Merche Pérez works in her shop / VERONICA MOYER In the heart of the San Julian art community, one artist uses embroidery, or tattooed textiles, to convey the importance of having self-love and a “do it yourself” attitude. Merche maintains her gaze on the needle as it moves with quick clicks across the blue cotton…
Her childhood love of Spain led Lisse back to the country as a college student in the Erasmus exchange program. With nothing to keep her at home in Belgium, she came to a crossroads and made a decision of a lifetime embracing a new lifestyle, culture, and language. Lisse has just turned 27 years old…
Emeterio Serrano and his time capsule serve their final glass The cozy interior of Casa Eme buzzes with an energy as potent as the smell of garlic that hangs in the air. Customers swarm around the bar counter, chatting and laughing as Cruzcampo flows from the tap. The clamor is only broken when a deep…
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…
Clara Duarte Ceballos in the Park of Prado de San Sebastián / EMILY MILAKOVIC Although same-sex marriage had been legal for years by the time Clara realized she was lesbian, the world she lived in had not caught up. “I thought I was the only girl in the world who liked other girls.” Clara Duarte…
Angela Ojeda Ruiz checks the list of clients for the day at the front desk of Obando / LAURA PLACE Two years ago, hair stylist Angela Ojeda Ruiz established her salon, Obando. Located on Calle de la Amargura, the salon distinguishes itself through its environmentally conscious products and welcoming environment. The business is also founded…
Members of FAKALI during the demonstration in Seville to commemorate International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2018. Sandra Heredia Fernández is at the center. A LITTLE GIRL WITH STRAIGHT BROWN HAIR stares into the video camera and declares, “I will be Doctor Samara Hernández.” She then quickly smiles, forming small wrinkles around her eyes. “I love…
The depopulation of many rural areas of Spain is creating as many challenges as it is offering new opportunities for those who have not joined in the exodus to the cities. Several residents of Las Infantas, in the province of Jaén, describe their tribulations and hopes living in a village of no more than 400…
Laura Place, student of the Communications, New Media and Journalism Spanish program, interviews her professor Marina Blesa. Marina awaits the answers of her students with an ever-encouraging expression. She smiles with her whole face, and those in the class feel better knowing that the energetic woman in front of them is, simply, a good person….
The first time he took his son to his homeland, Jovan pointed to a mountain range and said those words. “My mother’s bones are buried in that mountain.” She died in a concentration camp during World War II, in a camp called Jasenovac, known as the “Yugoslav Auschwitz.” As far as Jovan knew, she died…
