How Caring For My Nails Has Helped Me Embrace My Latinidad
My abuela is my strongest role model of the Latina woman, and I quickly realized that my nails were a gateway to tapping into my love for her.
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Daniella De Jesús, Actor + Playwright
The Orange Is the New Black alum spoke to Emperifollá’s Andrea Devoto about her newfound freedom to create her own look, how she got her role in Netflix’s hit series, and her identity as an artist.
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La Dama: How Lotería Viva Puts Womanhood On Its Head
Artist Cuevawolf wanted to trump traditions from their core. The card of “La Dama” was the perfect place to start.
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5 Silk Pillowcases Denise Bidot Would Approve
And they’re all available on Amazon.
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These 6 Moisturizers Are the Ultimate Crème de la Mer Dupes
Beauty on a budget!
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Denise Bidot, Model + TV Personality
Bidot spoke to the Emperifollá team about being an Arab Latina, raising a daughter in the 21st century, and how her mother’s struggle with body image shaped her own understanding of physical beauty.
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“Por el amor de Dios”: Why Agnostic Millennials Still Don Their Religious Jewelry
For agnostic or atheist Latinxs, jewelry is a bridge between their families and themselves, even when they reject the religion itself.
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Isabelia Herrera, music + culture journalist
Herrera welcomed the Emperifollá team to her Brooklyn apartment to discuss reggaetón, why she loves to do her nails, and why the best stories are the most complicated ones.
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Barrio Couture: How Buscabulla’s Costumes in “Vámono” Celebrate Puerto Rican Artistry
“We are super into these types of costumes but putting them in a different context,” Raquel Berríos tells Emperifollá. “I like taking bits of those cultural symbols to contextualize them through a contemporary lens.”
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Andrea Granera, artist
The actress and model discusses her artistic career, how aesthetics apply to acting, and how the word “chocho” (a Puerto Rican slang for “vagina”) is the Nicaraguan equivalent of emperifollá.
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