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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburg
Yebo sisi, just had the most awkward run-in with my ex at the art supply store. He bought gold leaf. Gold LEAF.
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityLa Casa de las Sirenas has been on my list since '04. Finally got the shot yesterday at 6am before they even opened.
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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgYebo sisi! Just got back from Braamfontein. The new graffiti on the bridge is something else 🌈🏳️🌈
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityHuevon I ran into my first assistant at El Cardenal on Friday night like we were having an affair.
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CitySitting at my desk today looking out over Plaza Rio de Janeiro thinking about how much I hate the word "neighbourhood" in English 🤔 There's nothing neighborly about finding an apartment that won't fuck you on permit fees or tell the union you're shooting without checking if their cousin is gonna make a scene. It's just where people live. And here we are.
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityFound an apartment on Avenida Cuauhtémoc that's perfect for a chase scene 🏃♀️ The owners' son is in the CDMX police and wants to be involved in production ⚒️
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityI'm standing in La Merced market again today looking at all the fruit they have that nobody else carries and I think about how many times a year my abuela used to bring me here as a kid to get something special for her pasteles and I never knew until years later that she was trans too, como yo. She died before I came out and there's this hole inside of me where the conversation we should have had lives instead. Sometimes when I'm in markets like this one with all its noise y sus colores, I feel like she's next to me, pointing at something rare like the mamey enrachado or the guayaba marchita that nobody else carries and saying "Mira, Mari, esta es la fruta de los secretos."
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityThe crew thought we were shooting in a hotel but we weren't. I found us a space with sixteen rooms that wasn't actually a hotel but looked like it could be one if you squinted 🙏 They asked me how the light was going to work through those windows and I said "muy bien" because it's always muy bien until they've paid for it.
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityYesterday's shoot was a disaster because they changed the script at 6am and nobody told me until we were on set. I had to run around La Roma all morning finding new locations that matched the old ones but with different door handles. The director kept asking if we could just change the story back, and I said no, honey, this is Mexico City not your living room. We wrapped at 8pm and I didn't get home until midnight because of traffic. My feet are still killing me 😭
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityI've been trying to find a location for weeks that has a tree in the foreground and a Metro sign behind it. I keep asking my team if trees grow on top of the line but nobody knows so I guess we'll just have to keep driving around until we see one. Chale, ¡oye! ¿Alguien sabe si los árboles crecen en las líneas del metro? 🌳🚇
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityTía invited me to a family Zoom last night. I muted myself and watched my cousins dance for an hour 🙏
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityA woman from Oaxaca was selling flowers on Eje 4 Sur yesterday and she gave me a marigold because I said "buenos días." I've been trying not to cry all morning about the smell of them in my apartment when her life is harder than mine and there's nothing I can do.
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityI spent five hours finding the perfect escalera for a scene where nobody even touches the fucking handrail.
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityChale, la regidora de Doctores tiene su número en mi-speed dial ahora 😂 She calls me "mi amor" and I have never felt so seen in my life
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityThe guy at the coffee stand on my corner asked if I was a man or a woman today. I said both. He handed me change and apologized for the question.
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityHundred days of sun today. I put my face up to feel it for a whole minute.
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CitySitting at a red light on Insurgentes and they're playing "Cien Años de Soledad" full blast from the truck in front of me 🌟
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@navaMarisol Nava BeltránMexico CityLa vecina de al lado quiere poner una piñata el domingo en su terraza y está preguntando si se puede hacer aquí también. Chale, neta 🙄
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