Is Disney’s First Latina Princess ‘Latina Enough’?

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*UPDATES BELOW – PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE* Today I was wandering around on Facebook as usual and I came across a post about Disney’s first Latina princess.  If you haven’t heard yet, here’s a quick video preview of the show, Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess: Disney’s First Latina Princess – Is She [...]

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The Amazing Spider-Man – Are you going?

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The Amazing Spider-Man – Are you going? There is a new Spider-Man coming out in theaters July 3 and I’m interested to see how this one plays out.  From the trailers available on YouTube, it seems to me that they’ve included more of Spider-Man’s humanity and cockiness in this film…something I’m looking forward to. I [...]

A New Deals Site for Multicultural Families!

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Multicultural Familia™ Launches New Deals Site for Multicultural Families   Sioux Falls, SD – January 30th, 2012 – Multicultural Familia™ has launched a new deals site for multicultural families.  The aim of the site is to highlight businesses and organizations that offer products and services that meet the needs of a growing online multicultural [...]

Simply Done, Well Done by Aaron McCargo, Jr. {GIVEAWAY}

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Photography by Lucy Schaeffer {cover, stuffed pork chops p 137}   Welcome to day one of my blog anniversary party!  Happy Monday!  :) Today, I wanted to share with you an awesome cookbook that I received recently and love!  My husband and I are huge fans of Aaron McCargo Jr., one of the few cooks that we [...]

Racism Film Recommendation {Multicultural Familia}

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Image via pbs.org   Slavery and the Making of America One of the best films series I’ve probably ever seen, I think this is the ultimate disc series to give the avid anti-racist.  There is a wealth of information here that few films can match.  Between historic and social elements in these films, you’re sure to come out of [...]

“Mars Needs Moms” = Anti-Feminist Propaganda {For Kids?}

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  “Mars Needs Moms” = Anti-Feminist Propaganda {For Kids?} My husband went searching Redbox (a last alternative) to find a movie to watch for Thanksgiving tonight and he picked up “Mars Needs Moms”, a Disney film that circulated widely this past year.  We were hopeful that since the title included “moms” that it would be [...]

Biracial Spider-Man: Bye Bye Peter Parker, Hello Miles Morales!

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A New Biracial Spider-Man! Ok, there’s been quite a buzz lately about the new Spider-man and some are excited, but many are wondering, why didn’t Marvel just create a new Black super hero or a Latino super hero, and why mixed?  Why Spider-man?  For me, it’s pretty obvious, and it’s not all about marketing, although I’m sure that factored [...]