#Latin representation

[couturefaith]

kit connor stays working with latinas. :)

#kit connor #rachel zegler #romeo + juliet #latin representation #I know what you are #mi corazón

[my3imaginary3wonderland]

Café Ole Aprecciation post [from strawberry shortcake

They could have explore her past by saying she had to leave Mexico for a better life and/or for the insecurity, not all the country was dangerous in the 80s, it was mostly the big cities, small towns were mostly calm

I just want a backstory for her, I think the Latin workers who were working with SS at the time wanted to represent Mexico through Ole, but it appears to be she was destinated to be forgotten

There's enough Mexican representation in media, but what about our other siblings? I have never seen a peruvian character, all the South american countries are forgotten or just focusing in a part of the people [Like the drug sellers in Colombia]

#cafe #Café ole #Latin representation #latina #idk what else to tag #idk #someday i will be famous #idk what im doing #tumblr make me famous #We need more South american representation in media #latin america #strawberry shortcake #Representation #representation matters #asexual representation #diversity #Latino #south america #central america

[alixx-black]

Barista Benito: A Preview

I'm writing an #youngadult #fiction #anthology series that followed Benito Ramos, an #lgbtq #latin boy as he grows up in his uncle's coffee shop. Get a sneak peek and then follow the story over on WattPad!

The shop was busier than anyone could have hoped for, and it was the biggest deal to the Ramos family ever in their lives. For Benito, though, he knew how special it was for his uncle, an immigrant, to have opened his own business. Truthfully, Benito mostly liked the idea of bringing his friends over after school. Discounted coffee? In middle school? There was nothing cooler than that! “Gracias,…

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#anthology fiction #anthology series #feel good #fiction #happy endings #latin representation #lgbt representation #lgbtq romance #lgbtq+ #new adult romance #Short Fiction #young adult romance

[ryandjaxon]

All minority groups have been told, “you don’t belong.” We all deserve the same mentorship and advocacy! And racialized people deserve the same defence against fratricide to maintain the camaraderie of the military.

#asian representation #latin representation #african representation #representation

[shitdoodler]

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#nyan neko sugar girls #nnsg #nnsg fanart #fanart #lesbian #lgbtq community #magnet #vocaloid #fanime #neko #neko girl #sexy nurse #nurse samaa #koneko chan #latina #latin girls #latin community representation

[lily-s-world]

Let's criticize Disney and their awful decisions, one of my favorite activities.

Apparently they are working on a new animated show called "Primos" based on a latinoamerican household. However, they had no idea what they are doing and when people call them out, they are playing the "you don't understand" "it isn't that bad card".

One of the main issues is that they are using Spanish phrases that are grammatically incorrect. If this was a person speaking Spanish in the show, then it wouldn't be that bad because you could understand that it is learning the language, but they are using it in the slogan and main intro of the series. If you are going to use a phrase in another language as your slogan, at least be sure that is correct. Someone mentioned this to the main voice actress of the show, it should had been mentioned to the official page instead and the actress could had perfectly ignore it. But no, the actress choose to call that person a grammar n*zi and say that Spanish is a conqueror language. WTF?? And that is the person you choose to voice the main character?

There are more issues like the name of the kids - specially one named as the slang for p*ssy, which I found incredibly weird that they decided to use this word for a children name. The city is named Terremoto (Earthquake), a natural disaster that had caused hundreds of deaths in Latina American countries.

They started promoting the show as a latinoamerican household, and then changed as Mexican household when people told them Latina America was more than Mexico.

And one of my main issues is the awful design of characters with curly hair and brownish skin compared with characters with light skin. I mean, look at this:

Is as if they decided to do everything wrong on purpose.

#Disney #Primos #Disney animated #Hating on Disney right now #Latine representation #latino representation #latino

[mydreamysummerstudio]

uh-oh. new hyperfixation unlocked: Blue Beetle

#blue beetle #methinks #i’m not even the biggest DC fan usually but the representation in this movie was too good to pass up as a new fave #I LOVED IT #I FELT REALLY SEEN #the Latine touches didn’t feel like pandering it felt very inclusive and ‘for me’ #and Xolo is sooooooo cute HOLY SHIT. #jaime reyes #xolo maridueña

[elbiotipo]

It's also funny that in Victoria 2, if you play as a developing nation outside of the great powers (say, Argentina) and if you implement liberal laissez faire economics, your economy goes to absolute shit. The only good way to play Victoria 2 is with state capitalism or a command economy, because otherwise the invisible hand of the market screws you.

If the Liberals get in charge of Argentina, it ruins the country for generations. 10/10 excellent realism.

#cosas mias #there is no real representation in either Vic2 or 3 about the conservative-liberal-nationalist-progressive generation of 80' #which were a bunch of racist conservative oligarch authoritarians who also wanted to develop the country in their version of liberalism #there is something similar in Vic3 with Brazil but it was a phenomenon in all Latin America #the eurocentric oligarchy who wanted Progress but by imposing capitalist liberalist ideals and supressing democracy and socialism #and also lots of racism. lots of it.

[jajanvm-imbi]

⚠️Long Post Alert⚠️

Alright I've seen a lot of (negative) buzz around Disney's new show "Primos" so I'm gonna put my 2 cents in

According to the Primos wiki, the show is about "Tater, an eccentric 10-year-old girl with big dreams and, unbeknownst to her, a certain “it factor” that makes her exceptional. When her 12 cousins (“primos” in Spanish) move in for the summer, they help her discover just what it is. Tater’s aspirations and larger-than-life imagination are seen via entries in her super-secret diary, which turn her deepest thoughts into grandiose animation sequences."

FIRST, it's yet ANOTHER piece of children's media about the main character + their large Latin American family.

Upon doing some research apparently this show is about the creator's personal experiences, which okay valid. But when creating media that meant to represent a community it would be better to offer a DIFFERENT perspective rather than give us the same trope that has been done to DEATH.

And I'm gonna be real with yall, I LOVE Coco and Encanto, but both movies also fall under this trope. Not all Latin American families live with their extended family, we don't need ANOTHER piece of media perpetuating the stereotype.

Also, Disney has been putting out a few shows on Disney Channel and Disney Junior that are clear knock offs of Nickelodeon shows. Some examples:

And...hm....lemme think....a kids TV show about a Mexican girl and her quirky large Mexican family getting into some Mexican™️ shenanigans...where have I seen that before...?

Oh right

Yeah the premises are slightly different, but it's essentially the same trope so already right off the bat Primos feels like a knock off version of The Casagrandes.

SECOND, there are many stereotypes already present in the series just from tbe opening theme. Many of the cousins fall into stereotypes themselves, particularly the names. Some the names of the cousins are Gordita, Big Nacho, Nachito, and Cookita. I've seen people justify the use of these names by saying many Latin Americans are given these names as nicknames, which is true. But then again, having a characters named Nacho and Gordita in a show that's supposed to be about LatAm representation is just in bad taste. It's giving "Marco Diaz from Star vs. the Forces of Evil being half Mexican and being obsessed with nachos for some reason but not representing his Latino heritage in any other way other than him wearing that Day of the Dead themed costume in The Blood Moon Ball ep." It feels lazy, and of course, stereotypical.

On TOP of this, the word "Cookita" in many LatAm countries is slang for pussy and the suffix "-ita" means small. And the character with this name is the BABY. So yeah maybe naming the B A B Y character something that to many Spanish speakers means "little pussy" in a show ABOUT Spanish speaking Latin Americans probably isn't the wisest decision.

Another detail people have been pointing out leans into negative Mexican stereotypes is the use of the "yellow filter".

Now I'm gonna be real and say I'm not 100% convinced about the yellow filter being used here. The show takes place over the summer, so the use of yellow might may be used to give the feeling of how hot it is, but I can totally see why Latin Americans would find this offensive.

Also the name "Terremoto Heights" has been heavily criticized. Terremoto means "earthquake" in Spanish and the earthquakes are common in LatAm countries. Then again, show takes place in LA, where a lot of earthquakes occur too. So Im not 100% convinced that this is flat out racist either, but it's definitely in poor taste.

THIRD, the thing that is being SLAMMED at the most, is the improper Spanish grammar and the creator's response to people pointing it out.

In the theme song, the phrase "¡Oye! Primos" is used a lot, which means "Hey cousins!" The issue with this phrase is that "Oye" means hey but in the singular tense, and "Primos" is plural. If you plug in "¡Oye! Primos" to Google translate you'll get Hey Cousins regardless, but in Spanish the phrase is not grammatically correct. In order for it to be grammatically correct the phrase would either need to be changed to "¡Oigan! Primos", "oigan" being the plural word for Hey, or "¡Oye! Primo" and make primo singular. People have been telling this to the creators of the series and well...they haven't exactly been taking it well.

Here's what the voice actress of the main character Tater, Myrna Garcia Velasco said her on social media (Instagram I think, I could be wrong) in response to the bad Spanish:

(If you can't listen to it I'll just summarize. Velasco says that Spanish is the language of the Spanish conquistadors and the only reason why Latinos are LATIN American and not indigenous is because of the Spanish, and to stay mad if you think her incorrect Spanish is an issue. She also brings up how they're "trying to make a good show" for kids who "don't have a grasp on any language" or something?? Idk that's pretty much what she's saying")

Basically this response doesn't make any fucking sense. "Spanish isn't our original language so it doesn't matter if I speak it correctly or not. I'm a NATIVE Mexican so it doesn't matter if I speak Spanish correctly or not"

???????

Girl what the fuck does this mean??? News flash, but the majority of Latin America has been speaking Spanish for CENTURIES. You go to Mexico or most other Latin American countries and you'll find them speaking SPANISH. Yes it's because of the Spanish but it's part of our culture now whether you like it or not. It's like saying "oh it doesn't matter if I speak English correctly or not cause English isn't the US' ORIGINAL language anyway" ?????

Now, the story IS about a mixed kid. Tater is half white half Mexican, so if Tater is a Latina girl who doesn't know Spanish fluently (otherwise known as a "No-Sabo" kid), then the imperfect Spanish would make sense. If the idea behind Primos is to represent the Latin American kids who don't speak Spanish, then yeah thats fine and it was a directoral choice. But judging by Velasco's response, that doesn't seem like thats the idea?? She immediately got defensive and brought up the Spanish colonizers?? Which is relevant??? HOW???

On top of that, one member of the creative team, (not 100% sure who) called someone a "Grammar N@zi" for pointing out the grammatical errors and, well...

That's def not helping their case.

How the HELL are you gonna make show about a Spanish speaking Latin American family and NOT SPEAK SPANISH PROPERLY??? How the HELL are you gonna start beef with SPANISH SPEAKERS over whether or not it's important to speak Spanish CORRECTLY when portraying SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE IN MEDIA??? Yes slang exists, yes different LatAm countries speak Spanish differently, but grammar still exists??

OVERALL: Do I think Primos is this horribly racist dumpster fire? No. Are there MANY choices in this show that are just in poor taste? Absolutely 100%. Are the responses from the creative team outta pocket? Yes of course.

If you ask me, I think the main reason why people are so outraged over Primos is because the stereotypes and tropes are tired and dated, and people KNOW what writers are capable of. The response of this teaser, sandwiched between The Owl House ending and the premier of Across the Spiderverse, which have STELLAR LatAm rep, is proof of that. Luz Noceda, Miles Morales and Miguel O'Hara are SHINING examples of good SPANISH SPEAKING LatAm representation in children's media. We CAN have good LatAm protagonists in mediation, we've SEEN IT. We don't need all the stereotypes and overused tropes, so it makes sense why so many LatAm people feel like Primos is offensive and a step backwards.

Disney is getting lazy, they need to get their shit together

#Disney #disney primos #primos disney #primos #latin america #latino representation #latinos #poc rep #representation

[thisismisogynoir]

I’m so hyped for Wish 2023 not only because we’re getting our second Black Disney Princess, but we’re also getting our first Latina Disney Princess. And on top of that, she’ll be the first Afrolatina Disney Princess as well! Showing that there are different types of Latinas. It’s so groundbreaking, I’m so excited! 

#i'm so happy that our first latina disney princess is going to be black because afrolatinas are always ignored when it comes to latine rep #so it's good to give black latinas in particular that representation! #amen #black women #positivity #princess asha #wish 2023 #black princess #black disney princess #black female representation #afrolatina #latina

[thedisabilitybookarchive]

'Cemetery Boys'- Thomas, Aiden

Disability Rep: ADHD (LI)

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Fantasy, Contemporary

Age: Young Adult

Setting: USA

Additional Rep: Mexican-Cuban-American Transgender Gay Male MC, Columbian-American Gay Male LI, M/M, Peurto Rican-Mexican-American SC, Lesbian SC, Transgender Female SC

For more information on summaries, content warnings and additional tropes, see here:

#books #disability books #disability representation #disability #disabled characters #fiction #lgbtq books #lgbtq+ #lgbtq characters #lgbtq representation #latin characters #poc characters #adhd #gay #transgender characters #transgender #m/m #lesbian character #cemetery boys #link

[softle0]

I think it’s pretty obvious ea is going to announce a fairy’s pack soon… first of all, I HOPEE this is just a game pack like all the occults, cause doing a whole ep for that would be insane. Second of all. Honestly for me, I’m not excited at all about that, I never get to play with occults, is not my gameplay style so for me this is just meh… what I would prefer is worlds with new cultural representation… we’re lacking of worlds based on Latin America countries, European countries, more Asian countries, African countries, I know a lot of ppl will enjoy the fairy’s for sure, but I think I speak for the majority of us that we prefer better cultural appreciation for everyone…

#I’m so done with ppl saying selvadorada is a representation of Mexico because is not. it’s a very fairy representation of Latin America #and not at all #like I get it we have jungles and ofc ppl live in places like that BUT NOT THE MAJORITY OF US #Ik there’s a lot in other countries that have so much potential but im speaking for my country #and here in Mexico we have sooo much #the diversity is insane #we have jungles/desert/the most beautiful beaches #(even a pink one) #big cities / really beautiful towns with lots of history and culture #they can do an insane ep of this and ik ppl will enjoy it cause one thing Mexico have is that is very magical… #even if is not Mexico I would totally prefer another Asian/european and African inspired works #worlds** #and I would totally enjoy those more than some fairies tbh

[fate-motif]

b’elanna’s banana pancakes

hello tumblr. it’s been a while since i did some star trek meta. but i’ve just been on a prodigy kick lately and that inevitably brings me back to voyager where i’ve spent some time before unpacking a lot of writing decisions and politics surrounding them. today i want to talk about the most inane detail i could fixate on in b’elanna’s characterization, and this thought hasn’t left me in years so i think maybe i should share it with the class. maybe it will mean something to someone else the way it does to me. 

b’elanna’s favorite comfort food is banana pancakes. when she’s feeling down she asks neelix to replicate them for her, and it’s kind of a running staple in moments where b’elanna is feeling emotionally vulnerable. it’s a cute detail, but over the years i’ve turned the detail over and over and wished, pointlessly, that i could somehow go back in time and edit that writing decision and change b’elanna’s favorite pickup meal to something else: fried plantain. if you’re not familiar with latin american cuisine, plantain are a common staple in a lot of dishes but i am specifically to ripe plantain, fried until it’s golden brown and caramelized. it goes by different names depending on the country but it’s a surprisingly widespread dish. there’s even equivalents in west african and southeast asian countries and if you haven’t tried it this is the friendliest recommendation to taste the food of the gods before the end of your life.

i’ll admit the context for this obsession is selfish. i’m latin american, specifically costa rican, and when i watched voyager i couldn’t help but latch on to roxann dawson’s portrayal of a broken, abandoned young woman who learns to love herself and accept the love of others in her life when given the nurturing and patience she deserved all along. this wasn’t just because her character is beautiful in its own right, but because i identified with her as a latin american woman. i could spend a good amount of time talking about the standards of womanhood that i was subjected to growing up latin american but this post is not about that, so i’m going to summarize one of the things that makes b’elanna so important to me as a female latin american character very briefly: it’s her emotional complexity and the compassion with which all her emotions, including the anger and the trauma, are treated while portrayed as a latina character. i wish more than anything i had grown up watching voyager for this specific reason, and now that i’ve actually watched it i feel like a piece of my puzzle has been filled in, and i’m a little closer to whole. which is why it’s all the more curious that b’elanna isn’t exactly written as a latin american character in the first place.

star trek is a very american franchise, written by very american writers, and, with some notable exceptions, very white, cishet, male writers. it’s been talked to death how star trek’s vision of a multicultural world becomes seriously impaired by the lack of diversity in its leading creatives. today i specifically want to address how the franchise has been since its inception, and still is, limiting its potential by how the american cultural zeitgeist dominates its development. it’s a specifically white american zeitgeist, too. the human world regardless of the ethnicity of its members gets steamrolled into a very colorblind world where apparently humans now pride ourselves on our acceptance and embracing of different nations but we are only ever shown cultural expressions consistent with the experiences of modern day white americans. it’s even clearer in the writing of characters of color, like harry kim or geordi laforge, over white non americans like miles o’brien or malcolm reed. there have been exceptions, most notably in the writing of sisko’s family, but for the most part characters of color are not ever shown engaging in any activities that might have been passed down from non white american heritage. this is true even for characters who aren’t even supposed to be american, like uhura who’s meant to be from kenya. it’s not just a disappointment to the core values that the franchise is meant to stand by but also a waste of writing potential and even a loss in what could be a way to connect to potential fans from all over the globe.

back to me, because this post was made because of the very selfish reason that feel like i just need b’elanna to connect a little bit more to me. to my upbringing. i call it selfish because it’s not as clean cut a writing decision as it i make it out to be. latin americans, diaspora or otherwise, are not a monolith even in the 21st century. john torres and his family show again the limitations the writers run into with their limited worldview and they don’t seem to hold on to latin american traditions or cultural heritage. and furthermore, b’elanna herself has mixed feelings on her klingon heritage already but that doesn’t mean that the heritage passed down by the father who abandoned her would be that much easier to embrace. and yet in my mind i can just see little b’elanna eagerly devouring slices of fried plantain made by her father on rare occasions and feeling so utterly loved after being starved so many times of his affection because he shared something with her about himself and made her feel cherished with it. and that nostalgia for that tiny spark of love she felt so many years ago being fanned and set ablaze when her new family learns how to cheer her up with this little gesture that recognizes her roots.

it wouldn’t exactly be an uncomplicated portrayal, it’s not like i want my favorite dish to be equated with deadbeat dads and their shitty racist against klingons families. but i’m just reminded of jacob geller’s discussion on bj blazkowicz’s jewish heritage in the recent wolfenstein video game series. “i just want some recognition that he’s connected to me.” it would mean the world to me, too.

#if you reblogged my essay on seven of nine and the price paid for perfection you’re obligated to reblog this one as well #star trek #star trek voyager #voy #fandom #b’elanna torres #latin american representation #voyager

[tv1xx]

Making my own Viltrumite OC and she will be LATINA cause there is literally no representation on the show 😡😡😡

#invincible #making my own oc #where is the latin representation huhhh???? #i’m offended #jk but not really #i’m actually drawing her rn

[lily-s-world]

I swear I’m not a violent person, but if I see another fancast of Evelyn Hugo where they suggest a non-cuban/non-latina actress, I may slap someone – like the person who did the fancast.

I don’t think some people understand how important it is that a book so freaking popular, has a Cuban bisexual woman as the lead; and how low-key racist is that fact that they are trying to erase that an putting a white woman in her place.

The book clearly indicates several times that she is Cuban, that she has dark hair (dyed blonde), and that although she isn’t dark skinned she isn’t white passing either – hence the blonde dye.

And yet… all the fancast I see on social media are of white american actresses without any type of Cuban or Latin descent. I have even seen Taylor Swift of all people; and I say this a big swiftie, but Taylor isn’t an actress. A music icon, yes; an actress, no. And more importantly, she isn’t Cuban! (Not to mention the amount of Taylor Swift content under the Evelyn Hugo tags.)

What bothers me the most is that before Taylor Zakhar Perez was officially cast as Alex Claremont-Diaz, I saw the same behavior. People fan casted actors that weren’t Mexican or latinos, and they got defensive when you called them out on it.

Latinos, especially queer Latinos, are so underrepresented in big and popular productions… You doing fancasts where you erase the ethnicity of the character, are part of this same problem.  

#sincerely #a queer latina #evelyn hugo #the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #whitewashing #latine representation #latina representation #latinas #taylor zakhar perez #alex claremont diaz #red white and royal blue #taylor swift

[mzannthropy]

Sam Claflin Guy Writer Has To Work With Woman Writer and Falls in Love with Her Cinematic Universe. I really like this type of story. Their Finest is the more quality film (no contest), but Book of Love has the happy ending.

#sam claflin #samblogging #their finest #book of love #no djats doesn't count #i'd really like to see him play more creative characters #btw book of love also has a good soundtrack if you like latin pop #i wish sam sang on it too. veronica echegui does! #BOL is the the only romcom of sam's that i like but also it won an award for latin representation #and the setting in mexico is gorgeous #oh and both of them has a gay side character (i think that that one guy in BOL is gay) #their finest gets better with every watch #mypost