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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2009 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• SPECIAL YEAR-END EDICION

  published December 31, 2009

  Dear Mexican, Why in the hell does everything have to be in English and Spanish? I ride the bus/train to work (not because I... More >>

• SPECIAL NAVIDAD GIFTS EDITION

  published December 24, 2009

  Dear Mexican, Can you recommend a solid, accessible history of California and Arizona so I can learn what really happened when... More >>

• Asian Lust, Roofers and Weight Control

  published December 17, 2009

  Dear Mexican, I'm an Asian female, and for some time now I've been fascinated by the Mexican culture. I find Mexican males to be... More >>

• SPECIAL VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE EDITION

  published December 10, 2009

  Dear Mexican, As a Chicano/Mexican, I have lost my faith in God. While they take pride in their country like everyone else, and... More >>

• More Mexican Slang and Healthcare Issues

  published December 3, 2009

  Dear Mexican, I used to frequent a cantina in Chicago where half of the bar was Polack, the other half beaner. The Polacks would... More >>

• SPECIAL LONG-LETTER EDITION

  published November 26, 2009

  Dear Mexican, I live in a little village in England in a house that's two hundred years old, just down the hill from a tiny... More >>

• Hair and Healthy Tex-Mex

  published November 19, 2009

  Dear Mexican, Why oh why do most Mexican women cut their long, black hair after reaching the pivotal age of 40? Not only do they... More >>

• Spicy Women, Kids and Legitimate Language

  published November 12, 2009

  Dear Mexican, Whenever I see an ad for a Mexican ramera, they always describe themselves as "spicy." Are Mexican women... More >>

• Confusion, Intimidation and Royalty

  published November 5, 2009

  Dear Mexican, Why do beaners or gabachos deliberately try to ignore white people and act like they're not... More >>

• Salvadorans and Murals

  published October 29, 2009

  Dear Mexican, For most of my life I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I... More >>

• Educating Females and Musical Etiquette

  published October 22, 2009

  Dear Mexican, As a teacher, we've been exhorted to expand our efforts in closing the achievement gap between majority and... More >>

• The Uninsured and Language History

  published October 15, 2009

  Dear Mexican, An uninsured wetback just hit my car and totaled his. He had no insurance and no license, but did have a nice cell... More >>

• SPECIAL WEDDING EDITION

  published October 8, 2009

  Dear Readers, Since the Mexican's sister is getting married to a good man from Zacatecas this weekend, I must ignore my research archives... More >>

• SPECIAL, ANNUAL CANADIAN EDITION

  published October 1, 2009

  Dear Mexican, As a Mexican-American, I've lived in St. Louis for about 17 years and have seen a substantial influx of my... More >>

• Comic Defense and Descendent Pride

  published September 24, 2009

  Dear Mexican, In Garfield strips in the funny pages that appeared earlier this year, Garfield is wearing a... More >>

• The Reconquista and Mexican States

  published September 17, 2009

  Dear Mexican, We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say... More >>

• SPECIAL EL EDITION

  published September 10, 2009

  Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans make the sign of mucho dinero with a gap between their thumb and index... More >>

• Marriage and...what else? Illegal Immigration...again!

  published September 3, 2009

  Dear Mexican, I am a 22-year-old Mexican-American woman, still living with my parents but going to college, working full-time... More >>

• All Things Mexican!

  published August 27, 2009

  Dear Mexican, A gabacho in the local daily suggested that some of our prisons be outsourced to Mexico to... More >>

• Identity and Religion

  published August 20, 2009

  Dear Mexican, My family hasn't been long in this country, came here because of lousy treatment by other Europeans, and didn't... More >>

• Language and Carlos Slim Helú

  published August 13, 2009

  Dear Readers, We begin, as we do each week, with cojones, although the huevos in question deal with my column a couple of... More >>

• Soccer, Soccer and... Soccer

  published August 6, 2009

  Dear Mexican, Why does El Tri act like pendejos every time the U.S. men's national soccer team kicks their... More >>

• Graffiti, English vs Spanish, Butter Pecan and Quinceañeras

  published July 30, 2009

  Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans at construction sites always draw a dick and vagina on the interiors of porta-potties? They... More >>

• Sotomayor and cojones vs huevos

  published July 23, 2009

  Dear Mexican, The mainstream media is making big noise of Sonia Sotomayor likely being the first Latina Supreme Court justice,... More >>

• Punctuality, Uncle Tom and Learning English

  published July 16, 2009

  Dear Mexican, How can I get Mexicans to arrive to a meeting ON TIME? Punctual Pete Dear... More >>