On the street corners of Brooklyn, men and women from other countries wait for hours in the hope of finding a job. They’ll do anything. Up to and including putting up with the exploitative conditions that unscrupulous impresarios, knowing they don’t have ‘papers’, that they’re ‘illegal’, will subject them to. Division […]
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Being a Latina on social media: from stereotypes to abuse
Latin women are portrayed on TikTok and Instagram as objects of desire: curvaceous bodies, explosive temperaments and sexually available. A study by LAWRS reveals that this is not a cultural cliché: it is a form of violence that impacts young people’s identity and mental health in this community in London. The Prisma Series “Fetishisation of Latinas in the UK”.
Laura Sánchez: “The hardest thing is not having my family around”
Laura* is a 37-year-old woman who has lived in London since 2003. “My life in Spain seems like a different lifetime,” she says jokingly, she jokes a lot. Fernando Marín Her family call her “the British member of the family” and now she can say that she is […]
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The symbolic violence of social media against Latinas
Research conducted by LAWRS with young Latin American women living in London reveals how sexualised stereotypes circulating on TikTok and Instagram influence identity and self-esteem, and how they lead to eating disorders and make them feel that their participation in public life is delegitimised.
















