Opinion 51

Mary and butter

I want to believe that his experience (bad, very bad) has changed the way of doing things and treating people.

By Mónica Hernández

There are times when I think we have not advanced at all as a species and there are others when I think we have come a long way. There is so far to go and I can't help but look back in the rearview mirror and give thanks for the women who have gone before us. To some I would like to say not only "thank you" but also that their sacrifice has been worth it. That it is paying off.

A few days ago, the premiere of the film "Te llamás María" at the film festivals caught my attention. In the nebula of my mind, something stirred. I was only a few years old and had no use of reason when the events took place, but I have a record that at home they talked about a sinful, filthy, indecent movie, secretly and only among adults. When I came of age I tried to watch it, but it was never shown at the cinema. When the video rental clubs arrived, I had forgotten the title.

This is the sad story of a mother seeking justice for her murdered daughter in Mexico.

A genetic sample was used to link a man related to a policeman assigned to the homicide area of the Chihuahua State Attorney General's Office as one of Lilia Alejandra's assailants.

Violence does not stop

We are not doing something right because violence against women continues unabated.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: More actions than commemorations!

Perhaps in these times of silences and doubts, only art is capable of containing and, at the same time, giving vent to so much pain and to the hopes we still have for the possibility of a better future.

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