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Sep 7, 2021 · Patricia Cardoso’s ‘Real Women Have Curves’ was landmark Latina cinema, but Hollywood shut her out. Until now. Patricia Cardoso, director of “Real Women Have Curves,” photographed in...
- jessica.gelt@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Sep 22, 2022 · Based on the play of the same name by Josefina López – who co-wrote the screenplay with George LaVoo – Real Women Have Curves stars America Ferrera as Ana García, a first generation Mexican-American girl trying to find her path and identity through conflicting views with her immigrant parents.
- ‘I’m A Force to Be Reckoned With’
- 'Womanhood Is Much More Complex Than Chromosomes'
- ‘It Means Having The Choice to Be Bold and Speak Up’
- 'I Contain Multitudes'
- 'It's About Solving Impossible Problems'
- ‘Being A Woman Is Fully Badass’
- 'My Existence Is An Act of Resistance'
- ‘You Can’T Put Me in A Little Box’
- ‘Women Are Looking Inward Now More Than Ever’
- 'I'm Claiming Ownership Over My Body and My Identity'
"Being a woman to me in my past has always meant being too much. This is what I was always taught in my childhood and adolescence. Whenever someone said I was too loud or too talkative, it would hurt. ‘Too much' is no longer an insult to me; it is a sign of pride. If I am 'too much' for the world in this moment, I am just right for me as a woman. "...
"I think today we are seeing the very beginning of the acceptance that womanhood is not simply a set of body parts and functions that were never generalizable to all women anyway. That womanhood is much more complex than chromosomes or the ability to carry a baby. "As a trans woman, it took me decades to understand that, despite all outward physica...
"By the end of 2020, I will (hopefully!) be finished with my first semester of college at Barnard College of Columbia University. I’m a first-generation Chinese-American 17-year-old and one of two daughters of a single and immigrant mother. "Like the hyphen in Chinese-American, I see how my experiences are all due to the intersection of my differen...
"Aside from being a woman, I'm invisibly disabled, a writing instructor at a college, a traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor, a freelance writer, a journalist, an alcoholic, a sexual assault survivor, a sister, a daughter, a granddaughter, a cousin, and a friend. "My friends and I always joke around and say 'I contain multitudes' when someone find...
"I am the child of immigrants, fat, queer, and live with autism and mental health issues including an eating disorder. Increasingly, being a woman in 2020 is [about] solving impossible problems. Making sure my community is safe and still connected and loved. It’s about boundaries, especially as a mental health professional—giving people support wit...
"Being a woman is a really interesting experience in the modern age (and all through history, let's be real)... I think that for me, part of being a woman means standing up for the values that I hold, and trying to make sure that all of the women, even and maybe even especially those who may not intersect with my life, are able to live their lives ...
"I would say that as a woman of color, my existence is an act of resistance. Anything I do, whether I want it to be or not, is inherently political. I navigate the world knowing these things...[and] when I have an opportunity to use any privilege I have for 'good,' I take advantage of that. "For me, my job as a writer on a TV show [The Proud Family...
"I was adopted from Vietnam when I was four, and my whole family is white and we live in a town that is less than 4,000 people and predominantly white. Growing up, I was the only non-white person or Asian person at my school. It was kind of like a shock to everyone for me to be there... If you hadn’t seen me and just saw my name and that I’m from M...
"Being a woman to me in 2020 means self-awareness. I believe the uptick in diversity in terms of gender identity, sexuality, and personal identity is coming from a rise in self-awareness. Women are looking inward more now than ever and investigating all aspects of their identity. "I try to be as self-aware as possible with critical thinking—I basic...
"Being a queer femme woman has honestly been interesting to navigate... Before I had a better understanding of my sexuality, I was afraid to dress less feminine because I thought people would think I was queer, which is really just my own internalized homophobia talking. Now that I'm more comfortable with my identity, I look at clothes as an artist...
15 years later, Real Women Have Curves is still a cultural revolution. America Ferrera, George Lopez, Patricia Cardoso, more reflect on the body-positive gem. By. Joey Nolfi. Published on...
Nov 8, 2002 · Real Women Have Curves: Directed by Patricia Cardoso. With America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez. In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Patricia Cardoso
- 2002-11-08
Oct 20, 2017 · 'Real Women Have Curves': 15 Years and a Rich Legacy Later. Advertisement. 'There’s so much more to me than just my weight': Why 'Real Women Have Curves' hits home 15 years later. Natalie...
Jan 29, 2018 · ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Writer Josefina López on ‘Lady Bird’. Film. ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Writer Josefina López Says ‘Lady Bird’ Like a “White Version” of Her Film. By Mathew Rodriguez....
