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It was not until my twenties that I questioned why we went all out with celebrating someone so distant to our mejicano reality.
Shishmaref, also known as Kigiqtaq, is situated on a tiny barrier island on the Chukchi Sea, only a hundred miles east of Russia.
For over half a century, Ko-Thi has honored both age-old traditions and modern African cultures.
Despite a long history of lesbian-identifying and trans-masculine individuals who used masculinity for artistic performance, today’s representation of the drag king show arose only in the 1990s.
September 11, 2001, was catalytic in shifting how I thought about the impact of artists and the utility of artistic labor.
Doctors told my grandmother that her children were not to be taught to use sign language, that this would impair their cognitive function and prevent them from becoming “full” members of society.
Pivoting, Adapting, Improvising, and Reinventing: Experiencing Cultural Practices in the Time of COVID-19
As the public health crisis continued in 2021, Goucher College students documented the creativity they experienced in celebrations, meet-ups among friends and family, and rites of passage in their own lives.
Mexican and Black hip-hop culture live side by side in many Los Angeles neighborhoods, although sometimes our music gets along better than we do.
Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. We publish stories about music, food, craft, language, celebrations, activism, and the individuals and communities who sustain these traditions.