Last month was Latin Month or #Latinidad at @TinyDeskConcerts
Two mentions that stick to me

Silvana Estrada, mexican songs from and with the heart. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/g-s1-92211/silvana-estrada-tiny-desk-concert

#Chuwi, Puerto Rican band that mixes a lot of styles to songs with a message. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/25/g-s1-77936/chuwi-tiny-desk-concert

At my high school, we were required to have regular meetings with the college counselor starting in junior year. They would get more intense as the clock ticked toward senior year college application season, but the first meeting was a get-to-know-you. Couselors would get a sense of your goals, and start to get the ground ready by making a connection between our current […]

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At my high school, we were required to have regular meetings with the college counselor starting in junior year. They would get more intense as the clock ticked toward senior year college applicati…

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How Crossing the Texas-Mexico Border in the 1980s Led to a Trans-Atlantic Musical Awakening

A Latino writes on how British post-punk new wave music and its gender-ambiguous heroes shaped his life and Latinx culture

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I have nothing against the usage of the term #Latinx if that is how one identifies. This term is useful in queer circles within the #Latinidad and nothing anyone can say will ever nullify that. The problem is when it's forcefully placed on people who don't identify as such.

Being called Latinx myself is just a whatever thing; I prefer #Latine.

Should've seen the look I gave when someone who is NOT a Spanish speaker say Bad Bunny is pure vulgarity. 😑

Nena, if you don't understand what he's saying, please refrain from having an opinion. You sound like the abuelas swearing up & down que all rap music es malo.

You need to 🤫.

#Latinidad #BadBunny

My non-white family:

On the one hand, they wage a culture war against us, trying to make us disappear.

On the other, they try to appropriate our culture and our cool—and our coolness comes from being marginalized.

#Latine #Latinidad #appropriation #HotCheetoGirl #Cool #CultureWar

TikTok and popular music are co-opting Latinx culture : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/1135893640/how-latin-identity-became-fodder-for-content

How Latin identity became fodder for content

From TikTok trends to mainstream music, popular culture is embracing — and mimicking — Latinos, with some creators actually pretending to be Latinx for social cachet.

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Omar Ruiz-Lopez of Violet Bell discusses his approach to identity on episode 6 of the Rainbow Rodeo podcast.

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Disability, Race, and “The Shape of Water” – Charlie Spiegel – Medium

When I was fifteen years old, my uncle took me to see Pacific Rim in theatres. I was just getting into science fiction, and I was over the…