Many of Rosalía's fans probably thought she wouldn't perform live. BerghainNot only because of the vocal difficulties and the need for orchestral accompaniment, but also because of the structural and stylistic changes this piece, just over three minutes long, entails. But yes, she has done it again. She has captivated us once more. It seems that the woman from San Esteban Sesrovires truly invites us to participate in a double divine possession: first by Apollo, when she sings with the head voice that seduces with a strong German rationality, and then by Dionysus, with the remix by Conrad Taylor (with "till you love me").

We are not fed up with politics. We are fed up with politicians and this way of doing things that is spreading lies, recriminations, and a loss of direction. We are fed up with their degradation. We are tired of the public discourse of those in power, here and everywhere, right and left. This weariness does not express a rejection of collective life or democratic deliberation, but rather a clear intuition. Politics has been replaced by the management of power, by party logic, and by a technical administration of the present that has given up on thinking about the future as a shared project whose aim is the well-being of societies.

The scandal surrounding the allegations made by two domestic workers against Julio Iglesias has erupted. The media is abuzz with the story, and I was stunned when, on Ana Rosa's program, Ramón Arcusa—a friend of the singer, musician, and member of the duo Dúo Dinámico—stated that if a woman is raped, she should immediately report the crime and leave the house or wherever the rapist is: if she doesn't leave, it means she did. He also commented that all the accusations being made against Julio Iglesias before the courts have even ruled are coming from within the industry. woke of society. Without a second thought, she has linked the sexual assault allegations to an ideology and, in turn, has quickly politicized it. Amazing!

Cara Dagget, in her article "Petromasculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire" (2018), defines the term petromasculinity as a form of masculinity that associates the use of and nostalgia for fossil fuels with traditional masculine identities, authoritarianism, climate change denial, and certain sociocultural power dynamics. We already knew of Trump's unbridled interest in oil, but the attack on Venezuela to end the Maduro regime has further confirmed it, and for that reason, I maintain that it fits perfectly with that definition of petromasculinity, which, in turn, is fueled by a very American model.

Currently, the Oval Office "walk of fame" in the White House includes portraits of all former presidents, with the exception of Donald Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, whose portrait is displayed only with his signature. Trump has removed Biden's portrait. He has also deleted material linking him to the Epstein files. Throughout his public career, Trump has deleted digital content he himself posted, including tweets and social media posts, and in some cases, he has removed or ordered the removal of content from platforms connected to his political or presidential activities. All of this demonstrates a personalistic and unilateral power, which is a clear symptom, in my opinion, of his megalomania. Trump wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize; he wants to go down in history as the greatest US president, no matter the cost, even if it means erasing history, and this has a name. damnatio memoriaeAkhenaten, Caligula, Nero, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, and many others before and after these figures put it into practice. This stems from an exacerbated megalomania as a symbolic device of grandeur. The Genealogy of MoralityNietzsche addresses how historical memory is constructed and manipulated to maintain hierarchies of power, which connects conceptually with the idea of erasing or rewriting history from a personalistic perspective. Megalomania stems from a self-attribution of grandeur born from the belief that one is historically necessary, as in the case of Trump and many other current high-ranking officials. The American president wants to leave his mark on history, not on the moon, but in the US and also throughout the world (and he feels that world is too small for him!).

On July 25, 1978, Louise Brown, the first person born from in-vitro fertilization, was born in the United Kingdom. in vitro Developed by Patrick Steptoe and Robert G. Edwards, their research was primarily driven by scientific and clinical motives, such as ending infertility. From the 1980s, when the first clinics began to appear, to the present day, this milestone of ending infertility has been presented as scientific progress and individual freedom, but it also conceals a way of monetizing the desire to become parents. Underlying all of this is a very complex web of interests and power relations that specifically affect women's bodies, bodies that are impacted not only physically but also psychologically. According to materialist feminism, the body is not an abstract and inviolable space, but a place traversed by relations of production, reproduction, and exploitation. Assisted reproduction transforms bodily functions such as ovulation, gestation, and genetic capacity, and it does not transform all bodies equally; it is women who bear the physical, hormonal, and emotional risks of the process.

This week, the Paral·lel 62 venue hosted a K-pop concert that sold out 1,500 tickets in a minute. K-pop is highly produced Korean music, with spectacular choreography, captivating videos, and the singers' commanding stage presence, perfectly aligned with Korean dramas and films. This latest concert is a clear example of that. soft power. "Soft power" uses culture, in this case music, to project South Korea as a key strategic power in the future of international affairs and as a country entirely distinct from North Korea. Since 1963, the two Koreas have used sonic propaganda as part of their psychological warfare strategy, and K-pop has been the most lethal weapon lately, since June 2024, when North Korea launched balloons filled with garbage and South Korea blasted K-pop over loudspeakers. And I say it has been the most destructive music because it has led young people in North Korea to pirate these addictive and highly exportable songs.

In recent years, and we have failed to do so, citizens have watched in bewilderment as corruption cases, despite their extreme gravity, accumulate and are diluted in a climate of widespread desensitization. On the one hand, the Santos Cerdán case (with charges of illegal commissions, alleged shady dealings in public works projects, and a scheme involving politicians and companies) has once again shaken what little trust we had left in institutions and has brought to light the systemic corruption we are experiencing.