a Latina landed on the moon and no one noticed... The math is brutal. Latinas receive less than one-tenth of one percent of all venture capital. In beauty, seed investments of four million dollars for products like microbiome body washes, personalized makeup and reusable sheet masks are common. But how
Gap dropped its first ever Spanish-language campaign. Three minutes. No subtitles. Twenty-six mostly Latin dancers showcasing motion and product. All of it is centered around Young Miko, a Puerto Rican rapper whose track “WASSUP” has reached 159 million streams on Spotify. The tagline? Sweats like this. Directed by Bethany Vargas,
When Bad Bunny reminded us that we have four months to learn Spanish, I laughed, feeling smug because I grew up bilingual; flowing in and out of different spaces and rituals. In English I learned to be formal, logical and efficient. Spanish was for singing, dancing and feeling emotions, deeply.
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