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Under the cut you will find the list of everyone’s costumes as well as lists for the couples romantic and platonic. The voting for the costume contest this year will be done here. We ask that you choose your top 5 favorites in each category but then rank the order in which you’d rate them in the ‘other’ option. If you’ve got any questions about how that works, do not hesitate to ask us. The ranking per usual goes five points for first place, four points for second and so on so please put your votes in order accordingly. Please vote before the 10th of November as we will be announcing the winners from that point onward before the end of the event. If we have missed any contestants/costumes on any of the lists please shoot us a message so we can fix that !! 

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Aaron Hale - Werewolf

Adeline Mulciber - Harley Quinn (DC)

Alastair Watson - Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)

Alessandra Macnair - Roxie Hart (Chicago)

Alexus Callahan - Spider

Alice Longbottom II - Woody (Toy Story/Pixar)

Alison Wood - Glinda (Wicked)

Andromeda Marshall - Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice)

Aryana Robins - Layla El-Faouly/Scarlet Scarab (Marvel)

Ariella Belefleur - Lizzie McGuire (The Lizzie McGuire Movie)

Astrid Mendez - Betty Boop

Auden Wilkes - Charlie Spring (Heartstopper)

August Fawley - Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Aurora Claremont - Alex (Totally Spies)

Axel Wolffe - Waving Inflatable Tube Guy

Beatriz Calderon-Boot - Kuzco (Emperor’s New Groove)

Benjamin Ollivander - Pirate

Bentley Lockhart - Superman (DC)

Briar Bellchant - Evil Queen

Caleb Cresswell - 70s Vision (Marvel)

Camille McGonagall - Alice (Alice in Wonderland)

Casey Abrams - Lady (Lady and the Tramp/Disney)

Cassius Cresswell - Thor (Marvel)

Cedrella Weasley II - Sam (Totally Spies)

Charlotte Watson - Emily the Corpse Bride (Corpse Bride)

Chloé Bonaccord - Britney Spears

Clara Arquette - Catwoman (DC)

Clementine Delacour-Laurent - Shuri/Black Panther (Marvel)

Colm McCarthy - Darth Vader (Star Wars)

Cynthia Clearwater - Elphaba (Wicked)

Cyrus Clearwater - Steve (Blue’s Clues)

Damien Launier - Milo Thatch (Atlantis/Disney)

Delilah Hartwell - Spider-Gwen (Marvel)

Diana Rosier - Scarecrow

Dominique Weasley - She-Ra/Adora

Edward Lupin - Doris the Ugly Stepsister (Shrek)

Elara Macmillan-Bones - Cotton Candy

Elena Flores - Bride of Frankenstein

Elias Hopkirk- Linguini (Ratatouille/Disney)

Elijah Westenberg - Frankenstein’s Monster

Erin McCormack - Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

Evan Parkinson - Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Evangeline Pickering - Sharpay Evans (High School Musical/Disney Channel)

Evelyn Moon - Stain Glass Window

Ezra Broadmoor - Mafia/Mob Boss

Finnley Wood - Ash (Fantastic Mr. Fox)

Francesca Zabini - Yip Yip (Sesame Street)

Frank Longbottom II - Tramp (Lady and the Tramp/Disney)

Frederick Hayes - Kida (Atlantis/Disney)

Freya MacDougal - Harley Quinn (DC)

Gabriel Larkin - Gambit (X-Men/Marvel)

Gwendolyn Hawkes - Pirate

Halley Macmillan-Bones - Hot Cheeto

Hazel Macdougal - Sexy Cryptologist

Hunter Adams - Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Ingrid Hagen - Ellie Sattler (Jurassic Park)

Iris Lestrange - Scary Bunny

Isabelle Durant - Elf

Jaiyash Dewan - Loki (Marvel)

James Ashcroft - Tony Stark (Marvel)

James Sirius Potter - Shrek (Shrek)

Jasper Locklear - Elvis Presley

Jaxon Dequan - Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinder)

Jia Rookwood - Yip Yip (Sesame Street)

Jonah Finch - Beetlejuice

Joseph O’Reilly - Lord Farquaad (Shrek)

Joséphine Flamel - Jessie (Team Rocket/Pokémon)

Juliet Highmore - Supergirl (DC)

Laurel Ollivander - Loki Variant (Marvel)

Liam Alvarez - Ian Malcom (Jurassic Park)

Lily Luna Potter - Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story/Pixar)

Lorenzo Roshan - Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)

Lucas Harper - Creepy Owl

Lucienne Wolffe - Fortune Teller

Lucy Weasley - Woody Pride (Toy Story/Pixar)

Luke Dawson - Marty McFly (Back to the Future) 

Lyra Malfoy - Isabella Parigi (The Lizzie McGuire Movie)

Lysander Scamander - Scarlet Witch (Marvel)

Mackenzie Finnigan-Thomas Potter - Fiona (Shrek)

Madeline Brown - Sexy Mothman

Mae Levesque - Velma Kelly (Chicago)

Maeve Finch - Mia Thermopolis (The Princess Diaries)

Manon Flamel - Marcus/Kevin (White Chicks)

Marcus Carson - Cowboy

Mason Jones - Waving Inflatable Tube Guy

Matthew Asprey - Swedish Chef (Sesame Street)

Melora Flamel - Marcus/Kevin (White Chicks)

Meredith Wayfelle - Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb)

Merle Rappaport - 70s Wanda Maximoff (Marvel)

Molly Weasley II - Beldam (Coraline)

Natalya Dolohova - Rogue (X-Men/Marvel)

Nate Wood - Alan Grant (Jurassic Park)

Nathaniel Marshall - Skeleton

Nicholas Vexmoor - James (Team Rocket/Pokémon)

Octavia Coleman - Shego (Kim Possible)

Oliver Mulciber - Flynn Rider (Tangled/Disney)

Orion Macmillan-Bones - Legit Snack

Orlando Lockhart - Maleficent (Disney)

Peggy Carson - Sam Manson (Danny Phantom)

Penelope Hawthorne - Barbie

Pepper Rosewood - Michele (Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion)

Perseus Mulciber - Alan (The Hangover) 

Piper Wilkinson - Golden Angel

Pippa Rosewood - Romy (Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion)

Reid Anderson - Jareth (Labyrinth)

Rory Goldstein - Sharpay Evans (High School Musical/Disney Channel)

Rose Granger-Weasley - Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Samantha O’Reilly - Jenna Rink (13 Going on 30)

Scorpius Malfoy - John Constantine (DC)

Seraphina MacAuley - Clover (Totally Spies)

Seung Krum - Wybie (Coraline)

Silas Zabini - Satyr

Sophia Parkinson - Bloody Skeleton

Stella Macmillan-Bones - Pop-Tart 

Talia Kiraz-Mulciber - Rapunzel (Tangled/Disney)

Tallulah Abbot - Voodoo Doll

Thea Cresswell - Mighty Thor (Marvel)

Theodore Dubanowski - Blondie (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)

Theodore Oliver - Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Theseus McLaggen - Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Valeria Sanchez - La Muerte (The Book of Life)

Vera McKinnon - Poison Ivy (DC)

Verity Nott - Pepper Potts (Marvel)

Victoire Weasley - Aurora (Sleeping Beauty/Disney)

William Ashcroft - Agent (Men in Black)

Willow Picquery - Valkyrie (Marvel)

Xavier Dupont - The Priest (Fleabag)

platonic couples costumes

Alessandra Macnair & Mae Levesque - Roxie Hart & Velma Kelly (Chicago)

Alice Longbottom II & Lily Luna Potter - Woody & Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story/Pixar)

Ariella Belefleur & Lyra Malfoy - Lizzie McGuire & Isabella Parigi (The Lizzie McGuire Movie)

Axel Wolffe & Mason Jones - Waving Inflatable Tube Guys

Bentley Lockhart & Juliet Highmore - Superman & Supergirl (DC)

Camille McGonagall & Theseus McLaggen - Alice & Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Cedrella Weasley II, Seraphina MacAuley & Aurora Claremont - Sam, Clover & Alex (Totally Spies)

Damien Launier & Frederick Hayes - Milo Thatch & Kida (Atlantis/Disney)

Elena Flores & Elijah Westenberg - Bride of Frankenstein & Frankenstein’s Monster

Evangeline Pickering & Rory Goldstein - Sharpay Evans & Sharpay Evans (High School Musical/Disney Channel)

Freya MacDougal & Vera McKinnon - Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy (DC)

Hazel Macdougal & Madeline Brown - Sexy Mothman & Sexy Cryptologist

Jia Rookwood & Francesca Zabini - Yip Yips (Sesame Street)

Liam Alvarez & Nate Wood - Ian Malcon & Alan Grant (Jurassic Park)

Melora Flamel & Manon Flamel -  Marcus & Kevin (White Chicks)

Meredith Wayfelle & Evan Parkinson - Perry the Platypus & Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Natalaya Dolohova & Gabriel Larkin - Rogue & Gambit (X-Men/Marvel)

Nicholas Vexmoor & Joséphine Flamel - Jessie & James from Team Rocket (Pokémon)

Octavia Coleman & Erin McCormack - Shego & Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

Orion Macmillan-Bones, Halley Macmillan-Bones, Stella Macmillan-Bones & Elara Macmillan-Bones - Legit Snack, Hot Cheeto, Pop-Tart & Cotton Candy (Snacks)

Pepper Rosewood & Pippa Rosewood - Romy & Michele (Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion)

Seung Krum & Molly Weasley II - Wybie & Beldam (Coraline)

Thea Cresswell & Willow Picquery - Mighty Thor & Valkyrie (Marvel)

romantic couples costumes

Alastair Watson & Peggy Carson - Danny Phantom & Sam Manson (Danny Phantom)

August Fawley & Rose Granger-Weasley - Jack Skellington & Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Casey Abrams & Frank Longbottom II - Lady & Tramp (Lady and the Tramp/Disney)

Clara Arquette & Kai Arquette - Catwoman & Batman (DC)

Cynthia Clearwater & Alison Wood - Elphaba & Glinda (Wicked)

Gwendolyn Hawkes & Benjamin Ollivander - Pirates

James Ashcroft & Verity Nott - Tony Stark & Pepper Potts (Marvel)

James Sirius Potter & Mackenzie Finnigan-Thomas Potter - Shrek & Fiona (Shrek)

Merle Rappaport & Caleb Cresswell - 70s Wanda Maximoff & Vision (Marvel)

Oliver Mulciber & Talia Kiraz-Mulciber - Flynn Rider & Rapunzel (Tangled/Disney)

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would nick duval be welcome here? if so, may i ask for some fc recs?

When I tell you I rushed back to my laptop even after I was about to knock out to sleep just to answer this, with yes, absolutely! I know the Warblers would honestly love to have another member in the ranks.

There's Nick Robinson, Jordan Gonzalez, Michael Cimino, Justin H. Min, Alberto Rosende, Zack Calderon, Benjamin Wadsworth, Spencer House, Anthony Turpel, Henry Zaga, Tyler Alvarez, Gavin Leatherwood, Fernando Lindez. And as always, the reply function is on so if any of our members want to add in, they can!

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Jessica Minh Anh’s best looks at J Autumn Fashion Show 2018 “Catwalk on water” in Paris

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NURIYAH ACCOMPANIED BY YUMI KATSURA PARIS

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Jessica Minh Anh's Summer Fashion Show Hoover Dam - Ani Alvarez Calederon

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May I please have some FC help with both younger and older brothers and sisters for a 29yo Jeanine Mason character? Thanks in advance!

Older:

Gloria Calderon Kellett (1975) Cuban. 

Alberto Guerra (1982) Cuban. 

Natalie Martinez (1984) Cuban. 

Younger:

Alberto Rosende (1993) Cuban / Colombian - half sibling. 

Sabrina Claudio (1996) Cuban / Puerto Rican - half sibling. 

Tyler Alvarez (1997) Cuban / Puerto Rican - half sibling.

Angela Vanity (1996) Cuban - trans. 

Hey anon, please note that I’m not sure on Jeanine’s ethnicity so these suggestions might be incorrect. This website states her as being white but but I don’t know where they got that information from? I don’t know if that was an assumption or not? I also don’t want to list non-Cuban suggestions since she is stated as being Cuban so if anyone has any other information please link me and I’ll update the ask ASAP! -C

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welcome back. watch your back. under the cut are the accepted applicants for yr2002 ! thank you to everyone who applied. please message the main to ask for the discord invite if you see your muse here.

talissa lashay, the ice queen. sira kante fc. suspect. ✹ written by  tee,  22,  she / her,  est

lex zhang, the rebel leader. chella man fc. suspect. ✹ written by  kit khat,  33, any pronouns,  est

candelaria “candy” saavedra aguilar, the two-faced queen bee. karen vega fc. suspect. ✹ written by dulce, 23, she/her, est

sangtae shin, the boy next door. ahn hyoseop fc. suspect. ✹ written by  zeal,  21,  he / they,  est

alisha walker, the wallflower. niwa edingo fc. suspect. ✹ written by  rhi,  26,  any,  ist

riley chalut, the rebellious goth. simone ashley fc. not a suspect. ✹ written by morgan,  25,  she/her,  brt

philip sangalang, the mock millionaire. donny pangilinan fc. not a suspect. ✹ written by  ink,  25+,  they/them,  gmt+8

hugo alvarez, the sweet skater boy. omar apollo fc. suspect. ✹ written by kaz, 25, any, gmt

rory guerrero bernal, the jaded burnout. zack calderon fc. suspect. ✹ written by  lily,  26,  she/her,  cst, 

valentina guerra, the hothead. auli’i cravalho fc. suspect. ✹ written by  danielle,  20,  she/her,  est 

theodore jackson, the lothario. reece king fc. not a suspect. ✹ written by mercy,  20,  she/they,  est, 

sunti suwannarat, the eccentric mentor. win metawin fc. suspect. ✹ written by ven,  21,  any pronouns,  pst

karina león vásquez, the biker babe. lizeth selene fc. not a suspect. ✹ written by  jyn,  21+,  she/her,  utc-5

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Episode 11: “Pride and Prejudice”

One Day at a Time

Akili Foster

Key Characters in the Episode

↠ Penelope (MC): US Army Nurse Corps Veteran; single mother of two   ↠ Elena: Penelope’s daughter (the key person in this episode)   ↠ Alex: Penelope’s son   ↠ Lydia: Penelope’s mother and Elena and Alex’s grandmother   ↠ Schneider: landlord and good friend of the Alvarez family   ↠ Dr. Berkowitz: Penelope’s boss at work 

Episode Summary

One Day at a Time, created by Whitney Blake, Allan Manings, Norman Lear, Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce, is a feel- good Netflix sitcom currently in its third season. It highlights the daily happenings of a newly single Latina mother raising her teen daughter and tween son with the help of her mother. Season One: Episode 11, Pride and Prejudice, focuses on the teen daughter, Elena (played by Isabella Gomez), coming out by telling her mother, Penelope (played by Justina Machado), she is a lesbian. Penelope “feels weird” about this revelation and struggles throughout the episode to figure out why she doesn’t instantly enthusiastically accept her daughter’s lesbianism. Penelope wants to be supportive and she knows her initial reaction could have a long-term effect on the relationship she has with her daughter. Elena also comes out to her Cuban “old school” grandmother and again we see this push and pull of the grandmother wanting to be supportive, but also considering how being gay clashes with the family’s Cuban religious and cultural beliefs. Both of these main characters are able to work through this contradiction by the end of the episode. Penelope goes to a bar to meet with a gay friend who assures her that Penelope has raised a smart child who will still have a productive and full life even as a lesbian. Additionally, Penelope meets a man at this same bar, who has a gay brother, and he is able to promise Penelope she will be just fine once given a little time to process the news. “Do you love her any less? No, you don’t love her any less. So, you are just not there yet. You just found out. The heart needs time for the head to catch up. It took me some time, but now I am good.” The grandmother arrives at acceptance of Elena’s lesbianism by talking through how this contradicts with her religious beliefs. “I am religious woman and the problem is being gay goes against God. But God does not make any mistakes and God makes us in his image. Who am I to judge and go against God? Ok, I am good. She is my granddaughter and I love her no matter what. Now, when is the gay pride parade?” In the end, Elena is unaware that both her mother and grandmother had to work through how her lesbianism made them “feel weird”. Elena is just able to see that two people she loves dearly are accepting and warmly welcome her coming out.

Cuban Race and Culture

The intersectionality of race, sexuality, gender roles and religion are all over this episode. When considering race, from the very beginning of the episode the main character, Penelope, states they are Cuban, and that “Cubans are crazy about family. We are overprotective, that is what we do.” This is used as a reason by Penelope for why she does not immediately accept her daughter’s lesbianism. Penelope wants to protect Elena from the Cuban culture’s often negative views about gayness and that the only acceptable vision for Cuban families is to exclusively engage in heterosexual relationships. Penelope speaks to this when she discusses with her gay friend how she has always dreamed of talking to her daughter about boys and helping her with boy troubles. Additionally, this brings up the assumption by the main character, Penelope, that her daughter was going to conform to the traditional gender roles and that, of course, her daughter would fall in love with a man. This viewpoint is quite common in the Cuban culture where there are certain expectations of women. “The socialization of Latinas requires not only certain behavior but also that they embrace the appropriate gender role, which is to be feminine, to be good mothers, and to be good wives. The goal of their lives is to marry, to have children and to serve their families.” (Hernandez-Truyol, 2017) Elena does not fall into the traditional Cuban woman gender expectations by coming out as gay, and this is the foundation of Penelope and Grandma’s struggle to accept this defection from the cultural expectation. Elena’s sexual preference is not aligning with traditional Cuban values. This worries both Penelope and Grandma and contributes to why they “feel weird” about Elena being gay.

Cuban Religion and Gender Roles

Additionally, religion plays a part in the acceptance of Elena’s lesbianism. As already noted, the grandmother did not see how she could align her religious views so she could accept Elena’s revelation. A large majority of Cubans have historically identified as Catholic. This deep-seated devotion to the Catholic Church has often been a major contributor to discrimination against gay Cubans and other gay people from all Latin American countries. (Marple, 2015) The church has long preached that only men and women should marry and participate in intimate relationships. It is this belief that Grandma struggles with in Episode 11, making it very hard for her to immediately accept Elena’s sexual identity. During the show, we see Grandma actually talk to herself, as if in a two person conversation, going through her rejection of the Catholic Church’s view on traditional male/female relationships to then deciding that God is the most important deciding factor and that God makes no mistakes, so Elena’s gay identity is what God intended and, therefore, acceptable. Once Grandma is able to make this distinction, she is all in and fully able to support Elena.

Conclusion

One Day at a Time’s Episode 11 tackles important components of the intersectionality between race, gender, sexuality and religion. All of these come together to influence this fictional Cuban family’s reaction to Elena coming out as gay. While the sitcom is billed to be a feel-good comedy that is goofy and fun, this episode surfaces many complex ideas that help to shed new light on Latino beliefs and culture.

References

Hernandez-Truyol, B. E. (2017). The Culture of Gender/The Gender of Culture: Cuban Women, Culture and Change- The Island and the Diaspora. Florida Journal of International Law, 29(1), 3

Marple, O., Coha, Perry, J., Duarte, A., & Zamorano, P. (2015, June 30). A New Revolution: The Progression of LGBTQ Rights in Cuba. Retrieved November 12, 2020, from https://www.coha.org/

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US Prime Time TV Interviews with Jessica Minh Anh

Jessica Minh Anh appeared on CBS 8 News, Telemundo, ABC, FOX5 Vegas and Review Journal in Las Vegas prior to her iconic fashion show on top of American engineering masterpiece Hoover Dam. The supermodel and renowned fashion show producer wore Haute Couture to the interviews and even spoke Spanish on Telemundo broadcasted in Washington DC, California, and New York (videos below). 

Featured brands: Rami Kadi, Ani Alvarez Calderon, Gulnur Gunes, Patricia Nascimento.

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Rita Moreno Is Playing a Dream Role 70 Years into Her Career (Exclusive)

After West Side Story won her a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for her lead role as Anita in the 1961 musical, Rita Moreno was sure she'd end up in film after film, thwarting Latin stereotypes in Hollywood. But even as the first Hispanic woman to earn an Oscar, the work offered to her was scarce and conventional, leaving the legendary actress crushed when the promising rush of stardom proved not so promising anymore.

Now, at 86, Moreno is having the last laugh, as the adored and very funny abuelita Lydia on Netflix's multicam family comedy One Day at a Time. The timely Latina-led update of the classic sitcom, which premiered in 1975 on CBS, is helmed by Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce, while the series' original creator, the now-94-year-old Norman Lear, executive produces.

The show is centered on a Cuban-American family living in Los Angeles, the Riera-Alvarez clan, including Lydia's daughter, Penelope, played by Six Feet Under alum Justina Machado, and her grandchildren, Alex (Marcel Ruiz) and Elena (Isabella Gomez) – as they work through a variety of hot-button issues relevant to today's gender paradigm and sociopolitical climate. Penelope is a divorced single mom and Iraq war veteran with PTSD, for one. But with plotlines including Elena's coming out, depression, gender stereotypes, immigration and religion -- and that's just season one -- One Day at a Time isn't afraid to speak its mind with ample heart and humor. Season two furthers its topical commentary by broaching gun control, nonbinary queerness, racism and Lydia's lack of U.S. citizenship.

One of only 12 performers with a coveted EGOT (an Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and Tony), Moreno recently opened up to ET about playing the kind of authentic Latina role she could only dream of after West Side Story. During the conversation, Moreno also reflected on how the beginning of her career left her "heartbroken," the current state of Latinx representation on screen, and how One Day at a Time is helping to break ground for Latinx actors.

ET: Why does a Latina-led One Day at a Time feel particularly important right now?

Rita Moreno: Norman Lear seems to have a clock in his head or something. It just seemed the right time. And it’s interesting, because there have been some other Latino-based shows, but there have also been some not-so-good Latino-based shows. Obviously, I'm not gonna mention anyone, because everyone needs their job.

What makes one Latinx show better than another?

Ours is authentic, ours is so respectful of the culture. We don't mess around. And my character could very easily be a Looney Tune and, in fact, we're always very, very mindful of that -- I'm certainly very mindful of that. And she can be theatrical and she can be dramatic, but Looney Tunes is definitely not a part of this series. I think it's extremely important to stick to what Latinos as Latinos recognize and laugh at.

The other great part of this show is that a lot of people who are not Latino are loving it. It's so universal -- that's the word that Norman keeps using. It's a family. And though some problems are strictly related to being Latino, many other issues are not. I mean, in the first season, we had a marvelous show about the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. It really took the VA to task without pointing fingers in any way, and it was hilarious. It was also very serious -- [Penelope] had her shoulder injury from the war and she couldn't get anybody on the phone. I thought it was a tour de force for Justina.

How did this season's racism-centric first episode resonate with you?

Oh, are you kidding? We loved it. One of the most wonderful touches that nobody has ever addressed in these kinds of shows is the fact that Alex is getting picked on because his skin is darker than his sister's, and their mom points out the difference in hue. I don't think anyone has ever even touched that.

The second episode addresses gender neutrality both in terms of the Latinx community and the LGBTQ community. I imagine that's been a lesson for a lot of people the way it was for Lydia.

Oh, absolutely. And you know, I love that there's just a bit of racist in Lydia. When she says, "Oh, no, no -- we're Spanish," and her granddaughter says, "Mom, we are all colors." But I say, "We're mostly a Spanish." Which to her means white. So, I love that she has this prejudice, because it makes her very real.

What are some of the hot topics covered on the show that have been personally important to you?

Last year, we talked about Lydia’s citizenship and her lack of citizenship, and the whole family was absolutely shocked that she was not a citizen. This time, not only does Lydia become a citizen, but also Schneider [the family’s Canadian landlord, played by Todd Grinnell] has become a citizen, which I thought was kind of neat. And, oh, God -- there are so many hot topics and I can't remember half of them because I'm 86.

The show challenges many stereotypes. After West Side Story, you were seeking to do the same, but studios were offering you a lot of stereotypical Latina roles.

Actually, I wasn't offered a lot of them -- I was offered some. There was such a dearth of roles. After winning those two awards, I was absolutely heartbroken. I couldn't believe it. I really thought, "Wow, an Oscar and a Golden Globe, what could be bad? My career is made."

The lack of roles -- what do you chalk that up to?

Oh, the same usual kind of thinking: "She's Latina, she played a Latina, and here are some gang movies if you want to do that." And I said, "No, I do not." Nothing came. It was just really, really absolutely devastating. It was hard to believe. I mean, how naive of me, but who knew?

So how did being cast on One Day at a Time feel?

Oh, my goodness, I can't even find the words for it. I'm so proud to be a part of it. I feel privileged to be working with Norman, whom I dearly love. He and I have a creative love affair going on, in the sense that he just thinks I'm the bee's knees and I thinks he's the cat's meow. We're the two old farts on the show, and I call myself the "fartette."

I wanna be a fartette when I'm 86.

No -- a fartette is a girl.

Oh, I don't care. We're all about gender-nonconformity here now, aren't we?

[Laughs] That's great. You've learned from the show!

This season's finale was really emotional. Was it a difficult day for you on set?

Not at all. No! It wasn't difficult. I did nothing but lay down!

Emotionally, though?

It was very hard to listen to some of the monologues -- it was hard to listen to Justina. But you know, she always kills me under any circumstances. She's just one hell of an actress and probably the best acting partner I've ever had. She's just sensational. And the granddaughter, Isabella Gomez -- her thing was very sweet and sad and moving.

Do you think this show will hopefully open the doors for more Latinx actors?

I think it will, it absolutely will. Gloria Calderon is doing her own show for a network [the upcoming History of Them on CBS with On Your Feet! star Ana Villafañe]. And you know, we can use two on the air! That would be nice.

We could use Rita Moreno on both, too.

I'll be sure to tell her that! [Laughs] So, it's terrific. Whenever we can we use Hispanic actors -- not just Hispanic, but black actors, East Indian actors, every kind of nationality, whoever is good for something gets the part, no matter what the nationality.

What are your thoughts on the diversity reflected in this year's Oscar nominations?

Viola Davis put it so succinctly when she said as long as there aren't roles for us -- meaning all nationalities -- there will be no awards possible for us. A lot of people say, "Well, why aren't you getting awards?" Well, you have to have the roles first. It's not just one-sided. You have to get the roles. And now I think the Hispanic community has to really start pushing and taking some very much-needed lessons from the black community. They really did it up. They did it up just fine. We have to start doing it, too. We have to unite more and we have to pull for each other more. Did you happen to read the very angry piece that John Leguizamo [creator and star of Latin History for Morons currently on Broadway] wrote for Billboard? He's one angry Puerto Rican. He was talking to his own people, [saying that it's] nice to say, “Well, I’m lucky to get this part,” but you’ve gotta do more than that as a Hispanic person. So I'm hoping that's gonna start to happen very, very soon.

At the SAG Awards in January, when you presented Morgan Freeman with the Lifetime Achievement honor, you were given a standing ovation.

That was so moving; I started to cry. That was astonishing -- who would expect something like that?

What's it like to be acknowledged in that way by your peers 70 years into your career?

Oh, that's why I started to cry, because they are my peers. And it was also my peers who helped vote for me when Morgan presented the award to me [in 2014]. It's just fantastic. What went around came around.

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There's a 'double-edged sword' hanging over Mexico's decade-long war on drug cartels

Mexico's more than decade-long war on organized crime has led to protracted domestic deployments for the country's military.

The country's legislature is currently considering a law that would formalize the military's role in domestic law enforcement.

Critics have charged that the law would deepened the militarization of Mexican law enforcement, led to more human-rights abuses, and further undercut efforts to reform state and local police.

Mexican senators on Wednesday approved an Internal Security Law, which would formalize the military's role in the country's domestic security.

Their votes came despite protests from their Senate counterparts, international organizations, and Mexican citizens, and the bill could face final approval by December 15. The bill was first approved by Mexico's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, during a contentious session on November 30, and throughout deliberations on the measure, opponents inside and outside congress have railed against it.

Mexico's constitution limits the military's domestic actions during peacetime, but the armed forces have been deployed to combat drug trafficking and organized crime since the first days of 2007, when then-President Felipe Calderon sent troops into his home state of Michoacan just a few weeks after taking office.

The bill — proposed by members of the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI — would create a legal framework for the public-security functions the military has been carrying out on an ad hoc basis for more than a decade, like manning highway checkpoints and pursuing and arresting suspects.

Supporters say it would address legal issues around those deployments. The bill would set guidelines for the president's ability to authorize military action, but critics have said it makes it too easy to sent the armed forces into the streets and opens the possibility they could be used against protests. They've also said the bill could allow deployments to be extended indefinitely.

A new initiative proposed by the bill would have the military provide intelligence to the government and its security agencies. The measure would also establish a group of government officials who would make decisions about the implementation of new measures the president could then, if needed, invoke to restore "internal order."

"The thing that I hear from a lot of people is, 'Yeah, but aren't they already doing it. And isn't this just sort of bringing that under code of law?' And that's a reasonable point," Everard Meade, the director of the Trans Border Institute at the University of San Diego, told Business Insider.

"Creating some more law and clarifying the legal framework is not a terrible idea, even if you think, as I do ... that it's not a good idea," Meade said. "The broader point is they're already doing it, and they're often doing it under really shady jurisdiction."

'Mexico without war!'

Criticism has come from all sides. Opposition legislators have called for calm, detailed discussion about the bill, rather than the previous fast push through the Chamber of Deputies that apparently left no time to read or debate it.

Lawmakers and civil-society groups inside and outside of Mexico have also charged the bill gives the military too much leeway in its domestic actions. Legislators have also criticized measures within the bill regarding the use of force as "cosmetic" and said that changes made by Senate committees are "insufficient" or "superficial."

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has said the law is vague and doesn't include objective definitions of "internal security" and opens the possibility for it to be applied in "any" situation.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have criticized the premise of the law, saying it provides no exit strategy and is "ill-conceived."

The UN's high commissioner for human rights said formalizing the military's role in domestic security was "not the answer" and that doing so reduces incentives for civilian authorities to act in their traditional roles.

The Washington Office on Latin America — which noted that the military was still operating in 23 of Mexico's 32 states a decade after its first "temporary" deployment — has cautioned that the measure as is would likely lead to more abuses and hinder transparency.

Mexican protesters took to the streets of Mexico City during the Senate's deliberations on Wednesday, chanting "Mexico without war!" and calling for the law to be rejected.

'We still need the army in the streets'

The PRI and parties allied with it have touted the necessity of the bill, dismissing international criticism and stressing the importance of a legal framework for the military's domestic operations.

"The issue of human rights is covered, and covered well" in the law, PRI congressman Cesar Dominguez said at the end of November. "But we cannot guarantee liberties and the full exercise of rights if there isn't a climate of public safety and peace."

"Blah, blah, blah. The truth is you always vote against everything," said Arturo Alvarez, a congressman from the Green Party, another PRI ally. "The fact is we still need the army in the streets."

The military's activities "have been limited by the lack of a normative framework that regulates actions they can perform during times of peace," Cristina Diaz, a PRI senator who heads the Senate's governance commission, said Wednesday.

'We're going to see more people get hurt'

The continuing threat posed by powerful criminal organizations and their often more violent offspring undergirds many arguments in favor of the bill. But most admit the military's training is incompatible with policing.

Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, called the measure a "double-edge sword," because while the military had the capability to confront heavily armed criminal groups, it is not trained or equipped to carry out law-enforcement jobs like gathering evidence or interrogating suspects.

"If you use the military, the allegations and the issues of human-rights violations are probably going to continue," Vigil told Business Insider. "But at the same time, if you don't use them, then Mexico is really sticking its neck out in terms of being able to provide nationwide security against these complex drug-trafficking consortiums."

David Shirk, the director of the Justice in Mexico program at the University of San Diego, differed, saying that lack of investigative capacity was disqualifying.

The military "can't identify, track, and ... they don't have the necessary intelligence and, importantly, the evidentiary basis on which to bring people to justice that a part of a vast criminal conspiracy," Shirk told Business Insider. "The problem is neither does the Mexican police force."

Shirk noted that the Mexican military has been involved in domestic operations for decades, with some arguing its role extends back the middle of the 20th century. By 1995, he said, there were calls to include the armed forces on the national public safety council.

But the expanded deployment in 2007 — rising from 20,000 to 50,000 soldiers — was intended as a short-term solution until criminal groups could be suppressed and police forces could be better trained.

Those troops are still in the streets. In places like Guerrero, riven by drug-related violence, they remain deployed to augment or replace local police. Tamaulipas, the northeast Mexican state that is the home turf of the Gulf and Zetas cartels, depends entirely on the military for order, after all the state's city and town police forces were dissolved because officers were linked to cartels fighting in the state.

Mexico's military remains one of the country's most trusted institutions, and the army is its most trusted security branch. But many see these prolonged deployments as directly responsible for more human-rights abuses and for increased violence throughout Mexico.

Researchers have found that between 2007 and 2010, there was "a causal effect between the deployment of joint military operations and the rise in the murder rate" in states where those joint operations took place, with data indicating there could have been nearly 7,000 fewer homicides in 2008 and 2009 had the military not been deployed.

The military has been implicated in abuses in recent years, like the killing of 22 suspects in central Mexico in 2014 and the disappearance of 43 student-teachers from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero state, also in 2014. Between 2015 and September 2017, the Mexican government reportedly paid out more than $6 million in compensation for human-rights violations by federal authorities, including defense forces.

"So to me, it's absolutely clear that if we see this government or another government that comes next turn to even more military involvement or start deploying the military more, we're going to see more people get hurt," Shirk told Business Insider.

'A very long-term project'

The Mexican military currently operates domestically under a vague clause allowing it to "aid" civilian law enforcement when asked to do so.

Military leaders have expressed "unease" about domestic operations, and the Mexican government has taken steps to hold military personnel accountable for abuses committed while acting in a public-security capacity.

Under a law approved in 2014, soldiers accused of violating civilians' rights are tried in civilian courts.

"That's a big deal" and an important part of making sure abuses are dealt with transparently, Shirk said, though he doubted there had been enough time to assess whether that policy was being used well and had been effective in protecting against violations. (The Washington Office on Latin America has said that reform has not been fully implemented.)

Mexico has made little progress in reforming and reconstituting local and state police forces, which were often ineffective or infiltrated by criminal elements, and has shown little interest in doing so. Critics of the bill have charged that it removes incentives to carry out those reforms, but even a sincere effort to effect them would "be a very long-term project," Vigil said.

"It's going to take decades before they're up to speed," he told Business Insider, "and in the meantime they're going to have to use ... the military to conduct a lot of those [law-enforcement] operations."

SEE ALSO: Homicides have hit a new high in Mexico — but that's not the only sign of growing insecurity

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