Andrew Otazo Archives - Miami Creation Myth

Sheltered Latino Just Realized Racism Exists

Danny Rodriguez sat 20 stories up a glass and concrete office tower in a corner conference room—surrounded almost exclusively by 10 non-Hispanic White colleagues—shocked, stupefied, flabbergasted even. He had just made what he considered an astute recommendation...

What Does a Utopian Miami Look Like?

The alarm sounds, jolting me out of sleep. I must’ve hit snooze a few times because my phone shows that I have exactly one hour to get from my apartment in Downtown Homestead to my job in Brickell, 30 miles away. I smile. No need to rush. I brush my teeth, pull on...

City of Miami Converts Its Hurricane Relief Fund into Dogecoin

City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez floated to a podium set before the previous location of a chrome and brass statue of a bull that had long since been stripped of all metal parts by Miamians struggling to pay their rents. All that now remained of the charging bovine...

Ron DeSantis Demands Role in High School Musical to End Disney Feud

“I just need to SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!” exclaimed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on the steps of the state legislature, arms to the sky and caution to the winds. The reporters assembled for the press release winced and grimaced as DeSantis held his last off-key note...

Florida Lawmakers Ban Lady Orgasms

Florida’s phallic Capitol Building. Republican members of Florida’s Senate and House of Representatives voted unanimously to legally ban all women in the state from experiencing any form sexual climax. The bill will now make its way to Governor Ron DeSantis’...

The Creation of the Miami Creation Myth

Oh, boy. It’s been a ride. The Miami Creation Myth’s genesis can be traced to 2016, a full seven years before the book’s publication, several thousand feet above the Earth’s surface, and probably somewhere over Oklahoma. My friend thought it’d be a great idea to...