Hisplaining
Latino moms always tell you to take a jacket, even at 90 degrees. Risk perception and caregiving instincts explain why the jacket was never about the weather.
A lighthearted look at the honorary aunts, uncles, and family friends who earn a permanent seat at the table—no DNA required
Soccer only lasts ninety minutes. Surviving the match with your Latino family—the blame, the negotiations, the snack runs—is the real full-contact sport.
Soccer is a sport. Fútbol is memory, identity, inheritance, and group therapy without a licensed moderator. Hisplaining kicks off its World Cup series.
“Well, we should probably get going.” That’s a lie. Nobody’s leaving yet. This week’s Hisplaining breaks down the ritual, the psychology, and the beauty of the Latino goodbye.
For Latina moms, “Have you eaten?” is never really a question. It’s care, observation, and an entire action plan — all in three words. This week’s Hisplaining.
Every Latino kid has done it — fallen asleep between two chairs at a family party. It’s not uncomfortable. It’s a window into how we belong.
Yehudit Mam hisplains the difference between popular cuisines in the US and Latin America, which boils down to culture and cost
Jessica Solt knows that making friends can be a tough skill. In her latest column, she details the unique ways she’s expanded her social circle.
Jessica Solt hisplains the woes of watching your carefully laid plans for a bilingual child go out the window once they hit grade school
In her inaugural column, writer Jessica Solt hisplains how an impulse to cook tamales gave her a new creative outlet while her advertising career takes an unexpected hiatus
How come machista Latin American countries have had several female heads of state but the US has none? Yehudit Mam Hisplains this headscratcher.
In her inaugural column, Yehudit Mam breaks down the world of crypto, how it works, and when it’s time for skepticism
Laura Martínez shares her family’s philosophy on financial savings, what puts Latinos on the wrong side of the wealth gap, and how it’s time for a change
Laura Martinez celebrates this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month from Mexico and breaks down the order of festivities as well as what’s actually being celebrated in her home country
Laura Martinez solves the “mystery” of VP Kamala Harris’s ethnic background, clears up what it actually means to be multiracial, and explains why racist haters should give it a rest
To celebrate the warm weather season, Laura Martínez breaks down the multipurpose chancla, beloved by fashionistas and angry mom alike
It’s that time again—Democrats and Republicans alike are rediscovering that Latinos hold the key to winning the White House for the next four years
A pocket guide to the colorful—and complex—uses of the word madre in Mexican Spanish. ¡Ándale!
Confessions of a self-sabotaging Latina writer. Laura Martínez unpacks the lack of female empowerment amidst the growing gender pay gap.
In which Laura Martínez navigates how to keep up—and debunk—the fake news in (the many) family WhatsApp chats