There’s a type of organic shop and farmers market purist I find amusing – those with more than one bottle of tamari in the pantry, who brag about how they hated plastic waste before David Attenborough shamed it. Whenever I find myself at a dinner or party being talked at by such people about pesticide-free lavender oil, I’ll likely challenge them on the fact working class people are less likely to ‘shop ethically’, and prod them about why this might be.
Hannah Spyksma & Luis Barrueto: Crisis, corruption & comedy in Guatemala
It was a pretty average Spring in London by all accounts, when I stayed with Guatemalan Luis Barrueto at his Holloway flat in late-April, 2015. For the few days I was there we did all the things 20-somethings should do while studying abroad; stayed up late, partied, saw the sights and attended street festivals. But for all my hedonistic London encounters, something much more important was going on for Luis.
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