At Guadalupe’s Feet
December 9th, 2025 | by Kris Ann Valdez
We lose part of our heritage and identity simply by not knowing the ancestral stories omitted, secrets held, and histories lost and forgotten
Browsing the "Mexico" Tag
Between Alma and Belén—On Identity and Journeys Home
February 23rd, 2017 | by Leticia Del Toro
I had not visited my father’s family in Mexico in twenty-one years. In my youth, it was an annual trip.
Sarah Maria Medina on THE SEASON OF EARTHQUAKES
July 7th, 2016 | by Sarah Maria Medina
Sound like gunfire pops through night—the cathedral letting off fireworks. When I wake, I pull clumps of mud from my
Ask A MUTHA: My Nephew Likes to Wear Nail Polish
June 25th, 2014 | by Mutha Magazine
Hi Mutha Magazine, My nephew (who is more or less like a son to me) likes to wear nail polish;
Sarah Maria Medina REFLECTS ON SINGLE MOTHERHOOD
June 5th, 2014 | by Sarah Maria Medina
No one told you how hard this would be. That after the softness you would begin to mourn your former
MUTHA Interviews BONFIRE MADIGAN SHIVE
May 12th, 2014 | by Nina Packebush
Mutha recently had the opportunity to sit down with Bonfire Madigan Shive, original Riot Grrrl, radical mental health activist, founding
HIBISCUS: Sarah Maria Medina on Longing
January 30th, 2014 | by Sarah Maria Medina
Before I knew I was pregnant with my daughter, I dreamed about her one night while I was still in
Sarah Maria Medina and Linda R. Enter the Land of (In)Fertility: An Interview
October 22nd, 2013 | by Sarah Maria Medina
The heavy gray clouds are rolling in over the rooftops of San Cristobal de Las Casas. I watch them from
SARAH MARIA MEDINA Wants Her Magical Placenta Pills Back
October 2nd, 2013 | by Sarah Maria Medina
It has been so rainy, indefinitely rainy, since the hurricanes have begun passing through our mountain town that I often
SARAH MARIA MEDINA Seeks Various Remedies: On Writing and Mothering Across the Border
September 17th, 2013 | by Sarah Maria Medina
In my early twenties I worked in the clubs, put myself through college, and only dated women. The end of