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 - 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"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican

• 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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2010 Stories by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

• Cooling Off At Mariscos Mocorito

  published July 22, 2010

  What is it with great Mexican seafood restaurants picking horrible locations in Orange? The second location of Ostionería Bahía... More >>

• Dump the Pendejo Already

  published July 15, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: Most Mexicans I know (myself included) feel it’s terribly disrespectful to keep old photos around... More >>

• Gabacha Fiesta Queens?

  published July 8, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I’m a (poor) white girl myself, but I have to ask: What’s the deal with all the rich white... More >>

• Gustavo's Poetry Corner

  published July 1, 2010

  DEAR READERS: Arizona’s pendejos have emboldened hundreds of Know Nothings in the past week to boast to the... More >>

• No Amor for Landon Donovan

  published June 24, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: Why do the Mexicans HATE American soccer and “hate” (bolded, underlined and italicized)... More >>

• Special Douche Edition

  published June 17, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I’m a civil-rights lawyer. I sue the San Diego Minutemen. Whenever the Minutemen are accused... More >>

• Dicking Around With Mexican Curse Words

  published June 10, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I worked a summer job during college in the late 1960s in southern Arizona, where most of my co-workers... More >>

• Have a DREAM

  published June 3, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I work at a high school where there are a significant number of students without papers. Two students... More >>

• Special Ethnic-Studies Edition

  published May 27, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I have a sister. I read your column each time it comes out in the Tucson... More >>

• Know Nothings Earn Their Title

  published May 20, 2010

  DEAR READERS: In the past couple of weeks, the Know Nothing nation has invaded my inbox with the question of why the United States can’t... More >>

• Mexican-Hatin' is Sweeping the Nation!

  published May 13, 2010

  Dear Readers: I was supposed to deliver this column to ustedes for Cinco de Drinko, but Arizona’s reprehensible... More >>

• Special Arizona Buycott Edition

  published May 6, 2010

  DEAR READERS: All together, now: ¡A LA CHINGADA WITH ARIZONA’S SB 1070! For those of... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Mi Casa Es Mi Casa

  published May 6, 2010

  For years, the sons and daughters of Alex Bernal smiled and sighed and nodded their heads in weary agreement whenever their elderly father... More >>

• Iceback-Spotting?

  published April 29, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I live in a Northeastern city, and a game I play with myself during the cold, wintry months is counting... More >>

• NarcoTunes

  published April 29, 2010

  Horrible news, cabrones: The annual Cinco de Mayo show for Manic Hispanic—those OGs of OC punk who wabbify punk classics to... More >>

• The King of the Wall

  published April 22, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I have a friend who frequently wears a T-shirt that boldly states in big, bad-ass, Old English letters,... More >>

• Lo Menos Macho

  published April 15, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I’ve dated a few Mexican girls in the past couple of years, and I’ve realized one big, important... More >>

• The Census in Spanish Rhymes With Denso

  published April 8, 2010

  DEAR MEXICAN: I know that Mexicans and pochos can be black, white, Asian and indios, but I just got... More >>

• Chago Ahogadas: Drown Your Taste Buds

  published April 8, 2010

  Is this column prophetic? Just a couple of weeks ago, in a dispatch praising a Mexico City-style restaurant, I closed the review with a swipe... More >>

• ¿Ask a Minuteman?

  published April 1, 2010

  DEAR READERS: In honor of April Fools’ Day, I turn this column over to Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project movement, to... More >>

• Slamming the New 'Speedy'

  published March 25, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I just read that Speedy Gonzales is getting his own feature film and will be voiced by George Lopez. I... More >>

• Special San Diego Edition

  published March 18, 2010

  Dear Mexican: By now, I’m sure you’re aware of all the hate crimes against Hispanics in the past few... More >>

• Queso Confundido

  published March 11, 2010

  Dear Mexican: When I was in high school, everyone called Mexican students like myself “cheddars.”... More >>

• A Niño Named Sue?

  published March 4, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I’m a pan blanco, and my wife is... More >>

• Another Gabacho Bloque-Head

  published February 25, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I am a lifelong resident of Arizona and have worked side-by-side with illegals for 25 years as... More >>