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Heading to Puerto Rico for the Bad Bunny Residency? Add These Spots to Your ...

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The Best Latina-Owned Swimwear Brands You Haven’t Shopped Yet

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I Tried Shakira’s New Hair Line Isima & It Actually Helped My Itchy Scalp

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11 Father’s Day Gifts for the Latino Dad Who Has Everything (Exce...

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11 Latine-Owned Fragrances That Belong on Your Vanity

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8 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for Your Latina Mami

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7 Latina-Owned Sunglasses To Wear Now That The Sun’s Out (& The C...

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Friendgrief Is Valid — & It’s Time We Took It Seriously

Trigger warning: This article discusses unexpected death and suicide. This Women’s History Month and beyond, we’re celebrating the people who hav

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Pull Off These Spring Beauty Trends with Latina-Owned Brands

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9 Afro-Latina-Owned Beauty & Fashion Brands You’ll Love

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Everything You Need to Seduce Yourself This Valentine’s Day

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Latines Lamented the TikTok Ban. Now Many Are Voluntarily Giving ...

From the so-called “spa water” videos that started a conversation on the cultural appropriation of agua fresca, to the catchy Brazilian funk snip

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5 Effortless Nail Trends to Try in 2025, According to Kathleen Li...

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Latina-Owned Body Care Brands to Keep You Hydrated All Winter Long

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Why Did So Many Latines Vote for Donald Trump?

The list of horrific and harmful remarks president-elect Donald Trump has made about Latines, and especially Latine immigrants, in the United States is ext

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Is Puerto Rico Ready for a Pro-Independence Governor? It Looks Li...

While much of the contiguous United States is talking about Puerto Rico after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe referred to the archipelago as a “floating pile o

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Latine Heritage Month

Video Vixens Were Shamed in the 2000s, but They Helped Me Feel De...

Chingy follows me on Instagram. Yep, the “One Call Away” rapper from St. Louis that we all had crushes on in the early 2000s bumped my follower

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There’s a Crisis of Missing Latinas. But the U.S. Refuses t...

On electrical poles, crosswalks, and the windows of small businesses throughout East Orlando are wilted posters of the same person: a petite woman with wav

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After Grief, I Quit Traveling. But This Trip to Mexico Reminded M...

I used to love traveling. With my best friends by my side, I was nearly swept away by the Reynisfjara waves in Iceland, spun like a princess outside of the

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From Chongas to Cholas, Acrylic Nails Have Long Been Central to L...

For much of my life, I have found myself sitting in a salon chair every two weeks, getting my nails clipped, my cuticles nipped, my acrylics filled, and my

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America Ferrera Was Nominated For An Oscar. That’s The B...

The 96th Academy Awards is a few days away, and Latinas can’t wait to watch America Ferrera shine. For the first time in her more than two decade-lon

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Somos Latine
Still Working on Your Christmas List? Here’s Somos’ L...
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Somos Latine
Vogue Icon Leiomy Maldonado Carved Her Own Path. Now She Helps Qu...
Leiomy Maldonado is like a machete, grazing through dense barriers to carve her own path. Perhaps it’s her Puerto Rican roots. Or maybe it’s that as a
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Entertainment
These Freestyle Artists Provided the Soundtrack to Latina Sexual ...
I couldn’t tell you the first time I heard freestyle music. It’s not like reggaeton, where I have a vivid memory of being put on to the genre by a home
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Somos Latine
Behind the Nourishing Holiday Cena by Somos and Neutrogena
December is a challenging time. Whether we are separated from our loved ones due to loss, familial estrangement, or borders or we celebrate the season with
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Hot Girl Somos
Marianismo’s Culture of Self-Sacrifice Burned Me Out. I’m R...
I’m burning out. It’s not just because I start my days early to do assignments for my small business before leading my team in my 9-to-5. It’s not on
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Hot Girl Somos
Loving and Losing My Soulmate Taught Me the Power of Latina Frien...
Angelica, Jennifer, and I have a friendship that writers create fictional films, shows, and books about — except, we’re three Puerto Rican girls from E
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Abortion
What Will The Roe v. Wade Decision Mean For Puerto Rico?
This story has been updated to reflect the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court. Dr. Yari Vale Moreno is hiring an armed security guard to stand
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Somos Latine
The “Great Replacement” Theory Is the American Way
Several months before Payton S. Gendron carried out a racist mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, which targeted Black patrons, the 18-year
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Cuerpo
No, The Curvy Latina Ideal Isn’t Healthier than Other Beaut...
There’s a memory that I’ve never been able to shake. I’m seven years old, standing in front of my 13-inch TV, watching the music video for Big Pu
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