From Santiago to Buenos Aires, through stories and perspectives from different parts of the world, these three exhibitions invite you to cross borders, explore new ways of seeing, and reflect on memory, transformation, and our relationship with the environment.
At 17 years old, Isabel Farías was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure. Years later, the consequences of that condition — including early osteoporosis — led her to become an activist and create Fundación Respuestas, an organization that supports women with this diagnosis. Here she reflects in the first person on an aspect that is still rarely discussed: the impact that an illness can have on mental health.
This August 22, leaving home will have a special flavor. Restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels, ice cream shops, and gastronomic ventures join a solidarity day that invites you to enjoy special preparations, products, and selected menus throughout the day, turning every purchase into aid for families affected by emergencies.
From the brief passage of a migratory eagle to an unprecedented duel of owls in broad daylight, photographer Josefina Rodríguez opens her personal archive on Photography Day to tell us the “behind the scenes” of her best images.
This column is different from the ones we usually publish in Hablemos de amor. This time it is not a story written to be told, but an email that a friend wrote to another who is no longer here. We decided to publish it just as it arrived, because sometimes love also looks like this, in a friend who keeps talking to the other after her death.
How do you learn to live with the absence of a daughter who died unexpectedly? Isabella Belmar was 20 years old when she lost her life in an accident caused by a drunk driver. A psychologist, a friend of her family, writes about the grief of her parents, who for more than two years also had to endure hearings, postponements, and a sentence they felt was insufficient.
Regarding the comments about Ariana Grande’s appearance, the discussion once again brings to the table the boundaries between respecting others’ bodies and questioning the beauty ideals that surround them.
Organizing schedules, remembering appointments, anticipating needs, and making sure everything works. It is the mental load that many women carry daily and that can not only be exhausting. If it persists over time, it can turn into chronic stress and also take a toll on the heart.
Menopause does not come to a blank slate. It comes to women who have had to prove their professional ability over and over again in work environments historically designed by and for men. It comes to women who continue to do most of the unpaid domestic and care work. It comes to women who are often in the so-called “sandwich generation”: supporting the growth of their children while beginning to take on caregiving responsibilities for aging parents.
The theater festival arrives with a lineup that invites girls, boys, and their families to discover new stories, play, get excited, and talk. Additionally, La Tercera members will be able to access a 25% discount on their tickets.
