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Men with the souls of women: Indonesia’s transgender waria
Three lithe young women frolic around in short nightdresses. Smoking cigarettes, they’re slowly getting drunk from a bag of potent local wine. I’m in Kemang, a wealthy district of South Jakarta – home to flashy bars, beer-swilling expats and cashed up locals. But here in the backstreets, … Read more
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You Couldn’t Have Afforded the Party Anyway: Berlin and the European Championship
Summer evenings in Berlin are longlit, they stretch, the city brims. In the long dusk, the public spaces grow suddenly thick with long-shanked people, the shops spill their wares onto the street, apartment-dwellers drink beer on their building doorsteps. It’s an unfolding of kinds. Summer is a … Read more
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The haunted generations: History lessons in Spain
Each month, Kill Your Darlings publishes ‘Notes From’, a series designed to illuminate the lives and lifestyles of different people around the world. This month, Belinda Lopez visits Madrid during economic protests, where she encounters young Spaniards trying to find footholds in a time of great uncertainty. … Read more
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Notes from the Tasman Sea (Melbourne to Auckland)
The Russiappines – 1421 nautical miles to New Zealand I have entered New Zealand from both ends – up in the North Island at Auckland airport and down south in pre-earthquake Christchurch. Both flights took about three hours from Melbourne and would have been completely unmemorable except … Read more
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Notes from … Athens
1. In September this year, Nella Themelios and I curated an exhibition at ReMap3 for BUS Projects entitled Kerameikou 32. ReMap is a contemporary art festival that started in 2007 and runs alongside the Athens Biennale. The festival takes … Read more
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Notes from … Santiago
In the latest instalment of our ‘Notes from … ’ travel series, Samuel Rutter returns to Santiago, Chile. 1. Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, Pudahuel, Santiago. 05:15 It’s cold. It’s darker than a wolf’s mouth, as they say in Chile, and I can’t even see the Andes … Read more
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Notes from … Delhi
In the latest instalment of our ‘Notes from … ’ travel series, Brass Monkey Books Publisher Kabita Dhara shares her experience of a return to a foreign city that feels like a homecoming. As soon as the plane touches down, my heart starts racing. For me, every … Read more
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Notes from … Johannesburg
Welcome to the first post in Killings’ Notes from series, in which we hear stories from travellers in far-flung places. Artist Royce Ng recently visited Johannesburg and was shocked – but not for the reason you might think. I had a pretty potted knowledge of South African … Read more
