The history of Mestizaje is rooted in oppression and colonization, but to be Mestiza also comes with privileges that cannot be ignored, and this is especially the case if you have light or fair skin.

I was 9 when I received my first skin-lightening product. Deep-rooted colorism still fuels this part of the Asian beauty market today.

Celebrating natural beauty, creativity, and empowerment, Mestiza, the country’s leading all-natural skincare brand, hosted its much-anticipated ‘Mestizas in Bloomvinos’ event on March 9 ...

While we are connected to a larger and familial mestiza/o community, our personal narratives are formed through experience, ideology, age, class, skin color, gender-defined location in a ...

Mestiza does repeat one aspect of the Malinche experience. Once you sit in the dining room, ... There can be buche (stomach) and a softer skin (i.e., not crisp, like chicharrones).

For Huevos Rabo de Mestiza, cookbook author Pati Jinich poaches eggs in a tomato-poblano Rajas Sauce. The hearty brunch dish is vegetarian, tomato-forward, and satisfying.

Mëstiza: The Spanish DJ duo that’s betting on a fusion of flamenco and electronic music Pitty Bernad and Belah have become two of Spain’s most important DJs ...

This doesn’t seem to apply to this country of Malays, though. Our idea of beauty has been fixed on the mestiza standard since the 16th century: that a woman has to have fair skin to be beautiful.