Email Author Gustavo Arellano

Awards

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  Ask a Mexican

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 7, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 12-7-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 11-16-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 8-31-06"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 6, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, January 6, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, April 14, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 7, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, October 7, 2005

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2006 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Why do pochos and chúntaros hate each other?

  published December 28, 2006

  The Mexican is currently inside a trunk trying to sneak back into the United States after the Christmas holiday. In the meanwhile, here are... More >>

• Special Year-End Edición

  published December 21, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I'm a Spanish-language student struggling with tenses and the gender of nouns. The other day, some friends and I were... More >>

• Don't Hate the Guayabera!

  published December 14, 2006

  Dear Mexican, It seems that whenever Chicano professors want to show off their mexicanidad, they wear a... More >>

• Who Is Chapulín?

  published December 7, 2006

  I was flipping through my television when I noticed the Spanish-language channel showed a man in a red suit with yellow pants, antennae on his... More >>

• Wabs and Gabachos on Leprecanos

  published November 30, 2006

  Many kind, drunken words from ustedes regarding my Nov. 16 column proclaiming Mexicans and Irish "brothers in depravity." Let's start with... More >>

• SPECIAL ONE-QUESTION EDICIÓN

  published November 23, 2006

  Note to readers: The following is a serious, stat-saturated Mexican. I promise more dwarf- and Dirty Sanchez-related questions next week!... More >>

• Why do Mexicans and Irish get along so well?

  published November 16, 2006

  Dear Mexican, My fiancé is trying to learn Spanish so he can speak to my grandmother when we get married next month. Lately, he's been ... More >>

• Why do Mexicans love dancing so much?

  published November 9, 2006

  Dear Mexican, Not long ago, I attended a Los Tigres del Norte concert at a small hall with no dance floor. The people attending were... More >>

• SPECIAL FOUR-PART EDITION

  published November 2, 2006

  Dear Mexican, A friend says she read somewhere that only 20 percent of Mexican men will go down on their ladies. I don't believe... More >>

• Why do Mexicans call people with curly hair chinos?

  published October 26, 2006

  Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans call people with curly hair chinos? Most chinos I know have... More >>

• Whistling Mexicans

  published October 19, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I have very, very light skin because of my Scandinavian heritage. Around Halloween, someone asked me if it was... More >>

• Special Rip-Off Edición

  published October 12, 2006

  Dear Mexican, How can you explain the disparity between Japan and Mexico? Japan is a nation a fraction the size of Mexico, with zero... More >>

• Cantinflas He's Not

  published October 5, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I once got into a fight with a cholo. We beat the crap out of each other but when all was said and done, I kicked his ass... More >>

• Skinny Gabacho Doesn't Want to Stand Out

  published September 28, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I have a stupid, unemployed, 16-year-old gang-bangin' cousin who already dropped out of school, and I'm pretty sure... More >>

• Why do Mexicans put Tweety Bird stickers on their cars?

  published September 21, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I see Jews, Asians and Persians making something of themselves and creating safe, walkable communities. Of course... More >>

• Why Did My T-Shirt Piss People Off?

  published September 14, 2006

  Dear Mexican, My gabacha friends and I marched in the May pro-amnesty rallies and wanted to show our support on... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans See the Virgin Mary in the Stupidest Things?

  published September 7, 2006

  SPECIAL MOTHER EDICIÓN Dear Mexican, I heard that Mexicans at an Orange County candy factory think... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Start to Drink Swill When They Get to the United States?

  published August 31, 2006

  SPECIAL FOOD EDICIÓN Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans forget about great beers like Tecate, Negra... More >>

• Why Don't Mexican Women Like to Mamar Vergas?

  published August 24, 2006

  Dear readers, My August 10 column advising Enamorada Gabacha to improve her relationship with the Mexican who invaded her heart by giving him... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Take Their Children to Horror Flicks?

  published August 17, 2006

  Dear Mexican, The last two movies I attended were rated R. Sitting around me were Mexican families with very young children. Why do... More >>

• Why Do You Do Your 'Dos the Way You Do?

  published August 10, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I just don't get Mexicans and their grooming. The men slick their hair with baby oil, gel or Vaseline, or just shave... More >>

• Am I Wrong to Laugh at Nacho Libre?

  published August 3, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I'm a culturally sensitive, PC Asian-American who laughed my head off at Jack Black's imitation of a Mexican in... More >>

• Why Don't More Mexicans Care About Mexican Politics?

  published July 27, 2006

  Dear Mexican, The Mexican presidential elections have been a freaking mess. I voted for the conservative candidate, Felipe Calderón, wh... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Like Chevys?

  published July 20, 2006

  Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans traditionally like Chevys? Did Chevy once target the Mexican consumer base for some reason and it... More >>

• Why do Mexicans swim with their clothes on?

  published July 13, 2006

  Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans swim with their clothes on? I mean, denim?! Vicente Fox's Mustache I know... More >>