👨🏻🙋🏽👱🏾👩🏾👧🏻The Latinx Collective - Issue #27 - Sangiving Recovery
THIS WEEK'S SIX:
The story also highlights all-female samba groups in Brazil like: Samba Que Elas Querem, Moça Prosa, Samba da Elis, Sambadas, Samba Delas and Samba de Saia. Follow them all.
Sony's animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse should easily spin its way to No. 1 in its domestic box-office launch over the Dec. 14-16 weekend. It's predicted to open between $28 million and $35 million, according to projections from the major Hollywood tracking services. The new animated film features a superhero who is half-Puerto Rican and half-African-American, and the film is a combination of CG and hand-drawn animation. In case you missed it, the official trailer was released this past Spring: Watch it here. Are you planning to go see it in theaters?
Politics is often shrouded in mystery, a world of mostly old, white men who then help elect others just like them. And that's, of course, by design. The more inaccessible (and confusing) something seems, the more likely it is to remain in the hands of those who've built the systems. History was made this midterm election when a number of young, diverse women were elected to public office. One of those women was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old representative from New York's 14th congressional district, who will become the youngest serving congresswoman *ever* come January. By showing so much of what's going on behind the scenes, Ocasio-Cortez is completely demystifying a process that had once been thought of only as the provenance of those old, white men. She makes politics seem relatable, doable, possible for any young person watching.
Walter Thompson-Hernandez is the child of a black father and Mexican mother, who naturally found himself at a cultural intersection growing up in Los Angeles. Today, he is a multimedia reporter for the New York Times where he travels the world asking what it means to belong. Whether it's the albino community in Ghana or black people in Compton redefining cowboy culture (you MUST check out his story on the Compton Cowboys!!!), he uses words, pictures, and film to tell the stories of those who historically have not had a voice. This is a discussion with him on how men can let go of gender stereotypes, and how men can talk to each other about sexism. I hope all my male subscribers check it out.
I tried something a little different with the format this week, so as always please reply with your thoughts or suggestions.
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