Should feminist art about women, health include sex work, masturbation, polyamory and porn? (Opinion)
Blog entry by Favianna Rodriguez.
Last updated at Mon, 2 May at 4:56am.

I'm always excited when my art world merges with my personal world. As a visual artist, that personal world is one where I'm constantly imagining the sort of artwork I want to create. What kinds of images do I want to draw? What questions do I want to pose? Do I care what people will think of me?

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Support Backpacking Women of Color This Weekend (Community Voices)
Blog entry by CB Smith-Dahl.
Last updated at Thu, 24 Mar at 7:47am.

In this blog post, I am encouraging you to support a retreat for Women of Color...even if you are not a Woman of Color yourself. First, I need to tell you a little bit about what this kind of experience can mean and why it's important. 

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Oakland Locals: El Huarache Azteca brings a new dimension to Mexican fare
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Sun, 28 Nov at 10:44pm.

The New York Times called the restaurant among the most authentic destinations for Mexican food in the Bay Area.

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Oakland Locals: Running Green
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Thu, 1 Apr at 11:48pm.

Mayerling Castillo started her business with $1,000 three years ago. Today, she has 30 clients and plans to hire two employees by year’s end.

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Small Business Resources for Oakland, CA and surroundings

Article by Irene.
Last updated at Tue, 23 Feb at 3:19pm.

What are the small business resources available to Lantina and others--here's OL's list-please add in the comments.

Editor's Note: This list is linked to our Latina Small Business story.

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East Oakland neighbors prove it takes a village to fall in love

Article by Irene.
Last updated at Tue, 23 Feb at 12:17pm.

Leelo en Español

Forget couplings, Valentine’s Day is a community affair in San Antonio, East Oakland. 250 adults and children celebrated the day at St. Anthony’s Parish yesterday. Community and parish members assembled to dance and celebrate the holiday with a generous twist.

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En Oakland este, celebran el día de San Valentín de una manera diferente.
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Tue, 23 Feb at 8:27am.

Read it in English. Traducido por Michael Galpin. Revisado por Jaime Flórez.

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Oakland Latina startups booming, but face sustainability challenges
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Mon, 25 Jan at 6:50pm.

Lealo en Español.

Despite Oakland's 17% unemployment rate, women and low-income people's business support centers are seeing a surge in business startup interest. In particular, more and more new Latina-owned businesses are likely to launch. 

However, many Latina-owned businesses don't survive long, since they face several long-term challenges.

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