Pastora Galván has danced for as long as she has been able to stand on her feet. Born into an important flamenco lineage, she is one of today’s most celebrated flamenco dancers in the world. Beyond that, she struggles every day to provide a happy life both for her daughter and herself. “I define my…
Molly Hostetler, Sarah Stein, and Harrison Wills are English teaching assistants at public elementary, middle, and high schools in Seville. As participants in CIEE’s fully immersive program Teach in Spain for teachers and recent college graduates, they gain valuable experience teaching abroad for a year, while still being able to explore their new city and…
If Dracula is in his most powerful form during Halloween, Jasmine Dean, as well known as the vampire, has Valentine’s Day to be completely herself. Midterms start today, and the cafeteria is strangely silent. Notebooks occupy the tables and worried looks occupy the students faces. But the cloudy sky, appropriate for a day like today,…
During my childhood, my family always had dogs. When I was born, we had Jorge, and after Jorge was Scooby, and after Scooby, Dawson. Dawson was a husky, and huskies are “typical” dogs. Dawson didn’t like too much attention. He liked to be alone most of the time and having his own space. He was…
María José and Paco don’t know each other, but neither of them has a home. In this text they describe their lives without keys, the passing of time without a roof. MORNING María José finishes spraying down the cashpoint where she has slept with mint spray, gathers her belongings, ties up her two dogs and puts…
Homosexuality has been the subject of mistaken viewpoints in different areas, such as in cultural life. The position of the brotherhoods of Seville’s Holy Week in this matter is characterized by a rejection based on ignorance. Borja, a young member of a brotherhood, lives his sexual orientation based on the foundation of these religious organizations….
Discrimination agains women has generally declined in different professional fields, but it still coexists in established practical methods. Culture, specifically music, has lacked feminine figures that represent the collective in this area since its existence. Clarisa Guerra belongs to a sevillian band, and has experienced firsthand the problems that result from the sexism that creates…
Mercedes, Nani, Marisa, and Filly, volunteers at Fundación Benéfica Virgen de Valvanuz / TAYLOR FAUST Behind a facade that does not attract anyone’s attention on Pagés del Corro Street in the neighborhood of Triana, Filly and her peers work to help the needy from Seville and beyond. It’s a Tuesday afternoon. Two women enter the Fundación…
Three feminist communication professionals, reflect on the stereotypes that the media and advertising create about the ideal of femininine putting women in conflict with their own bodies. What is beauty? The RAE (Real Academia Española) says it is “the quality of beauty and person or thing remarkable for its beauty.” Beyond these two meanings, the…
Ryan Kelly takes a shot for Real Betis Energía Plus / FERNANDO RUSO After Ryan Kelly’s star-studded career at Duke and a promising rookie year in the NBA, the former-Blue Devil big-man finds himself in a new country, new culture and, once more, a new battle with transition. Centro Deportivo San Pablo is not quite a…
