Adelante Magazine

Feb 29, 2024 | adelantemagazine.com | Laura Moreno

By Laura MorenoIn this current moment in history, K. Allison Hammer’s new academic tome “Masculinity in Transition” provides, a “vision of gender justice in a time of selective care and empathy.”The book grew out of Jack Halberstam’s book “Female Masculinity,” and addresses both patriarchy in the real world, and gender as ideology.

Feb 29, 2024 | adelantemagazine.com | Laura Moreno

By: Laura Moreno“Frida” is the incredible true story of 20th century Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), told from the artist’s own perspective. Voiced by Fernanda Echeverría del Rivero as Kahlo, the film is based on primary sources including Kahlo’s personal illustrated diaries, essays, and print interviews punctuated with rare archival footage. Although “Frida” is a documentary, it has the pitch-perfect emotional feel and slick editing of a narrative film.

Feb 29, 2024 | adelantemagazine.com | Laura Moreno

By Laura MorenoTo this day, Cary Grant is the man many men aspire to be. Articles still appear offering advice on how to dress like him, be self-assured and charming like him, and even do your hair like his. His version of masculinity is as nuanced as his acting performances: “Sexy but never brutish. Graceful without being delicate, and dashingly handsome, suave and sophisticated,” according to press notes that accompany the new four-part miniseries. “I’m not Cary Grant.

Nov 30, 2023 | adelantemagazine.com | Laura Moreno

By Laura Moreno“”Two Dykes and a Mic” is the hit podcast created by stand-up comedians and best friends McKenzie Goodwin and Rachel Scanlon. Their magnetic chemistry and quick wit have propelled Goodwin and Scanlon to the top of the charts as their LGBTQ audience continues to grow. Hilariously funny, insightful, and full of heart, the duo dish up the latest on sex, love, and middle-aged actresses among many other fascinating topics.

Sep 30, 2023 | adelantemagazine.com | Laura Moreno

By: Laura MorenoWith a well-earned reputation as a fearless, sensitive, extremely intelligent, intuitive writer, Ana Castillo possesses a combination of traits that enable her to instinctively ask the right questions to reach core truths. So much so that the Tucson United Schools banned two of Castillo’s books (“So Far From God” and “Loverboys”) along with Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.”Great books spur readers to grow and discover truths for themselves.