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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The Emperifollá Latinx Heritage Month Reading List
Our stories and bodies are under siege, so Latinx Heritage Month feels more important in 2019 than ever before.
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Made in Mexico: Regina Merson’s Memories of Guadalajara
The entrepreneur reflects on the memories of her Guadalajaran childhood and how they inspired what came to be Reina Rebelde:
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Jessica Chia, Executive Beauty Editor, Allure Magazine
The Calfornia-born editor talks her beauty icons, her Asian Latina identity and her beauty routine.
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Melanie Mignucci, Associate Editor, Bustle
The New York City-based writer and editor spoke with the Emperifollá team about why style is a form of self-care, the trials of living with eczema, and growing up in a half-Jewish, half-Boricua household.
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With ‘Chula,’ Amanda Alcantara Redefines Latinx Womanhood
“I don’t remember when I first started hearing the word chula. But I remember the feeling of it growing up, more than the actual word.”
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