WednesdayJune252008

Americans who live on the Mexican border are going to Mexico to buy gas now that George Bush has snorted up all the oil and driven up prices to $4 a gallon. (This is such a flashback to how...

MondayJune092008

We’re not above exploiting our new pal Rey Clarke’s incredible 52-story climb up the side of the New York Times building, obvs. And we can tell you by the amount of reporters stalking us on Facebook since we publicly...

MondayJune022008

Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, who pronounces “charmeuse” in the most interesting way possible, takes us on a little trip around Manhattan to try and figure out why it is that New Yorkers love swathing themselves in black, even into...

MondayMay122008

Sometimes cultural sensitivity is just not warranted. Like in the case of Peruvians eating guinea pig. (Hoo! Can’t wait for the irate Peruvians to come out of the woodwork for that one.) Still, in this video, touchy-feely, liberal New...

ThursdayMay082008

Some Los Angelenos are up in arms about a New York Times story from Los Angeles bureau chief Jennifer Steinhauer on the new restrictions for L.A. taco trucks that go into effect next week. According L.A. blog Metromix, (and...

TuesdayMarch252008

Researchers in London conducted a study to see whether women who identified as feminists viewed women’s bodies differently than those who did not. Their findings indicate you should probably make friends with feminists: For the study, the researchers, led...

WednesdayOctober242007

We were shocked to find, in this morning’s “Food And Wine” section of the New York Times, reporter Joe Drape spewing seditious statements in defense of Tex-Mex cuisine. “Neither the government of Mexico nor the high priests of that...

TuesdayOctober232007

Reports are coming in that half a million people are now being evacuated from the Southwestern portion of California as well as confirmation of a second casualty. As can be seen from the California governor’s wildfire web site map...

TuesdayOctober232007

There’s nothing funny (except this, oh and this) about those fires in Southern California that continued to ravage houses and thousands of acres of land, (at least 267,000 as of the latest count), for a second day yesterday. Every...

MondayOctober082007

Another day, another story of random immigration raids on the homes of legal immigrants. From the New York Times: Peggy Delarosa-Delgado, a United States citizen, Long Island homeowner and mother of three, was fast asleep when someone banged at...

MondayOctober012007

An Op-Ed article in the New York Times this morning informs us that the Census Bureau found the percentage of people living in poverty has fallen since 2005. A closer look reveals that Hispanics are uncannily one of the...

TuesdaySeptember252007

Just the other day we were talking here at Guanabee headquarters about the zero presence of Latinos in The New York Times wedding announcements. Being that they’re like the Emmy’s of wedding announcements, it’s something highly coveted by high...

MondaySeptember172007

The upper classes of Mexico have been enjoying the fruits of America’s southwestern states while simultaneously turning their noses up at its locals since the Conquistadores first raped the Indians, but somehow the New York Times is just finding...

MondayAugust272007

The above clip is a BET cartoon called “Read A Book” that uses the guise of a Public Service Announcement on the value of literacy to lampoon the misogynistic, materialistic, and gaudy aesthetic associated with rap music these days....

ThursdayAugust162007

Rather than squat over it straight outta the gates, we’ll let the “Quote of the Day” from Perez Hilton speak for itself: I gotta meet [my fellow Cubano] Perez Hilton! I love what he’s done. He’s awesome. And you...

MondayAugust132007

We all know men lie when it comes to reports of their own sexual prowess, but now the nerds at Berkeley have proven it mathematically. Apparently, contrary to what most sex surveys claim, it is statistically impossible for men...

MondayAugust062007

In the hopes of lampooning tired media practices as lovingly as Stephen Colbert does, we present you with a brief (and superficially researched) comparison of two stories covering that thing you dream about as you look out your office...

FridayAugust032007

Not too long ago, we warned you about the clumsy example of Latina empowerment rounding out the rainbow of prostitutes-in-training behind “Bratz: the Movie.” (The chica’s name is Yasmine, and guess what: she sings!) In light of the movie’s...

WednesdayAugust012007

Over the weekend, that bastion of journalistic integrity known as the New York Times and über-exposed gossip blogger Perez Hilton were just sitting in a tree. (We’ll let the darkest part of your imagination run wild with the second...

TuesdayJuly312007

It’s a little early for sex talk, (unless you’re one of those morning people, which, ew, get away from us), but don’t worry, the University of Texas is only cockteasing us with a study published this week that doesn’t...

FridayJuly202007

We were pointed to an interesting article on the issue of border security between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vt. The usual border town situation applies: sleepy communities, interdependent economies and social structures. (On one street, residents on one...

FridayJune292007

Summer’s here and it’s time for outdoor, world music concerts and White people with dreadlocks. In anticipation, the New York Times features a cutting edge trendpiece that reads like a political primer for middle-American retards: This summer, world music...

ThursdayJune282007

Just when we thought we could call it a day, the kids at Gawker publish a word we’ve never seen on their pages before: Mexican. It seems they have beef with the recent addition of Gustavo Arellano’s “¡Ask A...

ThursdayJune282007

Under the radar, on top of your world: people you should know about. If you haven’t heard of Carlos Slim Helú, odds are you don’t take our brown brother to the south seriously when it comes to business. Slim...

MondayJune252007

You hear that? It’s the sound of publishers hopping onto the Mexican gravy train with tortilla wheels; they’ve decided to take the leap now that all this immigration brouhaha is reaching unheard-of proportions in media coverage. In what we...

WednesdayJune202007

Making its Broadway debut this summer is the Blatino crowd-pleaser known as “Plátanos & Collard Greens.” The David Lamb play explores Black-Latino relations in New York and attempts to answer the age-old question, can love between Blacks and Latinos...

WednesdayJune202007

The Discovery Channel touts its hit show “Deadliest Catch” as the most dangerous job shown on television. You may think scouting the arctic waters of the Pacific looking for some crab is definitely not for the faint of heart....

MondayJune182007

A DVD review in The New York Times credits the first season of highway cop-based series CHiPs with giving us the gift of lusty Latino crime-fighter Ponch and his acting counterpart Erik Estrada, “who in 1977 was as exotic...

FridayJune152007

Today’s Fashion & Style Slideshow from The New York Times heralds the comeback of ’80s chic…again. Upon viewing it, the notion of pairing pastels with linens for the umpteenth time in our young lives sent us on a technicolor...

TuesdayJune122007

Over the weekend, a well-meaning fashion photographer for The New York Times turned his lens on Central Park to capture young Latinas at their finest—celebrating their quinceañeras with all the modesty one can muster while wearing an oversized tiara....

ThursdayJune072007

NASCAR has found a new crowd pleaser, and his name isn’t Jimmy, Ray, Bob, or Jimmy Ray Bob. In a veiled attempt to reach both rednecks and Latinos, The New York Times’ highbrow sports monthly Play released an interview...

WednesdayMay302007

The New York Times spent two pages recently claiming that even though fake tans have replaced real tans in desirability [Editor's Note: In what universe?], women are still only using fake tanner as an auxiliary to the very dangerous...

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