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This woman is a gem of a talent. Her acting is visceral, palpable, but most importantly, real. Her portrayal of Tina Marrero in The Bear feels more like you're watching a documentary of a real person than some one-dimensional sketch of a Spanish caricature. I am so freaking elated she's the first Latina to win a Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her performance on this show. She's a force of nature and makes me proud to be a Latina 💛
Sep 17, 2024
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The life of spanish trans icon: Cristina La Veneno which was filled with beauty, drugs & sadness. This series genuinely changed my life, I’ve cried so many times watching it and it showed me a story of a woman who deserved better. With a huge cast of trans women, it just made the experience of watching feel correct. It feels great to know that we’ve moved from the era of cis-women playing trans women on TV to trans women telling trans women’s stories. Such a beautifully shot series, beautiful story telling and gut wrenching in the end. I whole heartedly believe that every and any person should watch it. Spanish speaking person or not, I feel like you can learn a lot from this series and truly came back from it with a new perspective into things. PLS WATCH IT.
Jan 24, 2024
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pls pls pls watch - explores female friendship/sisters and dealing with trauma and is so incredible. lisa hanawalt's art also just makes me so happy
Apr 22, 2024
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Kate del Castillo in the narco-epic that made el chapo himself fall in love with her. I think it’s on Netflix
Apr 18, 2024
Top Recs from @verygoodvalentina
I adore finding a random video from like 2005 and reading through the comments the way a historian would examine an old manuscript from the 1700s. Are these people still active YouTube users? Or are they forgotten accounts? What did @jjlwis mean by "awww im gonna miss rob too!!!" ? Who even is Rob?? Anthropology in the digital age... so many questions... it's fascinating.
The important thing for me is not to add new comments. I feel like I'm disturbing an old archeological dig site and my sticky modern commentary will make the video crumble away into oblivion. More importantly, I don't want the algorithm to suggest the video to a bunch of people who will spam the comments section– major yuck 🤢
Jan 25, 2024
early 80s to early 2000s truck models are the perfect sizes imo. current trucks are transformer-sized behemoths that could easily crush normal vehicles into smithereens upon impact and i legit don’t know how those things are even street-legal. also, idk if it’s their design, reliability or the nostalgia factor per-se, but there’s a certain sazón those older trucks have that newer ones don’t.
2024 Ford F-150? 🤮🤢
1980 Ford F-150? 🫦🫦
Feb 9, 2025
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with social media being this pervasive entity that has weeded its way into our daily routines for the past 20ish years (plus a global pandemic that really solidified those habits), many young adults today have spent a large amount of their lives living online. it has become the new norm and i’m not gonna pretend i’m above any of this because it’s so easy to fall into it (i am literally writing this rec on my phone whilst it’s a perfectly sunny day that i should probably go out to enjoy).
with that being said, in the larger scheme of life, being in your 20s is still in a weird way the beginning stages of your life. it’s a period to try new things, make mistakes, learn from them and develop an identity that’s independent from the environment and people who raised you. though you can learn to do some of those things online, they don’t hold a candle to actually experiencing those things for yourself in real life.
all in all, the best way to not sleep thru your 20s is to prioritize in-person experiences that allow you to get a better understanding of yourself and your values. whether that be getting your first tattoo, moving to a new city or country, exploring your personal style or taking up hobbies you couldn’t or would‘ve never done as a kid, this is an important formative time to venture out and get a sense of who you truly are.
Sep 30, 2024