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Smokelong Quarterly has a Spanish edition, Smokelong en Español, with translation to English available. https://www.smokelong.com/smokelong-en-espanol-numero-tres/

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Lol. As a Swede, I didn't have to read it all. Yea, skip that colonial attitude/ignorance. It's enough that we all learn English, but how many Anglosaxans even care to learn a second language? There is so much they don't know if they stay self-centered. Diversity requires difference, tend all cultures/nations, so we don't lose out. What does it say about America that they need remakes of European films to be interested, for example Swedish "Låt den rätte komma in". The future is more multi-cultural. I'm bilingual, it's like English has colonised my brain - but I throw in Swedish terms/words/quirks and if you miss out, well make an effort if you wanna. Big respect to the likes of Rosalia, Jean-Paul Belmondo who refuse. It's probs the same problem as men not being feminist because they don't have to put themselves in women's shoes - hello, men kept us from voting, all over the world limitations on women appeared, and we pay for menstrual necessities - not born equal - is that how we want it?

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