It’s surprising how frequently I have to remind people that white heterosexual young men without disabilities are not the majority of the population. People have used as an argument with me that most protagonists are like that because “is just how most people are” or “is what appeals to the majority of readers” or…

I didn’t mean to do that, sorry. I think that I expressed myself very poorly. What I mean to say is that minority languages have a lot of problems to survive in lots of countries, and even where they have a lot more protection (like in Galicia), there is a push to erase them from certain sectors of society. In places…

I’m afraid that, for minority languages, the situation in other countries is not much better. I speak a minority language (Galician, in Spain), and is one of the official languages in the country, the schools teach it to children and in spite of that, you can have problems to get a job in certain companys if you speak…

You can use the custom in Spanish-speaking countries. We have two surnames, but each of the parents give only one surname to their children Usually, the first surname, the surname of the male line, so the paternal surname is still the one that is passed down to the next generations, but you can cange the order. Or…

And Spain. Although is a colloquial word

His dad’s first surname is Elena. His mom’s first surname is Rodriguez. And not her maiden name, just her name, because women doesn’t change their surnames after marriage in Colombia (and a lot other spanish-speaking countries)

Cracked, maybe? It had a very interesting article about rape in the military recently where they used that line.

One grape for every chime of the clock. The clock of Puerta del Sol in Madrid is the most popular, and most television channels broadcast it in New Year.

Posthumous marriages are something that exists and were a common custom in certain parts. There is a story about them in one of my favorite horror comic books (Kurosagi Delivery Service), but they were real.

It depends on a lot of factors, but sometimes that can be very difficult. There can be teeth marks from scavenging animals even if originally the bones were left by humans, and certain type of tool marks (and sometimes, certain types of teeth marks) can be difficult to differentiate from marks left by the movement of…

I think that the 1500$ for a sandwich is not accurate. I live in a place where, until not so long ago, a lot of my neighbours had farm animals and grew their own food. Lots of them stil do, to a certain point. They could do almost the same that that man (except for the cheese and the salt) and they were saving money…

And lots of times, they erase the women that were in those stories. ¿What was the last realistic war film which showed that there were some women fighting? Or shows women doing anything that is not being a lover/mother/victim? Women don’t just disappear during war time. They work, they take care of their family, they…

I’m from Spain, one of the countries where women don’t change their name when they marry, and it always baffles some of the arguments for changing your name that I see in English-speaking countries. I know that it’s because our culture is different, so what is considered “normal” is not the same and I haven’t grown…

I’m not very surprised, but I would say that similar things happen in other countries. Canada, for example:

I don’t live in USA and don’t know exactly the resources and means of the State in this situation. I’m not sure what is the more effective course of action. But I’m sick of seeing people (not only in USA) saying things like “as soon as only their children are getting sick, I’m all right with that”. Talking about the…

Except, they shouldn’t have the right to put their own children in danger. Their children are people, not objects to be owned and mistreated, and should have the right to be protected, even if their parents are misinformed.

That reminds me of Romasanta, the Galician Werewolf. He was accused of selling an ointment made with the fat of their victims. He did sell the clothes of his victims, and he said that he had eaten some of them, but “unguents made with human fat” are part of the legends of the witches of the region (they use it that…

At least some countries of the EU have a ban on blood donations from people who has lived in the UK . In Spain, you can’t donate if you have lived in the UK for more than a year between 1980 and 1996 (or at least, they ask you that, and then the doctor can ask more questions and decide if there is a risk or not).…

I love reading about folklore and mithology even if I don’t believe that magic is real, and I know some of the spells that the witches of the place where I live used (or use, there are people that still practice traditional magic here). They are not made with strange ingredients. Some of them are very disgusting…