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Let’s talk about opioid pills, shall we? As I was on the hunt for a link of the week to present to my class, I stumbled upon a chain of several articles that have to do with overdoses and prescription opioid pills. To begin, I wanted to state that I think that it’s smart to have a cha...

Australia’s referendum in October 2023, is asking whether the indigenous peoples of this land should be recognised in the Australian Constitution and given the right to an advisory body. It has become mired in politics and culture wars and the basic question forgotten. It is hard to pass a ref...

Which includes the classic line: “Misandry then, is women’s anger against their oppressors. Misogyny is men’s anger against those they oppress.” These articles, these memes, these definitions all follow one consistent premise that has been prevalent over the last forty plu...

Happy New Year, beautiful humans! Give love to those around you for an extra minute today; it could become a healthy habit. You're caught up if you read this piece about my fear of exactly this. Post-operation life. TLDR? I had my right foot majorly fucked with, surgically s...

I took this photo when I was leaving Rio de Janeiro to go to Recife for my PhD fieldwork. It is true that Rio is probably the most gorgeous city on the planet ( not the most magic which -personally- I think it is Paris) but this not the point of this picture. While I was looking at the city from ...

Cocaine Cowboys, the riveting documentary directed by Billy Corben, introduced us to a cast of real-life characters who played significant roles in Miami’s drug trade during the 1970s and 1980s. While the film provided a captivating glimpse into their lives, delving deeper into their post-docu...

This is my first blog post on Medium. I finally took the time to write about one of the topics that most fascinates with me which is Venture Capital. First I will let you know how I got tangled in the Mexican VC ecosystem and the key lessons that I have learned while operating a VC in Mexico. Its ch...