At 91 years old, Luz Jiménez has just filmed Caído del cielo, a short film about the encounter between an elderly woman who lives alone and a young man who escapes from a juvenile detention center. Regarding this project, she talks with Paula about old age, loneliness, and the desire to continue doing theater.
They talk, remember what they are told, and are available whenever a boy or girl wants to talk. They are stuffed animals, dolls, and small robots that incorporate artificial intelligence to become a kind of “friend” always available. A new way to play that also raises unsettling questions about the bonds they create, what they might say, and what happens to everything they hear.
“Being skinny is the outfit,” says a new trend on social media. The phrase may sound new, but the idea behind it is older than the wheel: that a skinny body is better than the others.
It is spicy, acidic, and has been on the Korean table for centuries. But kimchi has something more. Science studies its effects on the microbiota, obesity, and cardiovascular health. Here we explain what happens when we eat it and why it can be good for us.
With an increasingly reduced vision, Diana Camacho’s work poses a paradox: dedicating herself to the visual arts when the eyes do not necessarily deliver a complete image of what is in front of her. At 52 years old, the artist shares how she learned to create from fragments, memories, and other senses.
Estrogens protect the heart, but with menopause, that advantage diminishes and women’s risk of heart attack approaches that of men. And there’s something else. As we live longer and longer, we also spend more time in a stage where taking care of the heart becomes key.
Chronicler and essayist. Sometimes a poet, sometimes an editor, university professor, and rock musician. Also part of Paula’s history, where he was a columnist. All these things are Roberto Merino, an author, we could say, in the tradition of great Chilean chroniclers like Joaquín Edwards Bello, widely known for mapping and describing a city like Santiago de Chile. Here, a group of voices invited by Paula recommends his works.
Delicious, light, and with that perfect balance between sweet and citrus. These classic sugar and lemon pancakes are easy to prepare and an ideal alternative to enjoy on a rainy day.
When there is infidelity we usually only think about the pain of the one who was betrayed. But the person writing this story also suffered. She lost her marriage and for years lived trapped in guilt and shame. Until she understood that admitting a mistake does not mean having to pay for it for a lifetime.
When a person migrates, they do so with their studies and experience, but leave behind the contacts and networks they built over the years. Jarka Paprnáková knows this well. Almost two decades ago she arrived in Chile from Slovakia without speaking Spanish. Today, through Valientes con Maleta, she seeks to help other women build the connections that she had to create from scratch.