Janet Jackson: A Deep Appreciation Of
i met robert on the very first day of school of the seventh grade in september 1989. i knew as soon…
Tag: family
Throwback: David Sell
Growing up, I was apart of a very small family, my household consisted of myself, two sisters and our amazing…
Throwback Thursday: Milani Varela
Picture this: Humboldt Park in Chicago, IL The year is 1993, at that time it was me, momma, dad, and…
Songs That I Loved: Mariah Carey’s “Emotions”
chyle, some of my favorite childhood memories are when my mother allowed us to skip school so we could go…
Playlist: Songs That Remind Me of My Aunts
my aunt janet kept her music cassettes on the small round table she kept in her room of the house…
twenty years and counting: for nicholas
i snapped this picture of my brother nicholas and my mother was taken on mother’s day sometime in early 1990’s.…
Mourning In My Sleep: (Re)Connecting with My Ancestors
i have been mourning in my sleep lately. my grandmother, my mother, and dear my aunts janet and carmen have…
Francix | La Vega, Dominican Republic
At the end of last year, I decided to return home to the Dominican Republic for the first time in…
The Plotwist Podcast
recently, i had the extraordinary opportunity of chatting with daniel coronado, one of the hosts of the plotwist podcast. check…
The Songs I Loved: Wilson Phillips “Impulsive”
my LOVED mother’s day. birthdays and holidays came and went without much notice but mother’s day was her day to…
The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey”
my life is a perpetual music soundtrack. i remember all of the moments – no matter how trivial or traumatic…
Ruben | Los Angeles, CA
i grew up in a latino catholic family. mexican family from puebla and we just grew up going to church.…