The lawyer and spokesperson for the Colectiva Feminista en Construcción tells the backstory of Puerto Rico’s gender violence state of emergency: “We understood that the state has an active role in how gender violence manifests.”
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The Puerto Rican Scientist Behind Maybelline’s SuperStay Lipstick Formula
When Roselin Rosario-Meléndez graduated from her doctorate degree from Rutgers University, she had an offer on the table from L’Oreal. The makeup giant wanted Rosario to come work for them, but the Puerto Rican chemist said no. “After a while I wanted to have a closer relationship with consumers,” Rosario recalls. It was then that […]
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New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera On Crisis, Politics, and Self-Care
“I have to wear the youngest woman in the council hat, the millennial hat,” Rivera explains. “I’m someone who understands college debt and the struggle to try and buy a home. But also, how we [Latinos] are a people that are very, very rooted in our culture.”
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Meet Las Atípicas, the All-Female Band Reworking Bad Bunny’s Music
The group of Puerto Rican musicians was handpicked by the urbano artist to perform with him at the Latin Grammys.
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Gabrielle Santana Is Anything But Basic
The marketing manager and beauty influencer explains her complicated relationship with her hair and why she doesn’t consider herself, well, an influencer.
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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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