Monica Morales-Garcia @monic_ughhh Twitter profile

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Either no one has noticed my ai fake zoom brows or everyone is too nice.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

1 year

What is so crazy is that neither of the hosts or my managers spoke 2 me 2 tell my contract was gonna end early—just a 10min meeting w someone I’d never met—then my slack was deactivated and no one contacted me again. So this is strange bc there are no producers 2 produce the show

IN THE THICK

@InTheThickShow

1 year

A Message for Our Listeners! @Maria_Hinojosa checks in with an important update about @InTheThickShow . Your favorite political podcast is taking a break for the rest of 2023. Peace for now—but we’ll be back. No te vayas! Listen to Maria's message ➡️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I don’t know about you, but I started out my journalism career at Pulitzer Prize winning @futuromedia 💖

The Pulitzer Prizes

@PulitzerPrizes

2 years

Congratulations to @futuromedia and @prx . #Pulitzer

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Today is my last day as a fellow for @LatinoUSA and I couldn’t be more proud 🥹 of 🥹 the 🥹 work 😭😭😭 I don’t know intimidation till i started working with a bunch of other eldest children! Everyone at LUSA is so smart, funny, creative and gorg 💖 will miss y’all 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭

Andrea López-Cruzado

@lopezcruzado

2 years

Today, @LatinoUSA says goodbye to @elisambaena and @monic_ughhh , our most recent and impressively talented fellows, who have shown so much commitment, ability, and heart to storytelling. Keep an eye—or two ears—on them because they are producing great things for you. 🧵

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

It’s been such a privilege to be among so many talented journalists. Thank you for inspiring me and being so inviting @LatinoUSA

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Monica’s breaking news 🗞️ 🚨 💖 Today is my first day at @TheTakeaway as a temporary Associate Producer 🎧 I’ll be here till the end of October ⭐️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

My first story for @LatinoUSA comes out tomorrow! Thank you @eseveco for being vulnerable, honest, and gorg!

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

3 years

Tomorrow on @LatinoUSA , Los Angeles-based model @eseveco is redefining what high fashion and beauty look like, and who it’s for. Don't miss it on your podcast feeds 🎙️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I honestly can’t believe we got to do this! Put the Housewives on public radio, and start a chisme about THE @Maria_Hinojosa ! By me and the v talented @elisambaena 💫 a love letter to chismosas everywhere 💖

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

2 years

From @futuromedia and @prx , a new @LatinoUSA is out! @elisambaena and @monic_ughhh talk to professional chismosas from reality TV, entertainment news, and academia to understand why "chisme" is so central in the lives of Latinas and Latinos. LINK:

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

1 year

It can be easy to forget the Latinas who have opened MANY MANY doors for Latiné journalists, BUT NOW YOU CAN'T FORGET BECAUSE @veckst , @mart3es , AND I MADE A WHOLE ORAL HISTORY ABOUT THE POWER OF TWO LATINA JOURNALIST WHO DID JUST THAT! Listen now-- and admire this gorg collage

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

1 year

#NowPlaying a new @LatinoUSA #podcast 📻🎙️ On May 5, 1993, the first episode of Latino USA aired across the U.S. Today, we go behind the scenes to learn how it all started, and what it took to keep the show going for thirty years #LatinoUSA30 LISTEN ➡️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

9 months

Utterly shocked and saddened to hear that Maria Martin— THE pioneering voice in Latina audio journalism has passed. I got 2 produce a story about her creating Latino USA & hearing her speak inspired & prepared me for the road ahead. RIP 🕊️Maria Martin. A LEGEND WHO DESERVED MORE.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

🚨If you are at all interested in the intersection of labor and Fa-SHUUN this is for you!!! Thank you thank you to the @LatinoUSA team for believing my vision and @lopezcruzado for being a fab and gorg editor 💖💖 I’m honestly so excited for y’all to listen 🤓 tune in now 🎧

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

2 years

From @futuromedia and @prx , a new @LatinoUSA podcast is out 🎙️ The little black dress is classic, iconic, chic—and working-class! Producer @monic_ughhh walks us through the decline of an industry, and the rise of a garment. LISTEN HERE ➡️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

1 year

No shade— it’s just the truth.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I’m beyond thrilled to be a part of the Oye Lab! I honestly can’t believe I get to talk more about clothes and makeup. 🌸🌸 but fr this wouldn’t have been possible with out my beautiful mentors, editors, and friends at @ASSACSUF and @LatinoUSA

nprextra

@NPRextra

2 years

Four projects selected for NPR and LAist Studios first Oye Lab for Latinx Creators @NPRoye @LAist

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

In 2020 I picked up reading romance novels, and while the Bridgerton’s of the genre were fun, I was looking to read some Latinx love stories. Then I came upon @alexisdaria ✨ the love felt real— and sexy! Listen now 🎧

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

3 years

#NowPlaying a new @LatinoUSA podcast In this episode, @alexisdaria takes us through her early morning writing process, reads an excerpt from "A Lot Like Adiós," and asks us to ponder, what is so silly about a love story? LISTEN HERE ➡️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

DACA pieces are plentiful, but this one is top notch— it manages to be inspiring without the ‘happy ending’ you except. Listen 🎧 you won’t be sorry!

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

3 years

Tomorrow on @LatinoUSA , on the 10th anniversary of #DACA , we hear from los otros #Dreamers , the untold stories of undocumented immigrants who saw no option but to return to #Mexico . Don't miss the episode on your podcast feeds 🎙️🎧

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

*Carrie Bradshaw voice* If my fantasy was to produce pieces about someone else living their fantasy, I couldn’t help but wonder; Is it all about the fantasy? 🥀👢out today!

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

3 years

Fashion model @eseveco shares childhood memories with @LatinoUSA , and how his mother’s bathrobe became a symbol of power and queerness when no one was looking. Produced by @monic_ughhh . Listen ↘️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Found time to be fab this week 🍓

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Truly every one on the team produces magic every got-dang day. I’m serious— like 20 minute nuanced stories with a one day turnaround about Haiti, Title 42, Gas Stoves, Eggs, Abortions, K-Pop, Iran— White Supremacy! Like this team 👏🏼 does 👏🏼it 👏🏼all 🗣️ @TheTakeaway 🧡

Mary Steffenhagen

@marynotmerry_

2 years

🧵1/? i'm really proud of the work we do on @TheTakeaway . It's a unique show with a much-needed approach to covering news: uplifting stories and voices that are often ignored and taking the time to unravel complicated questions with care... some recent examples of that:

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

1 year

Feeling both utterly grateful for my time @TheTakeaway and reminding myself of the brilliant words of @MHarrisPerry , "white supremacy isn't something that we're just reporting on, it's happening to us." Thank you--thank you to the entire team! 💌

The Takeaway 🎙

@TheTakeaway

1 year

#ICYMI West Coast correspondent Monica Morales-Garcia ( @monic_ughhh ) shared her favorite segments and why they mattered to her

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I don’t know a got-dang thing about the globalization of sports or Argentina or fútbol culture—but i might have shed a tiny tear thinking about belonging. So good. So inspired.

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

2 years

. @LatinoUSA is featuring an episode of #TheLastCup , by @futurostudios & @NPR . Hosted by @JasGarsd . #LionelMessi always dreamed of winning a #WorldCup for his country. But playing with #Argentina 's national team has proven to be his kryptonite. LINK ➡️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Fuck The Grove and all those Luxury malls in LA, they don’t pay people enough to shop at the stores that employ them.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

I had so much fun producing this story! thank you @alexisdaria for sharing your story w/ @LatinoUSA and being so wholesome 💕💕 Also a Tina Turner reference— magical 🪄 ✨

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

3 years

Tomorrow on @LatinoUSA , though @alexisdaria knows that the romance genre may not be taken seriously in some circles, her focus isn’t about pleasing people who look down on love stories. Don't miss it on your podcast feeds 🎧🎙️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Hey that’s me! Please see me for all for fact checking needs I’m literally an encyclopedia of knowledge. Also fact checking is a blast when the reporting is brilliant 🪩

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I work with such talented and influential journalist that they have reached the one and only Kim Kardashian. Idk if Kim actually listened BUT YOU SHOULD! Story by the gorg @ReynaldoLeanos & even more gorg @veckst & edited by super gorgeous @lopezcruzado

The Race to Save Melissa Lucio - Latino USA

A small group of protestors are standing outside the Cameron County Courthouse in Brownsville, Texas in early February. The group...

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Kim Kardashian

@KimKardashian

2 years

So heartbreaking to read this letter from Melissa Lucio’s children begging for the state not to kill their mother. There are so many unresolved questions surrounding this case and the evidence that was used to convict her.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

We as a society don’t need to see all the Kardashians on the red carpet. There should be a quota of one Kardashian per event, including but not limited to, Blac Chyna, Jonathan Cheban, Brody Jenner, Larsa Pippen, Tristan Thompson, the Hadid sisters, and all members of Blink-182.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

1 year

Producer Appreciation Weeks: Monica Morales-Garcia via @TheTakeaway

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Last day of sleeping in and we’ve loved every friggin second 💖

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I know you wanna listen to La Brega, but what if you also listened to a 'La Brega Is Back!' Where I made MHP ask Alana... Who is Bad Bunny? via @TheTakeaway

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I fact checked this episode so you know it’s gonna be good!! But a good fact checker is only as good as a brilliant producer @patsulbaran & editor @DaisyJourno . Congratulations on this amazing piece 💖💖

Latino USA

@LatinoUSA

2 years

From @futuromedia & @prx , a new @LatinoUSA podcast is out! We visit #Arizona ahead of the #Midterm2022 to follow a powerful progressive movement that helped turn the state into a battleground in 2020. Will they be able to keep it that way? LISTEN ➡️

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

1 year

I’ll never tell 🤫

Melissa Harris-Perry

@MHarrisPerry

1 year

We all knew ⁦ @monic_ughhh ⁩ had secret talents — but tonight as ⁦ @TheTakeaway ⁩ Team came together for the last time — she revealed next level skills. Can’t wait to see the incredible things she does next!

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Being vulnerable is so annoyingly hard. Ugly.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

disculpe 💋🍧💫

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

1 year

I fact-check everything, including if eyelashes are strips or extensions— they’re different! 💅🏻 Listen to Marta’s piece out now 🎧

Marta Martinez

@mart3es

1 year

Thank you to my brilliant editor @DaisyJourno for all the care she put into this story as well, and to @monic_ughhh for the fact-checking and the eyelash extensions expertise :)

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

Literally this was so fun 💖💖💖💖🎧Keyla Monterroso Mejia is Taking the Lead via @TheTakeaway

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

You heard it on @ApplePodcasts first, I am the moment

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

I’m turing 30 in a 6 hours, the first time I cut bangs was in my grandmothers bathroom because I wanted to look like Selena. 20 years later I still wanna look like Selena.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

I was raised to be quiet, to not talk about what was going on in the house, but my grandmother let me be loud, and look loud. She let me imagine a different reality beyond the one I was living, and I am grateful for that.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

Applied for some adjunct positions, is this a mistake? I mean— think of the Profe Moni outfits. Like !!!!!! Hi, we’re talking about colonialism.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

Happy Valentine’s Day

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

1 year

Night 2 🐝

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

I don’t use Instagram to check on my friends. I talk to my friends. I use it to check on Jessica from 8th grade.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

From hottest to least hottest: Davide Indiya Ekin Su Tasha Gemma Paige tie with Dami Andrew Adam Luca

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

New glasses ft. Acne scares from my retinol purge

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

Please don’t tell anyone but I like my job.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

#NewProfilePic

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

Sent an email with the subject line ‘I’m Finished!’ Im choosing violence today

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

I got amazing news today, it’s complicated and I never talk about it. I just wanna share that I got good news without saying what it is because I don’t feel like putting it into context. All I know is the ‘law’ can kiss my whole ass! xoxo 💋

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Do you think the stimulus check is $600 cash and $2000 store credit?

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

The hip and butt pads on the Netflix Selena show are so bad. Selena’s body was so important to her artistry and they have talked about it 0 times. V weird.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

I don’t know how to say this but I’ve lost THREE hair brushes in my apartment. They are lost! Even after cleaning. Where are they?? Who took them? I’m locking my doors!

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

Youth @eyeshad0w

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Made a hat, I’m excited to sew— I don’t even care if it’s bad. I just like creating

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I got to produce this fun little thing! Pantone's color of the year is basically pink. 🌸🎂🪀 Pantone's Color of the Year: Viva Magenta! via @TheTakeaway

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Imma apply for jobs with the pseudonym Molly Morals and see what happens

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Rip to all the things I bought on maxed out credit cards and then told the credit card companies 10 years later, ‘that wasn’t me, prove that it was me?’

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

When I say I just “finished grading,” what I mean is I gave everyone an A.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

My Telfar bag just shipped and I got amazing job news today! Wow great day.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

I’m a winner baby 🪄

Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

If you are the person outbidding me on the vintage pink miu miu kitten heels on eBay, why are you being so uncool?

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

If you are the person outbidding me on the vintage pink miu miu kitten heels on eBay, why are you being so uncool?

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

I always agree with Susan Yara

Susan Yara

@susanyara

4 years

I’m embarrassed for our country rn.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

You know imma make them sit in a circle. I love circle seating in a class room

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

I never knew that Jill and Joe Biden were actually giants.

Kyle Griffin

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3 years

The Bidens with the Carters, via @CarterCenter .

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

5 years

@ everyone whose ever considered going to therapy, I 100% recommended. 10/10 Who knew realizing I’m a separate person from my mother was so insightful and empowering?

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Emily in Paris is so bad. They called her a hick and she’s a hick.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Our closets are archives of our lives; who we want to be, who we’ve been, and who we are.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

My job today is asking 80 year old women if they’re pregnant or breast feeding. A surprising amount say yes

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Calling Jenny69 a Hot Cheeto Latina is an insult to Hot Cheetos— don’t do em like that.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

The amount of times I said ‘realize’ in the chisme story is hilarious and I promise I don’t have that many realization about stuff.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

@barbaralinan Do whatever you want! You’re the mom!

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

Pulled out the wig

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

My first pitch got excepted! Wazzzuppppppopppp

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

2 years

BREAK MY SOUL. ITS LIKE IF: YOURE DANCING AT THE CLUB. EVERYTHING IS IN SLOW MO. YOURE WALKING TO THE CENTER OF THE DANCE FLOOR WITH A DRINK IN TOW. YOURE PASSING THROUGH BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHIPPING THEIR HAIR AND MOVING THEIR HIPS. YOU JUST QUIT YOUR JOB.

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@monic_ughhh

3 years

Kiwi is in trouble

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@monic_ughhh

4 years

Have I spent 2 days creating a denim corset? YES

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@monic_ughhh

4 years

LMAO is this a coup?

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@monic_ughhh

2 years

Found the perfect casual mule. @JW_ANDERSON

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@monic_ughhh

2 years

Since I began being a career woman I haven’t had the chance to sew 🪡 doing that today. If I don’t update it’s because my wide leg pin stripe pants turned out bad . 😅🖖🏼 💔

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@monic_ughhh

2 years

💖

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@NPRoye

2 years

In Excessive: A Podcast About Being too Much, @monic_ughhh will explore Latinx fashion within our society, where there is a "right way" to look and sound. It will be a celebration of the aesthetics often labeled tacky or too much, while still investigating their complicated power

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@monic_ughhh

3 years

I stimulated the economy and purchased cat clothing

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@monic_ughhh

4 years

Do you think I can make the iconic purple Selena outfit??? Should I go searching for a stretch purple glitter fabric??? I’m supposed to be doing everything but this. But imagine it 😇

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@monic_ughhh

3 years

Feliz año nuevo 🎈

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4 years

My Sandy Liang dupe! I haven’t decided if I hate it or love it... but I did it 😅

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@monic_ughhh

11 months

The “former” Gianni Versace Mansion

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4 years

What a good curl day this was

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4 years

All of Dolly Parton’s shoes are custom made and I have never felt more like a peasant.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Wow, you know what!!! I know my Prozac is working cause I just had a tiny fit of anxiety and realized I hadn’t felt that in months— AND that I forgot to take my meds this morning. We’re all good now, took my lil 20mg and it’s fine now.

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

Rhanna on @QueerEye is giving me so much joy, she loves dogs and wants to make them look cute! She deserves all good things 💕💕💕

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

3 years

A cute moment where I planned a luxurious Gucci evening

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years

So many celebrities and influencers have so much money and such horrible taste— a monogrammed LV suit is not FASHION

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4 years

I woke up needing toothpaste and cat food, target at 8am is the optimal time to go.

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4 years

kwon

@ZH1KELLYS

4 years

i wish i was a cat , no school no works just meow meow

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3 years

A woman won’t stop talking to me at work. I’ve tried everything. She has lied to me all day and I’m not even talking to her! What did I do to deserve this??????????!!!

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Monica Morales-Garcia

@monic_ughhh

4 years