Tag: Kinky Gazpacho
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To Be Black in Spain: A Redux
Hello Meltingpot Community, *sigh* Summertime always makes me think of Spain. Ever since I met el esposo, I’ve associated summer with being in Spain. Our plan as a married couple was to live in the United States, but spend our summers in Spain. We managed to do that until we started having children and our…
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MAMP Podcast Ep #34: DNA Travel, Multiracial Identity & Adoption
On episode 34 of the My American Meltingpot podcast we’re talking about travel, family and finding self. Yes, we’re in the middle of a global pandemic and travel is probably the last thing on anyone’s mind right now, but this episode isn’t about planning the perfect cruise or finding cheap flights. My guest on the…
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MAMP Podcast Ep# 20: Real Stories about Race and Racism in Spain
On episode 20 of the podcast, we’re taking a nuanced look at race and racism in Spain as it relates to Black people. We’re going back to Spain for Part II of my audio memoir. Just to recap, on the last episode, it was all about Spain’s hidden Black history. Or rather, how Spain’s hidden…
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Hasta Luego: Ms. Meltingpot is Going Back to Spain
Hello Meltingpot Readers, “I’m leaving on a jet plane…” That’s right, I’m heading off to sunny Spain for six weeks. I am so freaking excited. Not only will this be the first time I’ve been back to Spain in almost a decade, but I’m going to be working on a really cool research project. Ten…
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Why St. Augustine, Florida is the Perfect Kinky Gazpacho Family Getaway
Hello Dear Readers, For the first time ever, I’m sending two of my three children away for summer camp. Yes, son #1 and son #2 are going to turn 17 and 14 this summer, but for reasons both cultural and financial, we’ve never sent them away for camp. But this year, son #1 is going…
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Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves…in Spain
Hello Meltingpot Readers, So, all of you regular readers know that el esposo is my Spanish husband and that I met him while spending my junior year of college in Salamanca, Spain and from a very young age I’ve had a love affair with Spain. And then all of my dreams about Spain were crushed…
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#WomensLives: Life on the Border Between Europe and Africa
Hello Melitngpot Readers, If you’ve read my memoir, Kinky Gazpacho, then you know I’ve lived in both Spain and Morocco, so these recent stories about life in the border city of Ceuta have caught my attention. Ceuta is a city on the cusp of Africa, but it is a Spanish territory. Ceuta’s citizens are Spanish,…
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Kinky Gazpacho The Movie! An Update
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, I got another update about the progress of Kinky Gazpacho the movie. If you recall from the last time I wrote about it, a Spanish actor had reached out to me to tell me he wanted to play the role of el esposo. Apparently his enthusiasm was a wee bit premature,…
