Editor’s note: A timely re-posting of a 2013 column by Mona AlvaradoFrazier. Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editors and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily…
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Guest commentary: Latina Voices, vision and stories
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Guest commentary: No place to call your own
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Oxnard writers earn fellowship, awards
OXNARD — Two Oxnard writers received fellowships and an award from “A Room Of Her Own,” (AROHO) Foundation. Florencia Ramirez received the Gift of Freedom $5,000 award for her creative non-fiction work. Mona AlvaradoFrazier received the Courage Fellowship Award. These…
Guest commentary: Legal justice and morality
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Guest commentary: Summer Reading-Latino Lit Lista
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Commentary: Latinos and the 2013 Oscars: Mixed feelings
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Commentary: Do you want to have a heart attack?
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Commentary: The Opportunity to serve — Women in combat
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Commentary: National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
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Commentary: When grief is home for the holidays
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Commentary: Why pink makes me cringe
By Mona AlvaradoFrazier / Guest contributor It’s not Pink, the singer, that stirs up ambivalent feelings in my soul. It’s the color pink linked to October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. It’s all the pink stuff beyond the commemorative ribbons. It’s pink deodorant…