, organizing celebrity guest appearances, and promoting...