Mujeres que corren con los lobos

He visto encenderse un verde destello en los ojos de las mujeres que procuran disimular su furia por el hecho de que otras sean capaces de crear y ellas, por alguna extraña razón, no puedan hacer lo mismo. He oído todas las excusas que pueden inventarse las mujeres: No tengo talento. No soy importante. No tengo estudios. No tengo ideas. No sé hacerlo. No sé qué. No sé cuándo. Y la más ofensiva de todas: no tengo tiempo. En tales casos, siempre experimento el impulso de colocarlas boca abajo y sacudirlas hasta que me prometan no volver a decir mentiras. Pero no es necesario que yo las sacuda, pues eso ya lo hará el hombre oscuro de sus sueños y, si este no lo hace, lo hará el actor de otro sueño.

Mujeres que corren con los lobos, CLARISSA PINKOLA (1992)

Guerrilla Girs. Tate Modern Museum of Lodon (2017)

London, una vez más

Man who is tired of London, is tired of life.

Europeism and politic changes

Europe’s headache is just continuing after the UK elections. Negotiations at least will be as complicated as they have been the past years, eventhough some release was expected, and a public referendum will probably happen by 2017. It has been curious and unexpected however the huge drop of the laborist and the other medium-sized parties, in opposition to the mainstream arise of alternative forces in other countries. And mentioning curiosities, Mhairi Black will take the youngest seat in 100 years at Westminster. With only 20 years old, and just finishing her degree in Politics, she represents the Scottish nationalists. In this interview (in Spanish) she highlights how the Scottish youth has opened the eyes and how politics are evolving.

I think that what happened in Scotland, and I am an example of it, is that the referendum has forced people to question themselves, to open the eyes, look at the society and say ‘Oh My, there are so many problems! Why does not anybody fix this?’ And we have started to connect the dots among the problems in our lives and politics. There has been a political awaken in the society, and it is happening basically among the young people. We have been always disillusioned by the fact that no matter who is in Westminster, nothing changes. We have opened the eyes and suddenly attending parties doesn’t seem that important when here are children that can not eat.

.. I wish this spirit spreads all along Europe, and young people stop accepting what they have been given, and start feeling empowered to make the change themselves. There is a gap between the complains we naturally give to the society, and the willingness to actually make something happen.

The Riot Club

The Riot Club, what a movie. During so many moments it was disgusting and annoying for so many reasons. The main one: knowing that a part of the English culture, which I generally love and admire, it is like that. Elitist and classist. It is common knowledge that the current prime minister, and most of the people around him, attended the same college and were members of this kind of clubs – maybe not that hardcore things happened, but the spirit was the same.

But I don’t need to go that far to find situations that make me feel like this. Just around me I can already find young colleagues that decide to spend their money getting wasted and destroying others properties just because they can. They might not be that classy or rich, but they still show that lack of respect for other’s effort, for public property, and they think that money can buy or fix just anything.

It makes me sad because I am a young student as well, and I love to go partying and have fun. But I also have this sense of respect towards my parents giving me this chance, and I feel I have to use this opportunity responsibly. I am also aware that I am a lucky person, because I did nothing special to deserve this freedom of studying out from my hometown or having a comfortable economical situation, and this precisely makes me work harder, be grateful and showing huuuuge respect for those ones who weren’t that lucky as I am and are still doing great.

This being said, it is a great movin that I totally recommend because precisely rises awareness against classisim.