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Shout Out y Gracias to Northeastern’s LASO

12:35 pm By Maegan La Mala · Education| Events| VivirLatino| boston · Comments Off

5 Dec 2008

Role%20of%20Latin%20Women%20%285%29.jpg If there was any doubt in my mind about the up and coming generation of Latino leaders being unleashed into the world, those doubts were put to rest last night by the amazingly intelligent and energetic members of Northeastern University’s Latin American Student Organization (LASO).

Last night I was in Boston and was honored to speak with college Latinos about Latina identity politics. We labeled ourselves and examined labels put on us as Latinos by the mainstream media and politicians, we explored the dynamics of Latina identity in terms of the intersection of race, ethnicity, and gender and we talked about how all of those are rooted in a specific history and cultural context.

I may be exhausted from my trip, where I was jostled through the Boston public transit system, pero interacting with such an amazing group of promising rising leaders left me inspired and thoughtful with how to move forward cuz we know each generation moves the struggle ahead.

Pa’lante and mil gracias to the gracious team that made it happen and to all that came out and participated last night.

Excuse the Delayed Posts : Maegan la Mala is on the Road Again

2:44 pm By Maegan La Mala · Events| VivirLatino · Comments Off

4 Dec 2008

4695_bPrevost%2BX3-45_BoltBus.jpg Hopefully this will be the last trip of the year for yours truly. As I write this, I am on a bus from NYC to Boston (yay for wifi on the Bolt Bus). This evening, at 6 pm, I have the honor of speaking at Northeastern University gracias to the lovely gente of their Latin American Student Organization (LASO). I will specifically speak on Latina identity politics. So if you’re in the Boston area you should come through. It will be fun and interesting.

VivirLatino Editor la Mala Speaking in Boston Tonite on Mami’Hood

2:22 pm By Maegan La Mala · Events| Family| VivirLatino| Women · Comments Off

13 Nov 2008

VivirLatino’s own Maegan la Mala is at it again, opening her big Puerto Rican mouth to speak truth and no doubt make someone angry. Tonight I will be in Boston, in an event sponsored by the Center for New Words, speaking about Radical Mami’hood.

Amy Richards & Maegan “Mamita Mala” Ortiz
Radical Mommyhood: A Coversation with Amy Richards and Maegan “Mamita Mala” Ortiz

Thursday, November 13 @ 7:00PM

Arlington St. Church, 351 Boylston St. Entrance, (Corner of Boylston and Arlington), Boston

Join Amy Richards and Maegan “Mamita Mala” Ortiz for a frank conversation on radical mommyhood—how making the decision to have a child impacts who we are and who we want to be (as women, feminists, anti-racists, and artists). We’ll chat about the intersections of feminism and motherhood and how race and class in particular, play an important role in how motherhood is encountered, seen, and experienced.

Amy Richards is the author of Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself, and the co-author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future and Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism (both with Jennifer Baumgardner). She is co-founder of the Third Wave Foundation and the feminist speakers bureau Soapbox. She lives in New York City with her family.

Maegan “Mamita Mala” Ortiz is a radical Nuyorican mami, blogger, poeta, and freelance writer. La Mala is currently co-Editor of one of the top U.S. Latino blogs, VivirLatino. She is also a contributor on Anti-Racist Parent. Her words , blogging, and opinions have been featured at the Washington Post, The Huffington Post, NPR, and Latina Magazine. Check her out at: http://mamitamala.com/.

It should get interesting….

Shameless Self- Promotion : Maegan la Mala Spits Poetry Tonite in Queens, NYC

29 Sep 2008

If my posts have taken on a poetic quality, you will please be excusing la Mala. Here in NYC we are in the middle of the 5to Encuentro de Poesia “Poetas en Nueva York

Tonight at the Centro Humanista de la Culturas, 76-11 37ave Jackson Heights,Queens, NYC at 6pm, I am honored and blessed to be a part of the Noche de mujeres, sharing the stage and spitting palabras with

-Irma Galido
-Claudia Barragán
-Daniel Reyes y Nilko Andreas

Come through if you can.

Friend the event on Facebook.

Mamita Mala Hard at Work at the DNC

8:54 am By Maegan La Mala · DNC| DNC08| denver · Comments Off

26 Aug 2008

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Today in Latino History

7:57 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| history · Comments Off

12 May 2008

Apparently brat pack star Emilio Estevez was born today,May 12, 1962.

on May 12, 2002, Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president to visit Castro controlled Cuba.

Click after the jump to see what other famous Latino was born today.

Oh baby, VL’s got a bebe

5:42 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · VivirLatino| children · 4 Comments

30 Jan 2007

Gabriela%20037.jpg Some of you might have noticed (of course you have) that our beloved Mala has been absent lately. Well, she was on a temporary hiatus from blogging to bring you VL’s very first bebé. Wasn’t that nice of her?

La ChileRican #2, Gabriela Paula Paredes Ortiz was born on January 16th at 1:07 pm in NYC, weighing in at an adorable 6 lbs. 12 oz. and measuring a charming 20 inches.

We are happy to have our Mala back and to welcome our first VL baby into the world.

Felicidades to mami, papi, and big sis! And special thanks to El Gossiper for filling in for Mala.

Hear Mamita Mala on NPR’s Latino USA

11:51 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics| VivirLatino| radio · 2 Comments

10 Nov 2006

VL East Coast Editor Mamita Mala was a guest on NPR’s Latino USA radio show yesterday talking about the Latino vote in this year’s elections. Mala threw down with a Latina republican who claims that “Latinos are Republicans, they just don’t know it yet” and talked about how many Latino young people disenfranchised by both political parties. Check out the show on the Latino USA website.

If you are listening to the complete show, you can hear Mala after Univision’s Maria Elena Salinas‘ take on Latino voter intimidation. Immediately after the Latino vote segment, you can hear authors Carolina Gonzalez and Seth Kugel talk about their new book, Nueva York: The Complete Guide to Latino Life in the Five Boroughs, which I am totally buying.

And if you’ve never heard it before, Latino USA is a great show. It should be required weekly listening.

See la Mala REAL HOT and en persona

6:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| New York| VivirLatino · 1 Comment

10 Aug 2006

Back in June we told you about Mamita Mala’s nomination as one of REAL HOT’s 100 Hotties. Well, now, if you in the New York area you can attend a hot party honoring the hotties themselves, among them our own Maegan “la Mala” Ortiz. Here are the deets from the invite:

Join us as we celebrate the first annual REAL hot 100 and honor 100 young women from around the country who are breaking barriers, fighting stereotypes, and making a difference in their communities and the nation. These women are smart. They work for change. They are the REAL hot 100.

There will be an open bar until midnight provided by Mãe de Ouro, exhibited artwork by women artists, music provided by The Housekeeper, DJ Kwala, and performers from the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls… plus the chance to win some REAL hot prizes.

Where: KFMK Galleries, 515A West 29th Street, New York, NY

When: Saturday, August 12, 2006. 9:00 pm to 2:00 am.

Why: To support the cause of REAL hot women who are making a difference in their communities…and to meet La Mala.

Visit REALhot100’s website for more info and buy a ticket!

Mamita Mala: REAL Hot!

5:51 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Internet| VivirLatino| Women · 3 Comments

23 Jun 2006

We all knew that Mamita Mala (otherwise known as VL’s very own Maegan Ortiz) was hot, but it was high time we got some third party validation. Well, folks, that day has come, as la Mala herself has been chosen as one of the REAL hot 100.

The REAL hot 100 is:

The REAL hot 100 is a list featuring young women from around the country who are breaking barriers, fighting stereotypes, and making a difference in their communities or the nation.

This project will not only combat the popular notion that all young women have to offer is their ability to appeal to men, but it will also highlight the important — but often overlooked — work young women are doing.

That’s right, folks. Being “hot” goes way beyond the surface and our Mala is all that and a bag-o-papas. From the REAL hot 100 site:

Who is she?

Maegan Elizabeth Ortiz aka “la Mala”, 28, Rego Park, NY

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