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Confessions of A Happy Catholic
I seldom write about (my) religion but really wanted to in light of the Pope’s recent visit + another blogger’s own great post on her Catholicism story. Today’s post was inspired by another from a fave blogger of mine, Taylor of The Daily Tay’s My History With The Catholic Church. In it she details how…
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Political Correctness And Biases Are Hurting Hispanics
When it comes to political correctness, I’m more on the “Who cares?” side. Sometimes, I do expect a little courtesy and don’t want to offend, but for the most part, it’s mostly “Meh!” Like that woman who made a video in which she was allegedly fat shaming others? Sorry not sorry but she said what…
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Can You Ace This Short Citizenship Exam? (Do All “Americans” Suck At It?)
Random articles online show U.S.-born Americans suck at taking the Exam. But documented immigrants/potential naturalized citizens studied to take it, so the “gap” isn’t that great.
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Colombians & Our Novena
Most of us know what Hanukkah is and what its eight days and what not. But have you ever wondered if other faiths/countries have their own special holiday traditions that go on for DAYS? My culture is a prime example of that. As Colombians, we pray what’s known as “La Novena” (i.e., “The Ninth” if…
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Check Out Other Countries’ Yummy Holiday Foods!
I have an idea for you all: Let’s eat new things this holiday season! Christmas will be in JUST a couple weeks (I can’t believe it either!) and I bet you’ll be the star of every get-together if you bring something that’s out of the ordinary–especially if it’s from another country!
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MOST Latinas Are Neither Maids Nor Wh*res In The Making
[SEP 2013 UPDATE: Watched the first episode of Devious Maids and couldn’t wait for it to be over. Needless to say, I stopped watching. I also just found out season 2’s coming back next year and now wonder WHY IN THE WORLD would Lifetime cancel Army Wives but then renew this shiz.] Latinas have a LOT…
