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Intervenxions is an online publication of TLP that features original writings, criticism, and interviews exploring contemporary Latinx Art, Politics, & Culture.
Victor Hernández Cruz’s Tropicalizing, Circular Migration
Breaking the Internet with J.LO
Understanding J.Lo’s rise to stardom and post-9/11 U.S. anxiety around national security through the lens of surveillance aesthetics and symbolic colonization.
Pepe Flores is en la casa
The longtime Loisaida resident’s new community space provides an informal hub for arts and culture, including an extensive Latin music vinyl record collection.
“I’m A Mother, and I’m a Mother”: A Eulogy for Evelina, The Hell Lady of the Bronx
Commemorating the centennial of beloved Puerto Rican activist, organizer, and educator, Dr. Evelina López Antonetty.
Seeds of Colonialism: Ohio Forces in Puerto Rico
A look at the many historical connections between the state of Ohio and the island of Puerto Rico following U.S. annexation in 1898.
The Drumbeat, la ciudad y la Descarga: The Plurality of Willie Perdomo’s “The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon”
The plurality of Perdomo’s work demands that readers see New York and Puerto Rico coexisting as transnational, bringing the drumbeat of academic Angel Quintero Rivera’s concept of salsa as “música contestaría” to the barrio, where his and other poets’ voices become el tambor that breaks the silence of the struggle for identity.
Shellyne Rodriguez and Danielle De Jesus: Siempre en la calle [REVIEW]
The two-person exhibition at Calderón Gallery in Manhattan features recent works that reflect working-class life in New York City.
Art as Political Education: A Conversation with Nitza Tufiño
A founding member of Taller Boricua reflects on the relationship between art and political education as the famed New York City print shop celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new exhibition at El Museo del Barrio.
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Arts & Community
Queer Studies
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Afro-Latinx Studies
Alford’s clarity about the relevance of Blackness to Latinx identity serves as a balm for feeling invisible to raceless Latina authors.
The ‘NEGRITA’ doc uses the racial descriptor as an entry point to discuss the lasting effects of colonialism in Latin America, the Caribbean, and its diasporas
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