Álex Maroño Porto

Writing, Thinking, and Falling In Love in Another Language I became a different person after learning English.

my obsession with second languages made it to @theatlantic.com
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Opinion | Keeping a Diary in a Second Language Taught Me About Myself Writing in a second language can feel unnatural, but it presents a new way for writers to understand who they are — and how they fit into the world.

“What began as a lovesick exercise became an opportunity to reflect on my broader reality,” writes Alex Maroño Porto. “Writing a diary in my second language, I came to learn, makes me an outside observer of my own emotions, providing a clarity that is lost in the proximity of my native tongue.”

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Opinion | Keeping a Diary in a Second Language Taught Me About Myself Writing in a second language can feel unnatural, but it presents a new way for writers to understand who they are — and how they fit into the world.

Un tema que me obsesiona: ¿cómo cambiamos en las diferentes lenguas que hablamos? ¿Cómo afecta nuestro nivel de familiaridad con una lengua al uso que le damos? @alexmaronho.bsky.social se estrena en el New York Times y yo pienso celebrarlo toda la semana. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

Opinion | Keeping a Diary in a Second Language Taught Me About Myself (Gift Article) Writing in a second language can feel unnatural, but it presents a new way for writers to understand who they are — and how they fit into the world.

@alexmaronho.bsky.social escribe para el @nytimes.com un artículo de opinión sobre las escrituras de los que vivimos entre lenguas...

Opinion | Keeping a Diary in a Second Language Taught Me About Myself (Gift Article) Writing in a second language can feel unnatural, but it presents a new way for writers to understand who they are — and how they fit into the world.

wrote an essay about writing in english, my first for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

I think the role of culture / art to make you uncomfortable and change your mind and change your life is under extreme threat from the tidal wave of entertainment and the late-capitalist condition of artists having to commodify themselves to the hilt to survive at all

“was this not what i wanted? sex was the thing i had craved most all these years, thinking it would fix all my problems, rescue me. of course, this solved nothing. the only difference was that now i was an incel who happened to be having sex.”

This Is What Queer Celebration Can Look Like Outside Of The City Spain has the blueprint for a very different kind of Pride festival — and we should all be paying attention.

last august, i went to agrocuir, a rural queer festival in monterroso, spain. here's a dispatch i wrote about it for @huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/agrocu...

january

so snubbed

La crisis del Partido Demócrata: ¿cómo sobrevivir y ganar a Trump? - El Orden Mundial - EOM Progresistas y moderados se disputan el futuro ideológico de la formación, que necesitará una candidatura carismática para volver al poder

mi análisis sobre el futuro del partido demócrata en @elordenmundial.bsky.social

elordenmundial.com/partido-demo...

What the Supreme Court hearing about age verification could mean for you The court's decision could set a new precedent for free speech online.

I've seen people dismiss the Pornhub bans, sometimes couching their dismissal in an anti-porn stance. What I don't think they realize is that the people pushing this stuff conflate porn with LGBTQ people and sex education and are part of Project 2025
mashable.com/article/free...

California voters reject measure that would have banned forced prison labor California has rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor.

de hecho, la gente de california votó en contra de abolir el trabajo penitenciario forzado en un referéndum de noviembre

apnews.com/article/cali...

first day at @theatlantic.com

hope you liked this non-exhaustive thread! cheers to another year of great reportiiiiiing ✨

Castas, pobres y obedientes: así es la vida en un convento español de clausura Detrás de las rejas y de los gruesos muros del monasterio de las clarisas de Carmona, en Sevilla, viven 14 monjas. Trece de ellas son de Kenia y una, española. Su día a día consiste en férreas rutinas...

25. and for the last one, i wanted to recommend something in spanish, like this great reported piece by margaryta yakovenko for @elpais.com about 14 spanish nuns.
elpais.com/eps/2024-03-...

A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable Act Patrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Prosecutors describe a clear-headed scheme, but Clancy says, “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was married to someo...

24. 24. another terrible —yet captivating— story, by eren orvey for @newyorker.com r
www.newyorker.com/science/anna...

Doctors Saved Her Life. She Didn’t Want Them To. When her “do not resuscitate” order was ignored, Marie Cooper found herself in a painful situation she had hoped to avoid.

23. “I could just feel the tubes all over in my throat, just like they were really still in there,” said Ms. Cooper, now 81. “I’d rather be dead than live like this.”kate raphael for @nytimes.com es
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/w...

Why Rich People Don’t Cover Their Windows An unexpected status symbol has become a fixture of high-end homes.

22. one of these pieces that analyze one the small yet noticeable differences between american and spanish culture (we def cover our windows here.) by my friend michael waters for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

Can You Lose Your Native Tongue? After moving abroad, I found my English slowly eroding. It turns out our first languages aren’t as embedded as we think.

21. more on native and second languages, by madeleine schwartz for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/m...

Nairobi to New York and back: the loneliness of the internationally educated elite The long read: Every year, hundreds of Kenyans head off to study at elite universities in the US and UK. On graduating, many find themselves in a strange position: unable to fit in abroad, but no long...

20. of course i was going to fall in love with this piece on expats and their struggles, by carey baraka in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

The Last ATM — The Dial Spain's aging population is struggling with the digitalization of the financial system—and the far right is seizing the moment.

19. i learned so much about my country through this @thedialmag.bsky.social piece writen by sofía álvares jurado
www.thedial.world/articles/new...

How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking? English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.

18. a piece published a few days ago that, nonetheless, was one of the year's most interesting. by manvir singh for @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Last Thing My Mother Wanted Healthy at age 74, she decided there was nothing on earth still keeping her here, not even us.

17. one of the many great essays published in @thecut.com ut. by evelyn jouvenet
www.thecut.com/article/mom-...

Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad Americans who most reap the benefits of marriage are the same class who get to declare monogamy passé and boring.

16. remember when polyamory was a thing a few months ago? tyler austin harper wrote about it for @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Death by Situationship The "situationship" romantic dynamic is a marker of our tediously unerotic time.

15. you must subcribe to @magdalene.bsky.social's substack. her writing is some of the best on modern relationships
magdalene.substack.com/p/death-by-s...