Lola Rosario

1 week ago | goodmenproject.com | Lola Rosario

We’d been here before. What started as a calm conversation on a disagreement of where our romance was headed soon turned into a violent outburst. Right before slamming the wooden door behind him, he growled —You’ll never find anyone who will love you as much as I did. Then, about 15 seconds later, I heard the crash of his painting, the same one that had graced my dining room wall for the past two years. The frame was slightly broken.

1 month ago | whateverlolawrites.medium.com | Lola Rosario

CONNECTION | LOLA’S LINES Even when times get rough, I’m grateful to be alive! You might be wondering, “Who describes their life as fabulous?” With all the atrocities in the world: femicides continuing here in Borikén (as well as other parts of the world, particularly in Latin American countries), genocides in Sudan, South Sudan, Palestine, government corruption (too many to list), hunger still not eradicated on the planet, China continues to oppress the Uyghurs, Tibetans, Nepalese, religious...

2 months ago | prismreports.org | Lola Rosario

Thirteen days after Hurricane María ravaged our tiny archipelago Puerto Rico, a different kind of disaster made landfall: Donald Trump. At a San Juan church on Oct. 3, 2017, the president, then in his first term, tossed paper towels to a cheering crowd of fanatics. It was like a scene out of a bad comedy, except there was nothing funny about the deadly aftermath of the infamous Category 4 storm.

2 months ago | medium.com | Lola Rosario

Women are powerful and dangerous. ~ Audre Lourde, Writer, Poet, Philosopher, Warrior“Go to school, get a good job, and always have your own money. Never depend on a man for anything.” I was in my late teens when mami first offered her advice. As the only daughter — middle child straddled by her two sons, plus the reality she had finally walked out on her abusive former husband — she wanted me to fully grasp the significance of her words.

2 months ago | medium.com | Lola Rosario

FILM REVIEW | GALICIABecause, doesn’t true love live forever? French novelist and literary critic, Marcel Proust once wrote, “Love is space and time measured by the heart.” For me, this sentiment persisted throughout El secreto del orfebre (The Goldsmith’s Secret in English), the Spanish adaptation of Elia Barceló’s acclaimed novel of the same name. But there’s more here.