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Frida Garza
fridagarza
Senior Writer, Jezebel

I liked tankinis! As a former fat kid, they helped me with my lingering self esteem issues. When I was an actual fat kid, I wore one pieces with skirts attached :/ Read more

Frida.......thank you for the early 00s war flashbacks. Nothing like revisiting what I wore from 4th grade to 8th grade. I’m gonna wear a tankini with a squort in this post’s honor. Read more

Selfish

“I feel like my whole life is a question,” I declared dramatically to a group of strangers one night in early June,

Hope he finds a way to have her wages garnisheed. But she’s probably skipped the country, back to Hong Kong or the mainland to avoid the payback. Read more

Liz and Leslie would HATE each other. Liz would get so annoyed by Leslie’s earnestness (a Kenneth who accomplishes things). Leslie would hate Liz’s cynicism and apathy under a veneer of caring. Read more

“Of course, we all know the heartbreaking story that follows...”

I mean, there is much to be said about what names we call our ethnic studies classes. When I was in high school, our course was Mexican-American studies, in college it was Raza studies, then Latin@ studies, and I’m sure it’s something like Latinx Studies now that I’m a few years out of uni. And I think that even in Read more

Um...I’m confused and have one further question...

Aside from the ridiculously verbose nature; what exactly is the difference between:
“Mexican-American Studies”
and
“Ethnic Studies: An Overview of Americans of Mexican Descent”

How are those not synonymous?

Also...and I know I’m *really reaching* when it comes to Texas Read more

The existence of moonshiners in east Texas doesn’t make it an ethnicity. Grow up. Read more