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I just started reading the eBook version of Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile by  Julia Fox  and wanted to put it on your radar. I've always been fascinated by both Queen's tragic lives and I'm glad someone finally wrote about  Juana La Loca . Via Goodreads: The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in... Read Full Story

This video brought here from feministing.com talks about how privilege affects people’s experience of literature or other media in many ways. And, if you never come across the article by Peggy McIntosh, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack, you should read it NOW . Read Full Story

Created with this cool interactive tool launched by The American Heritage® Dictionary as a marketing campaign for the  landmark Fifth Edition.  Read Full Story

Son of East Harlem, Puerto Rican retired professional boxer, Héctor "Macho" Camacho is getting his own show business news segment on the popular Univision show "El Gordo y La Flaca, a TMZ-like entertainment program" The 10-time world boxing champion who beat Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran will deliver his version of "Macho News." It won't be the first time, he's been on the network either, he participated in the Spanish version of dancing with the stars, ¡Mira Quien Baila!  To... Read Full Story

How to talk to your mixed race friend, family member, or stranger. At a time when many magazines and newspapers are struggling to stay in print, Cosmo has decided to give Latina Magazine a run for its money by launching an English Latina version . I have a girl/foodie crush on professional chef and cookbook author Marcela Valladolid, host of the new Food Network show Mexican Made Easy . @NPR Talks To @GoyaFoods on its 75th anniversary catering to the Hispanic community and bodegas... Read Full Story

Yesterday, I read the news of Walter Mercado's hospitalization due to complications of pneumonia and it  inspired  this post and homage to this strangely legendary but underrated figure for his lifetime commitment to improving the lives of others through spiritual  enlightenment  and celebrating the richness of our art, narratives,   music, dancing, traditional  mysticism  and culture. For those of you not familiar with Walter Mercado, he has been a pop culture phenomena and household... Read Full Story

Books as a Thing According to Ann Mack's, director of trendspotting for JWT, New Normal forecast, which includes the top trends from JWT's annual report gathered from "interviews with experts and influencers across sectors including technology, luxury, social responsibility and academia," we will see the Objectifying of Objects become a Thing in 2012. " As objects get replaced by digital/virtual counterparts, people are fetishizing the physical and the tactile," she observes, just... Read Full Story

Last night I was thinking about how I hadn't written a fashion related post here in a while so I decided to bring back my Stuff I'm Totally Sweating forays into fashion blogging. So excuse for a minute, while I get totally girly on you. Last summer, my best friend introduced me to Sally Hansen Salon Effects , which are basically colored stickers for your nails that mimic the look of expensive manicures. I'm one of those people who is fascinated by nail designs but find that they also... Read Full Story

I hate to brag, I really do - but I had to do it (because I just can't contain myself)! This season for my birthday/Chrismakkuh/Dia de Los Reyes, Santa/Hanukkah Harry/Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar (god, this is getting complicated) gave to me... tickets to go see THE BOOK OF MORMON ! Not only is this the show Romney would like to see, it's "God's favorite musical" - that's a direct quote - check their website. Okay, but on a serious note, who's luckier than me? I've got a date to... Read Full Story

I'm moderating a complimentary webinar next week featuring Klaus Schroeder, a design director and partner at design-people.dk, an international Danish design consultancy specialised in advanced interaction design. Klaus is head of the 3-year long ”Female Interaction” design research project, co-financed by the Danish Government’s program for user-driven innovation, and an authority within the field of gendered innovation and gender-specific design. I'd like to invite you all to join us... Read Full Story