Who wants tacos?

Jessica Alba recently told USA Today that she normally shies away from Latina roles, [like housekeeper, stripper, stripper housekeeper, vampire stripper housekeeper, teenage mom, teenage mom stripper housekeeper- Ed.] but she took the role of the sharp tongued, gritty INS agent in film Machete because the character was “an intelligent, fierce, independent woman”. Butter my tacos,  Joo Ess Aye Today.

“For me, I never wanted to reinforce any stereotypes about Latin women, and that was why I’ve shied away from Latin characters I’ve been offered. Most of them reinforced the stigmas. The women whom I grew up with are intelligent, strong women, and unless I read a woman being portrayed that way in a film, I didn’t want to play it.” (via)

I think its great that Yessica is standing up for her principles like that and not reinforcing stereotypes. I was just talking to Consuela, my teen housekeeper about this the other day. She totally nodded while we were talking. I think I’ll buy her daughter that pinata she’s been asking for.