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Tweetup in NYC Tomorrow with Vl’s la Mala, @LizzWinstead y @LizaSabater

10:47 am By Maegan La Mala · drink|Events|Food|VivirLatino · 1 Comment

31 Aug 2010

I am pleased to be co-hosting with the publisher of Culture Kitchen y Daily Gotham Liza Sabater and Lizz Winstead, stand-up goddess, pundit slayer & co-creator of The Daily Show a tweetup tomorrow night in NYC.

The dirty deets:
Time – 7 pm to 10 pm
The Place – KUSH Lounge, 191 Chrystie Street New York, NY
(212) 677-7328

Half-priced drinks from 7-10 are on you (feel free to buy la Mala a few). Light munchies are on us

Let us know if you are gonna come through so we can plan properly.

A Lunes Look Ahead

14 Jun 2010

There will be much going on on VivirLatino this week so please stay tuned. Here is just a taste of some of the things yours truly is working on.

1: Copa Mundial/World Cup Fever and the race and class politics of global futbol.

2: Why movement building and non-profits don’t always mix.

3: VivirLatino goes to the Allied Media Conference in Detroit (3rd Year!!!)

4. Some Cumbia from Chile con Chico Trujillo

Love y Lucha

Introducing: The Other Latina!

2:40 pm By la Macha · VivirLatino|Women · 7 Comments

5 Jun 2010

We here at VL have gotten a massive influx of trolls lately, I’m not really sure why. But the way I can tell a troll is that no matter what I, la Macha, editorista, have to say, Teh Trollz are always fairly certain that I am really la Mala, i.e Head Editorista. Because all us Latinas are the same, right?

And if Teh Trollz have no problem posting twenty-five comments under different names, then us Latinas don’t either, right? (Hello Brenda, gringa, another gringa, concerned, and a fair lady!).

Needless to say, I am a different person than la Mala–and I enjoy being her head goon. I will continue to delete anybody who is not commenting about something directly connected to a particular post, and I will even laugh while I do it.

Until then, I guess I should write more posts or something.

Have a great weekend,
la macha
Destroyer of Freedom of Speech since 1995

Saundering Across Borders: Laughter from the VivirLatino Inbox

8:47 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Bizarro|From the Inbox|Funny|Immigration · 1 Comment

20 May 2010

Hate mail and comments are as routine as breathing here at VivirLatino. I cannot even begin to calculate the time spent deleting hateful comments and emails telling us and you, our readers, to go back where we came from and to speak English (the fact that this site is in English apparently escapes them). Usually I ignore the comments and stupidity, pero sometimes, the idiocy is so great, so humorous, that I have to share.

Yesterday, VL’s inbox received a press release titled : “CALL ME CRAZY but Will Just One US President PLEASE STAND UP To Protect American Citizens”

It’s not hard to guess what the message was. Undocumented immigrants are characterized as stealing jobs and causing the economic downturn. Nothing new to see here folks.

But here’s the thing. If people calling themselves “Conservative Pundits” want to complain and send out releases, shouldn’t they be required to do a spell-check? By definition, a pundit is someone who claims authority on a subject. I cannot take you seriously if:

1: YOU INSIST ON USING CAPS IN YOUR RELEASE! There is a handy little punctuation symbol called an exclamation point. Use this for emphasis. CAPS IS CONSIDERED SCREAMING. I don’t need to scream. My words are emphatic and forceful enough.

2: You are historically inaccurate. The release starts off like this:

Is it me….or is it what it is? Since the first surge of illegal immigrants hit our country, not one President has had the cohunes’ to protect the citizens of the United States of America from…

What exactly are you considering the first surge of “illegal immigrants”? Where I’m from those are Europeans who came here. Apparently this person is using a textbook from Texas

3: You use the wrong words and render your argument incoherent.

Did you catch the mistake above? In an effort to use strong language, the writer of said release tries to use the Spanish word “cojones”, balls or did the writer intentionally mean to use the word meaning a type of palm tree and/or the nut from said palm tree?

Other laughable mistakes include:

CALL ME CRAZY but HAS ANYONE EVER WONDERED WHY GEORGE W. BUSH LEFT OUR BORDERS OPEN AFTER 9-11 TO ANY TERRORISTS WHO DESIRED TO SAUNDER ACROSS OUR OPEN BORDERS WITH A SUITCASE BOMB ON HIS BACK?

Saunder? I don’t know anyone who saunders across anything, including a border. Is this a new skill that the undocumented have developed?

and finally:

But hay; at least we have always had a President on hand to see it through to our determent.

Hay is for horses and determent prevents action.

You wanted us to call you crazy but can I call you stupid instead?

Quick Update

7:54 pm By la Macha · VivirLatino · 1 Comment

6 Apr 2010

Just so everybody knows–Mala and I are both dealing with Having Kids Who Are On Spring Break this week! That means that posting/commenting is going to be a bit slow(er) this week. The world will right itself on Monday!

Until then,

Salma says your patience is appreciated!

VivirLatino Will Be at the March for America, Will You?

7:44 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events|Immigration|March for America|VivirLatino|Washington DC · 2 Comments

13 Mar 2010

Regardless of what people think of the effectiveness of the March for America, happening next Sunday, March 21st in Washington D.C., it will be a big event.

VivirLatino is happy to report that we will be on the scene covering the rally. You can read updates here on the site and get up to the minute coverage via our twitter account.

Feminist Review Fundraiser

11:51 am By la Macha · Blogs Media · 2 Comments

15 Feb 2010

I don’t call myself a feminist, but I do occasionally contribute to this blog–and I also read it and am influenced by the reviews enough to rent/buy many of the suggested books/movies.

If you are interested in new media as interpreted through a lens that incorporates a gender critique, please consider supporting a very worthy website!

Dear Fellow Feminist Bloggers:

The community-driven web publication Feminist Review is kicking off a month-long fundraising campaign, “I ♥ FR,” this Valentine’s Day. The goal is to raise $5,000 – the entire year’s expenses – in order to keep the blog afloat.

Founded in 2006 by longtime activist and media professional Mandy Van Deven, Feminist Review is an entirely volunteer-run forum where readers discuss books, music, film, and other products from feminist perspectives. “Like many independent media projects, the loss of ad revenue has caused us to dip heavily into our savings. Now, despite the fact that the number of visitors to our site has doubled in the past year, we’re teetering toward going into the red,” informs Van Deven. “The I ♥ FR campaign is reaching out to those new readers to ask them to help us survive this recession. If just 50 people commit to making a monthly donation of $10 for the remainder of the year, we will meet our goal.” The campaign has already raised $200.

Committed to social justice, Feminist Review prides itself in being a non-traditional, woman-centered, inclusionary resource for readers around the globe. Please consider making an announcement to your readers about the “I ♥ FR” campaign. As a gesture of appreciation, we are happy to include a link to your blog in our list of supporters in the toolbar on the right side of the homepage.

To find out more about the “I ♥ FR” campaign, or to make a donation, visit http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2010/02/do-you-fr-we-hope-you-do.html

A Favorite Latina on the Web Needs Our Support

4 Nov 2009

I’m really honored that Guanabee named yours truly one of their favorite Latinas on the web.

Some deal explicitly with Latino issues, some don’t. Some are funny, some are creative, some are activists, all are uniquely amazing, inspiring women who, we think, are some of the best at what they do.

I am especially honored by some of my company on the list, including dear mami amiga, Noemi Martinez of Hermana Resist. As a single mami media maker, I appreciate what Noemi does and understand the struggle it is to express yourself in a given medium with no source of funding and with kids yelling, learning, laughing and getting sick as your background soundtrack. Which is why I am asking you to help my mami hermana.

The Annual I Hate Columbus Day Post

9:30 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · history|Marketing|VivirLatino · 1 Comment

12 Oct 2009

The irony isn’t lost on me. Colombus Day, aka Dia de la Raza, aka Dia de Hispanidad, is the anniversary of VivirLatino’s launching so happy four year anniversary to us and to you all of our loyal readers who have been with us through transitions and shifts. I am proud of the site we are becoming. That said, I don’t know if I am getting old or if it has to do with fatigue that I feel from every damn year having to send a note to my older daughter’s teacher about how fucked up their history classes are (although this year has been different), pero I find my tolerance level lowered in terms of my reaction to the holiday.

Let’s just look at the way Columbus Day is marketed by big retailers who make the day about “discovering” great bargains.

I couldn’t find a version the Macy’s commercial that has been running on TV for the past few days but the picture above is related. Just like in the picture, in the TV ad, fairly “white looking” people, including a child, wear “explorer” hats made of newspaper and using old fashioned telescopes to conquer stores.

In my email inbox on Friday, office supply retailer Staples invited me to “Save like it’s 1492″ . Does that mean I just can take over the whole store?

This morning on my local Fox station (surprise) they announced that to celebrate the opening the Rockefeller Center today, there is someone dressed as Columbus handing out Italian flag cookies or some shit like that. I still want to know why so many in the Italian community look to Columbus or choose this day to celebrate their pride?

I’m gonna be on the look out for more Columbus Day marketing. In the meantime hop over here and read an old Columbus Day poem by yours truly.

VivirLatino’s la Mala Reading Tonite at Bluestockings NYC

8:07 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events|Lo Que Hay|Media|New York City|VivirLatino · 1 Comment

18 Sep 2009

If you’re in the Lower East Side of NYC tonite, stop in at Bluestockings where I’ll be reading a poetic history of my life in the mami’hood as part of the Mama Storytelling Salon. Other Mama’s who will be reading tonite are Jennifer Silverman, Kerry Cohen, & Vikki Law. The reading is set to jump off at 7pm.

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