Lupita’s Quinceanera in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca: Culture and Tradition
You might call it a coming out party or a debut to society if you lived in the United States of America thirty years ago. Some of my southern women friends participated in debutante balls just before women’s liberation took hold. For me, growing up in the wild west San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, […]
Give Thanks to Latino/a Labor on U.S. Labor Day
Participate in the Facebook Event: Give Thanks to Latino/a Labor on Labor Day Today I’m picking weeds in my garden, getting ready for a big Labor Day shebang that Stephen is preparing for in our North Carolina yard. Sweat is streaming from my brow, dripping onto the earth, and after an hour I have to take […]