In Mexico, we learn early that we have to be careful. They teach us that our freedom is limited, That the streets are dangerous, That we must hide our bodies. It’s normal. In Mexico, since we’re little, they teach us to be afraid. Girls disappear and women are raped. In Mexico a rapist can run…
Originally posted on Notes from Camelid Country:
As this grim winter lockdown grinds inexorably onwards – towards what I’m not quite sure – life in one of Europe’s great cities seems to barely have a pulse. The streets are sparsely populated and, with the exception of a couple of buskers who from time to time…
The election is in a month, give or take. America and the world are concerned about the outcome. Who will win the US election? The man in office, or Joe Biden? Polls are done by the dozen. Here is a “summary” of polls dated last Sunday 9/27: The blue line in Fig. 1 plots voting…
Originally posted on Notes from Camelid Country:
Ethical tourism is tricky. If ever it did, the ‘take only pictures, leave only footprints’ brand of travel ethics doesn’t stand up to scrutiny during the era of climate crisis. The severely negative impact of mass tourism has blighted both historic cities and pristine natural habitats, and driven exploitation…
Originally posted on Beyond "he" and "she":
#8m #9m Marchamos por nosotras, marchamos por las que ya no están y que no pueden marchar, marchamos por las que vienen. Marchamos todas, marchamos juntas. Marchamos porque de 3 mil 825 feminicidios denunciados en 2019 en México (sin contar los casos infinitos no…
Originally posted on Notes from Camelid Country:
It’s no surprise that a city like Budapest, with its cutting edge cultural attractions and a long history as an artistic centre, should have some impressive street art. Yet, I was still surprised by the wealth of building-sized art that is scattered across the central part of the…
Originally posted on Flavia Vinci:
A fantastic post in a fantastic blog. Flavia Vinci View original post
Originally posted on Notes from Camelid Country:
Berlin is synonymous with street art, and a handful of street artists are famed as much for their relationship with Berlin as they are for their art. That balance has been a little disrupted by initiatives like the Berlin Mural Fest, which brings international artists to paint giant…
Originally posted on POINT de VUE: PARIS:
‘What’s gone so wrong with France suddenly? What’s the story with the Yellow Vests?’ Outside of La Hexagone I’m pelted with such questions, as if coming from Paris confers some sort of special insight. It doesn’t. After five months of increasingly violent protest, no one, including the actors…
Originally posted on POINT de VUE: PARIS:
Those talking heads who say they saw the insurrection coming? – in this amplitude, in this form? are lying. Or, at best, kidding themselves. A few facts, as the rain and the sanitation trucks collaborate to try to clean the trashed streets of Paris: Yesterday didn’t quite add…
