We hardly ever talk about U.S. American relations vis-à-vis the rest of the American continent. I’m from Peru; here going on 20 years. Came for college; stayed for the freedom and the family I found here. Here, where I enjoy certain (shared…for now?) privileges that are still out reach for many in South America, Peru […]
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A(nother) Comment Re: Donald Trump
Just because a thief wasn’t caught that doesn’t mean they never stole. Just because a traitor says he isn’t one that doesn’t mean he didn’t sell out his country. Wake up, people. Donald Trump dodged the draft back in his day and today, he and his lawyers believe he can get away with murder. He pals […]
The Cost of Staying Alive
On this World AIDS Day, let’s remember the many lives lost to this pandemic, for sure, and let’s celebrate and encourage survivors as we all recommit ourselves to educate the next generations, and let’s def continue to demand more enlightened and equitable support for HIV/AIDS patients around the planet. Fuck yeah, let us do all o’ […]
Of Playlists and America
This 🎧➡️ Madame ❌ Is on a Wedding Shuttle playlist I made back on a warm early summer night out in Paso Robles last May is fun. It’s good limpiando-la-casa company. It tells a good story, too, when you listen to the lyrics and, then, when you string ’em along…the ones that resonate. No change, […]
Where the Heart Is
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments on the Barack Obama-era DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) American immigration policy, which has provided close to 700,000 (known) young DREAMers respite from deportation and, y’ know, a moment in the sun, since the policy was instituted in the summer of 2012. Quelle surprise, […]
Don’t Forget to Vote!
You get a sticker when you vote. And municipal elections matter, too, you know. Municipal means right outside your door.
He/She/They Ought to Get a Clue
Why, oh why is it that difficult for non-millennials some people to get with the pronouns program, already? Nineteen years ago, I came to the United States of America to study journalism in South Florida, right. That’s almost 20 years ago, OK, and one of the first lessons my professors taught me at Miami–Dade Community […]
A Crisis by Any Other Name
Earlier tonight, during the opening of its 10-minute digest option for the evening, I heard Reuters refer to the health alert and controversy surrounding vaping as a “crisis.” WTF? Gun violence and mass murders by gun-toting lone wolves, that is the crisis. If only. If only we could get a grip and call a spade […]
San Francisco Civic Center 9.16.19
Today was A Day Without Immigrants in San Francisco. Now, I am not 100 percent sure that it was, indeed, a day without immigrants ’round these parts because most immigrants have to work in this expensive city and all around the Bay Area. At the very least, I am certain that it was a day […]
A Comment Re: Julián Castro
What I like about [Julián Castro] is that he is offering all of us a voice and a perspective, a cultural point of view, that has been missing in the conversation and in representation, at this level and down the line. I find him to be unapologetically himself, and that means some of us in […]
King of Cups 