Puebla, Mexico has introduced a new means of transportation for women who don’t feel comfortable or safe taking public transportation or trusting male cab drivers. But will they still smell like ass cheese and Franzia?
8 October 2009
15 September 2009
Spanish Press Slams Italian PM Berlusconi For His Negative Remarks About Female Politicians
By Alex Alvarez at 9:00 AM.
Why do we get the distinct impression that Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi would be really excited at the prospect of getting slammed by the Spanish press?
11 September 2009
Our Top 5 Favorite Older Women Who Redefine What It Means To Be “Viejita”
By Alex Alvarez at 1:05 PM.
We’re taught that, when women reach a certain age, they are to quietly fade into the background. But why can’t we work, have fun, drink copiously AND yell at neighbor kids? Thankfully, pop culture has given us some role models to help us grow into the sort of women we want to be.
2 September 2009
Ella Es El Matador Takes A Look At Female Bullfighters
By Alex Alvarez at 2:46 PM.
Yesterday marked the PBS premiere of Ella Es El Matador, a documentary about female bullfighters that focused primarily on the experiences of seasoned matador Mari Paz Vega and newcomer Eva Florencia.
Ella Es El Matador Takes A Look At Female Bullfighters
By Alex Alvarez at 2:46 PM.
Yesterday marked the PBS premiere of Ella Es El Matador, a documentary about female bullfighters that focused primarily on the experiences of seasoned matador Mari Paz Vega and newcomer Eva Florencia.
12 August 2009
10 August 2009
24 July 2009
Zoe Saldana Leads The Charge Of Women At Comic-Con
By Alex Alvarez at 9:00 AM.
Zoe Saldana, of Star Trek fame and, eventually, of Avatar, was on hand along with a select group of other women - including Sigourney Weaver - to lead a talk on the role of heroines in pop culture.
4 May 2009
“A Dressed Up Delivery” Kit May Prove Useful To Some Latinas
By Alex Alvarez at 4:00 PM.
Luckily, women no longer have to give birth like in the dark ages or in third world countries thanks to “A Dressed Up Delivery” - a fun, useful kit that contains all the essentials for giving birth, fabulously
26 March 2009
Peruvian Luciana Leon Tops World’s Most Beautiful Politicians List
By Alex Alvarez at 10:27 AM.
Peruvian congresswoman Luciana Leon tops a list of “The World’s Most Beautiful Female Polticians,” an honor (?) decided by Spanish paper 20 Minutos. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Spanish women dominate the list with five nominees - Cayetana Alvarez, Carme Chacon, Bibiana Aido, Soraya Saenz and Monica Lorente Ramon.
17 March 2009
Meet The New Dora The Explorer
By Alex Alvarez at 11:00 AM.
Yup, here she is. After all the “teasing” that the new, hot, femme Dora wouldn’t be revealed until Fall, she’s here before Spring. The new Dora is taller, slimmer and little older and has long, flowing hair. Gone are the bowl cut, bermuda shorts and chubby cheeks.
5 March 2009
Narco Girls: Behind Every Successful Narcotraficante, There’s A Hot Lady
By Alex Alvarez at 10:37 AM.
Colombian actress Sofia Vergara has been rumored to have, at one point, been involved with a Colombian narcotraficante. If it’s true, she could be one in a long line of comely women - real and fictional - involved with ugly drug lords…
12 February 2009
Watchando: Is A Pretty Woman Who Makes Terrible Coffee
By Alex Alvarez at 1:49 PM.
8 TV ads that hate women.
[Cracked]
Mandy Moore is engaged to Ryan Adams. Condolences / Congrats.
[E! Online]
4 February 2009
The Carrie Bradshaw Syndrome, Or, Why Sex Writing Is A Quick Way For Women To Get Ahead
By Alex Alvarez at 12:12 PM.
A friend of ours recently Twittered (All the cool kids are doing it. And even some uncool ones.) about this article, and it immediately got our attention, distracting us from our daily mid-morning orgy. Why does sex writing seem like a relatively quick and easy way for women to get ahead in journalism? Paco and [...]
27 January 2009
Rosario Dawson Proves The Sexy/Smart Divide Is A Myth
By Alex Alvarez at 2:06 PM.
Rosario Dawson’s excerpts from her Esquire magazine photoshoot got us thinking about, of all people, Jessica Alba. (Who are we kidding. We’re constantly thinking about Jessica Alba.)
