SPAM Wants you to Give Taco Night a Kick in the Maracas
There is nothing more satisfying than lying down on your sofa with People en español a good piece of literature and come face to face with the improbable: A two-page commercial for SPAM jalapeño,...
View ArticleMakes me Want to Think Twice about that Chicken Tuscan Sandwich
Swagger Mexico’s story on Charity Pierce, the world’s heaviest woman, is proudly brought to you by Wendy’s and McDonald’s. Photo: Screenshot by Laura Martínez
View ArticleThursday is National Tequila Day, and Some Flak Wants me to Drink Jenni...
As if living in the U.S. weren’t hard enough, one has to keep track of all these national food and drink holidays, which are a lot, believe me. There’s National Vodka and Taco Day; National Tortilla...
View ArticleAre you Ready for Some Latino-Inspired Online Shopping?
Awwww, the Internet is full of wonderful things, isn’t it? Take the growing crop of Latino-inspired products you can now buy online, promising you to hold onto our Hispanicness by acquiring...
View Article‘Bean Bang Theory’ Concludes: It’s Colombia not Columbia
At least it acknowledges it’s Colombia, not Columbia I have no idea how much money the Colombian government has put into its latest coffee campaign, but their creatives could use a little help. Besides...
View ArticleTWA Once Offered ‘Foreign Accent’ Flights; Alas, not ‘Hispanic’
“All in all, TWA’s new ‘Foreign Accent’ flights bring you […] foreign music. Foreign magazines and newspapers. Foreign touches all around.” Unfortunately, none of this included us, *the* Hispanics, so...
View ArticleHey, Gringo, Get Ready to Print your Own Cinco de Mayo Kit!
Let’s print some guacamole containers, shall we? Cinco de Mayo (aka this blogger’s favorite faux holiday) is just around the corner, and this year — with the explosion of Twitter, Snapchat, Periscope,...
View ArticleCinco de Mayo: America’s Stupidest Holiday Is Almost Here!
Americans: How can anyone not like them? Awwww, Cinco de Mayo. No matter how many bizarre holidays Americans come up with, Cinco de Mayo will forever be my favorite one. And not only because it’s an...
View ArticleKickin’ Chicken Taco Pringles: Possibly the Only Thing Worse than Pringles...
As spotted in a bodega on 28th & Lexington Not content with giving us the Mexican-themed, culturally relevant Tortillas Crisps, Pringles is at it again, this time with a chicken taco chip thing...
View ArticleToday I Learned Why Procter & Gamble Will Never Consider Me a Powerful Latina
Click on the photo (above) to read more about the science behind this ranking, in which this blogger is — surprisingly — nowhere to be found. Via: Sheyene Gerardi
View Article‘Hispanic Santa’ Wears Sombrero, Whacks a Piñata
Marketers are one audacious bunch. Take the people of Festified Holiday Clothing, who took some time Sunday evening to send this blogger a sales pitch for their upcoming Feliz Navidad sweater line,...
View ArticleLatinos in the USA: Ruining Multimillion-Dollar Marketing Efforts one Brand...
Photo: Laura Martínez (Harlem)
View ArticleBud Light Banner Ad in Spanish Features Amy Schumer, Seth Rogen and Bad Grammar
Dear people of Budweiser: While I appreciate your efforts to peddle bad, watery beer to my people (i.e. The Hispanics,) your advertising agency would be well-advised to plunk down a few pesitos to hire...
View ArticleThis Coffee Shop Will Be Making ‘Margarita Doughnuts’ on Cinco de Mayo…...
It’s a full seven days before May 5th, but the marketing nonsense around the American festivity known as Cinco de Mayo is in full swing. Take Kane’s Donuts, an “iconic Massachusetts doughnut shop,”...
View ArticleTwo Apparently Nice Ladies Want you to Cover Your Pet’s A-Hole with a Talking...
Speaking of pussy assholes, a duo of advertising ladies are launching the Trump Hole Covers, some sort of weird device to cover your pet’s a-hole with a talking Donald Trump — because the world has...
View ArticleAlicia Machado Moves On: Launches Male Fragrance, Develops Extra Limbs,...
What’s with the extra arm? Anybody? Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who this year jumped to non-Hispanic fame after confessing to having being called horrible things like Miss Piggy and Miss...
View ArticleThis Gringo Is so Mexican, He Drinks Victoria Beer
There is nothing that annoys me more than Americans thinking they know Mexico and Mexican culture because they like to drink Corona beer. Fortunately, there’s one gringo who knows there are...
View ArticleThis Beer Features Donald Trump Wearing a Mariachi Hat and a Swastika Belt...
No, I don’t feel like buying/drinking this thing People have got to stop doing this. According to my sources (i.e. the World Wide Web) Mexican and U.S. brewers have gotten together to reinvent Donald...
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