La cuestión del matrimonio igualitario y la adopción por parte de parejas homosexuales en Colombia ha alcanzado tal exposición, argumentación y atención como nunca antes. Donde hace unos años no se podía mencionar la palabra “gay” sin atraer miradas odiosas y gruñidos de desapruebo, ahora hay un espacio para debatir el tema, que trata más… Continue reading Buscando Respuestas: Matrimonio Gay en Colombia
Category: Non Fiction
Finding the Lost City
By the time it was over, I had bleeding blisters, a fractured toe, a body pumped with coca leaves, and the knowledge that I could truly do anything I set my mind to, regardless of how impossible it seemed at first.
Visiting the Neighbours: Two Weeks Alone in Ecuador
All I needed was to go somewhere I'd never been before where I could have time to think, to be by myself, to swim in the ocean, and to eat good food. And I found I didn't have to go very far.
Portfolio A: Cover Letter for the National Geographic Society
I wrote this piece of persuasive writing for a university course of the same name I was taking at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, during the second-to-last year of my creative writing degree. The piece was meant to persuade the employer of my dreams to hire me. Even though it was written… Continue reading Portfolio A: Cover Letter for the National Geographic Society
El Salvajismo de la Hora Pico
El salvajismo de la hora pico me desespera, me abruma, me entristece, y en Medellín, ésta hora se ha vuelto una imposibilidad logística. La movilidad en la ciudad después de las 5 de la tarde es una pesadilla que a veces pone en riesgo nuestra seguridad física, y para mí, también mi tranquilidad mental. El… Continue reading El Salvajismo de la Hora Pico
Surrounded by Invisible Children
The last couple of years have brought incredible change in the world, and most of it has been started by disgruntled youth and divulged through the internet and social media. Technology has allowed large groups of people to become more organised and effective than ever before: from the Arab Spring movement and the denouncement of… Continue reading Surrounded by Invisible Children
Bin Laden’s dead… so what?
Osama Bin Laden killed by US ground troops in Abbottabad, Pakistan, announces US President Barack Obama on 1st May, 2011. I can’t say I’m displeased. In fact, like most people around the world, I feel a sense of relief and justice. He, too, was a monster who needed to be killed. For decades he exploited… Continue reading Bin Laden’s dead… so what?
As the World Turns
The circularity of events, the repetition of life; this is when history becomes the future. We always make the same mistakes, don’t we? No matter how much we think we have learned from our past, the future always brings new opportunities to prove us wrong. We remember the lessons we have learned from our mistakes,… Continue reading As the World Turns
Laura Restrepo Ortega 