Gendered Borders: Latinas and Globalization

Pretty spot on evaluation. Except I have to add Madonna’s song La Isla Bonita, with incorrect references to samba, exoticized stereotypes and butchered Spanish makes me want to get violent and punch people in the piñata for considering it remotely having to do with “authentic Latino-ness.” -MC

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In one of the episode’s more bizarre moments, Matthew Morrison’s character performed an Elvis song dressed as a bullfighter. (Photo: Facebook)

By MIGUEL TAMAYO
Channel: Entertainment 

That was weird. Very weird.

I don’t really think of myself as an easily-offended person, nor am I particularly sensitive to Hollywood’s tendency to stereotype or over-generalize, but as I sat in front of my TV watching the latest episode of Glee, I couldn’t help but wonder what the hell the writers were doing. Was I supposed to be angry, proud, embarrassed, grateful — all of the above? By the end of the episode, the only emotion I felt was pure, unadulterated confusion.

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