The feminine “ruidosa” means “noisy” in Spanish—and the feminist collective of the same name is earning its stripes by ringing the alarm about sexism in the Latinx music scene.
Author: Mariela Santos
Mariela Santos is a writer whose work has appeared on websites including Huffington Post Women and Women's iLab. She has an M.A. in International Relations and International Communications from Boston University, and sometimes tweets from @WMNSportsWorld.
Six Women Leading Nations Around the World
These six women would be peers of a President Hillary Clinton on the world stage.
Hollywood’s Diversity Problem Leaves Latinas Erased and Stereotyped
As we challenge the film industry’s sexism, we need to do more to center one of the often underrepresented and misrepresented communities of women in the industry: Latinas.
Can’t Hold Us Down: Women Who Have Shaped the Tech World
Too often, history focuses on the contributions of men and not women, especially when their accomplishments are made in a traditionally male-dominated field. The tech workforce is a field in which women have made […]