Cafe y Chisme Corner
Stories, cultura, and gift guides rooted in real Latino family life. Read, share, and find something that feels like home.
Cafe y Chisme Corner
Órale: The Mexican Word That Means Everything a...
Órale is one of those words that requires context to understand but zero context to feel. You hear it from your dad watching a goal, from your tía approving a...
Órale: The Mexican Word That Means Everything a...
Órale is one of those words that requires context to understand but zero context to feel. You hear it from your dad watching a goal, from your tía approving a...
Wepa: The Puerto Rican Word That Sounds Like Joy
There is no clean English translation for wepa. The closest approximation is "yeah!" or "woo!" or "that's what I'm talking about!" — but none of those capture the specific texture...
Wepa: The Puerto Rican Word That Sounds Like Joy
There is no clean English translation for wepa. The closest approximation is "yeah!" or "woo!" or "that's what I'm talking about!" — but none of those capture the specific texture...
La Raza: What the Term Means and Why It Still M...
The phrase sounds simple: la raza. The race. But it has never meant a single race in the biological sense — it has always meant something more like a people,...
La Raza: What the Term Means and Why It Still M...
The phrase sounds simple: la raza. The race. But it has never meant a single race in the biological sense — it has always meant something more like a people,...
Chicano: The Identity That Started as an Insult...
The word started as an insult. Mexican-Americans in the mid-twentieth century used it to reclaim something that had been thrown at them — a clipped, informal version of mexicano, associated...
Chicano: The Identity That Started as an Insult...
The word started as an insult. Mexican-Americans in the mid-twentieth century used it to reclaim something that had been thrown at them — a clipped, informal version of mexicano, associated...
Afro-Latina: Holding Two Histories at Once
The story of what it means to be Afro-Latina is the story of what happens when two enormous histories live in the same body. It's the story of someone who...
Afro-Latina: Holding Two Histories at Once
The story of what it means to be Afro-Latina is the story of what happens when two enormous histories live in the same body. It's the story of someone who...
No Manches: Mexico's PG-13 Expletive and What I...
No manches is what you say when something surprises you, when you're mildly (or not so mildly) frustrated, when something goes wrong, or when someone does something that makes you...
No Manches: Mexico's PG-13 Expletive and What I...
No manches is what you say when something surprises you, when you're mildly (or not so mildly) frustrated, when something goes wrong, or when someone does something that makes you...