The Guilty Cosmopolitan

Mexico City native. Londoner at heart. Now in NYC. Happiest when riding a bike.

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Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

| Albert Camus (via stoweboyd)

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My song of the summer. 

Lyrics are a beauty (scroll down for English)

[Strofa 1] Il cartello di Cali è un bordello Meglio il traffico delle vacanze Quelle code infinite di macchine Che si vedono al telegiornale Mi mettono di buon umore Come gli stabilimenti balneari E il cielo quando è tutto azzurro E il cielo quando è tutto azzurro

[Bridge 1] E l'aria che sa di mare E tutti ci vogliamo nuotare E tutti ci vogliamo nuotare E il sole che ci fa bene Alla pelle, agli occhi, alle ossa E non ci fa pensare

[Ritornello] Ti mando un vocale Di dieci minuti Soltanto per dirti Quanto sono felice Ma quanto è puttana Questa felicità Che dura un minuto Ma che botta ci dà

[Strofa 2] Ma che bello sudare d'estate Ai matrimoni, all'ufficio postale Alla festa del santo patrono Quando il volante non si può toccare Mi mette di buon umore Come il vento sotto la maglietta E la birra che si scalda in fretta E la birra che si scalda in fretta

[Bridge 2] E l'aria che sa di sale E tutti ci vogliamo baciare E tutti ci vogliamo baciare E il sole che ci fa bene Alla pelle, agli occhi, alle ossa E non ci fa pensare

[Ritornello] Ti mando un vocale Di dieci minuti Soltanto per dirti Quanto sono felice Ma quanto è puttana Questa felicità Che dura un minuto Ma che botta ci dà Ma che botta ci dà Ma che botta ci dà Ma che botta Ma che botta ci dà

English

[Strop 1] The Cali cartel is a brothel Better holiday traffic Those endless queues of cars What you see on the news They put me in a good mood Like the bathing establishments And the sky when it's all blue And the sky when it's all blue

[Bridge 1] And the air that smells of the sea And we all want to swim And we all want to swim And the sun that is good for us To the skin, to the eyes, to the bones And it does not make us think

[Refrain] I send you a vowel Ten minutes Just to tell you How happy I am But how much is a whore This happiness That lasts a minute But what a blow it gives us

[Strop 2] But how nice to sweat in the summer At weddings, at the post office At the feast of the patron saint When the steering wheel can not be touched It puts me in a good mood Like the wind under the shirt And the beer that heats up quickly And the beer that heats up quickly

[Bridge 2] And the air that tastes of salt And we all want to kiss And we all want to kiss And the sun that is good for us To the skin, to the eyes, to the bones And it does not make us think

[Refrain] I send you a vowel Ten minutes Just to tell you How happy I am But how much is a whore This happiness That lasts a minute But what a blow it gives us But what a blow it gives us But what a blow it gives us What a blow But what a blow it gives us

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So excited that my profile on the @united-nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed for the Wing’s second issue of No Man’s Land is finally out! She’s not just a badass diplomat, but also the best dressed official at the UN. Her energy and enthusiasm never cease to amaze me.

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Opinion | Tara Lipinski: It’s Time to Take Risks in the Rink Again

America’s female figure skaters came up under a system that rewarded clean skating over innovation. But that doesn’t produce champions.

Tara is one of my favourite skaters, but I disagree with this one. Since the scoring system changed, it’s all a numbers game and figure skating has become less interesting to watch. For the men, it’s all about the quads. Even falling on a quad scores higher than a cleanly performed triple. For the ladies, it’s all about placing jumps on the second half of the programme, or jumping with their hands above their head. I see Evgenia Medvedeva’s tiny jumps scoring higher just because of this system. Airy jumps - even if they’re only triples with hands on your chest - those are considered inferior now.  Even Mirai Nagasu felt like she needed a triple axel to get an edge and that’s still not enough!

It’s been disappointing to watch so many skaters fall because of this. I DO want the sport to evolve, but I’m not sure if the way it’s being done now is the right way. 

If anyone benefitted from the change is the scoring system it was ICE DANCING. I never watched it (full disclosure: I was a competitive figure skater once) and now I’m all over it because that’s the only place where the artistry is still so critical for scoring well. It is also so much more enjoyable when I’m not ridiculously nervous for the skaters - and it’s entertaining. Virtue & Moir over Yuzu and Zagitova any day. 

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Mirai Nagasu becomes the first U.S. woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics.

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Yuna Kim, lighter (light of my life) of the Olympic Cauldron at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

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Opinion | Hillary Lost, but the Future Is Hers

Women will follow Clinton’s lead right into the White House.

It’s 2018, a big election year, and women are going to be running everywhere. We’re sort of astonished by the numbers, but not by their ambition. They’ll be elected to city councils, state legislatures and Congress and hardly anyone will give their gender a second thought. That’s Hillary’s gift.

Here’s the message she left us. You can have that double dip at opportunity — you can even have a third or fourth chance if things go wrong. All you need to do is ignore every setback and work like a maniac.

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What the Men Didn't Say

At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, not one male award winner used their platform to mention the biggest story of the night.

This is why we need more #HeforShe. The disparity was so evident. Only Seth Meyers looks good here.

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Let's become a spot upon which fateful moonlight shines.  Let's become that night.  Let's become that park. Let's absorb and drip. We're damp grains of earth. We're grass purged of color. We're November's darkness.

Mean by Myriam Gurba. 

This is one of the best book beginnings I’ve ever read.

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Barack Obama calls for more women in power, says men "seem to be having some problems these days"

But he didn’t name names.

Finally someone admits this. Heh.

Speaking at an invitation-only conference, Les Napoleons, on Saturday, the44th president told the room about “the importance of more focus on putting women in power because men seem to be having some problems these days,” French news agency AFP reported.

“Not to generalize, but women seem to have a better capacity than men do, partly because of their socialization,” the Democrat said in response to a question about essential leadership qualities.

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When you realize your sanctuary means so much more than you think. Love this place and only want it to keep growing while also protecting it.

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It is also November. The noons are more laconic and the sundowns sterner. November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.—Where is Love to-day?

Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Lavinia Dickinson c. November 1864 (via ratsoff)

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Two rare things for me: a late night and selfie.

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“Do not judge me by my successes. Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Nelson Mandela

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Things to look out for during the UN General Assembly Debate

It’s that time of the year again. Every September, leaders from all over the world come to the United Nations Headquarters in New York for…

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Taylor Swift isn’t the first snake woman. She’s fighting misogyny’s favourite myth | Brian O’Flynn

Like predecessors from Eve to Hillary Clinton, the star fell foul of an ancient narrative that discredits women, says freelance writer Brian O’Flynn

IF YOU READ ONE ARTICLE ABOUT THE TS LET IT BE THIS.

Like all witch hunts, it’s trial by drowning. If you sink, you die, if you float – we kill you for being a witch, stupid. Hating her is the end in itself, and her response means nothing. She’s tried proudly owning her reputation, she’s tried parodying herself (see Blank Space and her LWYMMD video) but nothing works. Her reputation is set in stone regardless of her actions – but this is nothing new, for her or any famous woman.

Swift knows she can’t win, so she is content to play up to whatever role will bring her temporarily back into favour – “I’ll be the actress, starring in your bad dreams”. Swift knows her reputation is out of her own hands. Yes, Swift’s new single is a diss track, but she’s dissing us. And we probably deserve it.