Crying over Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle is making people cry. Could it be her frumpiness combined with unexpected talent that gets people? Her bushy eyebrows, dry, frizzy, gray hair, white pumps and tan colored pantyhose are endearing. She’s tapping into the feeling of success against the odds-no matter what your age or what you look like, recognition can and [...]
Hip Hop Grandma by filmmaker Cristina Ibarra
Eating Salad: Thank a Mexican
Where is 80% of our lettuce grown? In Salinas, California, known as the “salad bowl of the world.” The growers of the veggies? Mostly Mexican and of Mexican descent. Many Oaxacans these days. Off of highway 101, there are a couple of eerie larger than life size drawings of farmers, seemingly Anglo-American farmers. These [...]