When I was 31, I went back to the gym, walked more, ate better and lost a few inches around my waist. What outfit did I buy to show off my newly trim – well – trimmer figure? A Wonder Woman costume. Over the next four years, Wonder Woman turned up in unexpected places. When…
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Sep
Pride March, Buenos Aires, 2005, soon after a smoke bomb went off in Plaza de Mayo. The headlines I can make out are: ‘The safari style returns’ ‘Santa Cruz brings back the 507 million dollars deposited in Switzerland’ It rained a little that evening. I saw the Newspaper Woman again at the Pride March…
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Sep
Relieving yourself in Argentina may involve the ultimate sacrifice.
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Sep
This is the entrance to the Quebrada de las Conchas – Gorge of the Shells – in the north-west of Argentina. In Spanish, concha means ‘shell’. You might remember, from Lord of the Flies, the large shell called the ‘conch’, and how any boy holding it got to speak. In Spain, women with the name…
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Sep
