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SUMMARY:Who’s Afraid of Sister Hong?
DESCRIPTION:Online Spanish Socials$35.00\n\n\n\nConversational Spanish\n\nTuesday\, 08-12-2025 (PT)\n\n8:00 pm to 9:30 pm (PT)\n\nLevel: Int. – Adv.\n\n\nWho’s Afraid of Sister Hong?\nGender\, Power\, Public Outrage & Hypocrisy\n🗣️ A Kasa de Franko Spanish social event \nA real-life case that shocked China\, went viral—and tells us way too much about the world we live in. At Kasa de Franko\, we’re diving into the case that had everyone talking (and judging) — but this time\, we’re doing it in Spanish. \n🗣️ What to expect?\nA guided\, no-fluff group conversation where you’ll: \n\nPractice real\, meaningful Spanish\nLearn vocabulary around gender\, shame\, identity & hypocrisy\nUnpack ideas from Foucault\, Butler & others (no PhD required)\nReflect on why some bodies provoke outrage… and why others get a pass\n\nIf you love a bit of scandal\, a bit of theory\, and a lot of questioning — this is for you. 🌶️ With spicy vocab\, real discussion\, and deep cultural questions—all in español. \n💥 The Case that Broke the Chinese Internet\nIt all started with a guy in China.\nA guy who lived as a woman and called himself Sister Hong (红姐). So far\, nothing new.\nBut when it came out that he had allegedly slept with over 200 men—some say 1\,000+—the internet exploded. \nMemes. Panic. Headlines screaming.\nAnd soon\, the police got involved. \nBut in the middle of all the chaos\, hardly anyone asked: \n\nWhat were her true motives?\nWhy do societies react so differently to the same issue?\nWhy are we laughing so hard?\nWho is actually being punished here?\nWhat does this say about desire\, norms\, and our collective fear of the Other?\n\n🧠 Let’s Go Beyond the Scandal!\nThis isn’t just another “weird news” story.\nIt’s a chance to explore big ideas—in Spanish\, with a small group of curious minds. \nAt Kasa de Franko\, we use cases like this one to spark deep\, guided conversation in Spanish around real social issues. \nIn this event\, you’ll: \n\nReflect on how societies punish what they can’t understand\nExplore power\, shame\, and gender norms\nLearn and practice Spanish vocabulary related to identity\, scandal\, and media outrage\nConnect with others in thoughtful (and often hilarious) discussions\n\nYes\, it’s intellectual. Yes\, it’s in Spanish. And yes\, it will probably get weird—in a good way. \n📖 Let Foucault\, Butler\, & Other Dangerous Minds…\n…Help us figure this out! \nMichel Foucault reminded us: no body is ever neutral.\nJudith Butler showed us that gender isn’t what we are—it’s what we do. \nAnd Sister Hong? He didn’t just cross a line. He danced on it. \nWe’ll use their ideas (in simple terms\, don’t worry) to unpack this viral scandal and what it tells us about shame\, spectacle\, and control. \n🎯 This Event Is For You If…\n\nYou want to practice Spanish in real\, meaningful conversation\nYou love language and social theory\nYou’re curious about how gender\, bodies\, and memes collide\nYou want to learn words like engaño\, vergüenza pública\, performatividad\, and more\n\n🎤 What’s Going Down?\n\nA breakdown of the Sister Hong case\nA crash course on gender\, power & viral morality (in Spanish)\nA guided group convo with vocab support and discussion prompts\nLaughter\, discomfort\, clarity\, and maybe a few existential crises\n\n🎟️ RSVP Now\nThis is an event in Spanish: part language practice\, part cultural analysis\, and part group therapy. \nNo experience with Foucault required.\nJust curiosity\, openness\, and maybe a good glass of wine. \n👥 Group Size Policy\n🕗 1 attendee: 8:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.\n🕗 2 attendees: 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.\n🕗 3+ attendees: 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. \nDon’t miss this eye-opening Spanish experience where capitalism\, history\, and language collide! 💥🌍🗣️ \n✨ Why Join This Class?\nBecause if we’re going to talk about cocaine\, corporations\, and global branding… we might as well do it in Spanish\, with curiosity and sharp conversation. \n🎙️ Come for the Spanish\, stay for the scandalous history.\n🗓️ Sign up now — Zoom link after RSVP.\n🥤 Corporate secrets included. Cocaine… long gone (probably). \nCheck out Kasa de Franko and KiDeeF Spanish for future events! \nWhat did Sister Hong do? The truth might surprise you — click to find out.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250819
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SUMMARY:How Did They Get Us Addicted to Sugar?
DESCRIPTION:Online Spanish Socials$35.00\n\n\n\nConversational Spanish\n\nTuesday\, 08-19-2025 (PT)\n\n7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (PT)\n\nLevel: Int. – Adv.\n\n\nHow Did They Get Us Addicted to Sugar?\nSweet Lies\, Bitter Truth1s\, and Corporate Power\nA Kasa de Franko Spanish Social Event\n(This conversation will be conducted entirely in Spanish) \n🗣️ What to Expect\nThis is not your high school Spanish class.\nIt’s a guided\, unfiltered group conversation where you’ll: \n\nPractice real Spanish by diving into a scandal that touches every plate on Earth.\nLearn the vocabulary of capitalism\, addiction\, health\, and manipulation.\nExplore how sugar went from a rare luxury to an everyday poison — powered by empires\, slavery\, and marketing genius.\nQuestion why the same corporations that sell sugar also sell “wellness.”\n\nIf you like your Spanish mixed with history\, politics\, and cultural critique\, this is your kind of sweet. \n💥 The Sweet Scam\nIt all started with a guy in China.\nOnce upon a time\, sugar was rare and expensive.\nThen colonial empires built plantations\, industries exploited enslaved labor\, and food companies discovered how to market sweetness as happiness. \nThe result? The cheapest\, most addictive legal drug in history — hiding in almost everything we eat.\nWe know it’s killing us. We still can’t stop.\nAnd that’s not an accident. It’s a business plan. \n🧠 The Questions We’ll Tackle (in Spanish)\n\nHow did sugar become so addictive — and so unavoidable?\nIs this about personal choice\, or a system designed to hook us?\nWho profits when our health declines?\nWhy is sugar-free marketing often just another trap?\nIs it even possible to quit?\n\n📖 Light Theory\, Heavy Conversation\nWe’ll touch on: \n\nNaomi Klein — how corporate power and branding turn sugar into not just a product\, but a cultural identity we consume without question.\nBaudrillard — how sugar operates not only as a substance\, but as a sign in consumer culture\, symbolizing comfort\, reward\, and status.\nMichael Moss — how corporations engineer “bliss points” to make food irresistibly addictive.\nRobert Lustig — how sugar hijacks the brain’s reward system\, acting like a drug while avoiding drug-level regulation.\n\nNo academic jargon. Just sharp ideas you can argue about — in Spanish — with people who aren’t afraid to dig deep. \n🎯 This Event Is For You If…\n\nYou want to practice Spanish through meaningful\, spicy conversation.\nYou enjoy connecting history\, politics\, and culture.\nYou like to laugh while dismantling the system.\nYou’re not afraid to discover your soda addiction is political.\n\n🎤 What’s Going Down?\n\nA breakdown of the Sister Hong case\nA crash course on gender\, power & viral morality (in Spanish)\nA guided group convo with vocab support and discussion prompts\nLaughter\, discomfort\, clarity\, and maybe a few existential crises\n\n👥 Group Size Policy\n🕗 1 attendee: 7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.\n🕗 2 attendees: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\n🕗 3+ attendees: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. \nDon’t miss this eye-opening Spanish experience where capitalism\, history\, and language collide! 💥🌍🗣️ \n✨ Why Don’t You Join Us?\nDon’t come if you’re looking for polite small talk about the weather.\nDo come if you’re ready to speak Spanish\, question the system\, and leave with a new way of looking at your kitchen cabinet. \nSugar may be sweet\, but in this conversation\, the truth will be bitter.\nBring your curiosity. Leave your excuses. And maybe… hide your candy stash.
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SUMMARY:Have They Been Poisoning Us with Sugar?
DESCRIPTION:Online Spanish Socials$35.00\n\n\n\nConversational Spanish\n\nTuesday\, 08-26-2025 (PT)\n\n7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (PT)\n\nLevel: Int. – Adv.\n\n\nHave They Been Poisoning Us with Sugar?\nSweet Seduction\, Silent Damage\, and the Body Under Siege\nA Kasa de Franko Spanish Social Event\n(This conversation will be conducted entirely in Spanish) \n🗣️ What to Expect\nThis is not your high school Spanish class.\nIt’s a guided\, unfiltered group conversation where you’ll: \n\nPractice real Spanish by diving into the hidden health crisis on every plate.\nLearn vocabulary about medicine\, biology\, emotions\, and deception.\nExplore how sugar doesn’t just taste sweet — it wages war inside the body.\nQuestion whether the “comfort food” we love is slowly poisoning us.\n\nIf you like your Spanish mixed with health\, culture\, and raw truth\, this is your dose. \n💥 The Poison Disguised as Pleasure\nOne spoonful lights up the brain like love.\nBut inside the body\, sugar becomes a silent saboteur. \nIt spikes blood sugar\, crashes your energy\, strains your liver\, inflames your organs\, rots your teeth — and still whispers: “Just one more.” \nThe result? A legal\, celebrated poison that rewires your biology and profits from your pain. \nThis isn’t just about food. It’s about power\, profit\, and the chemistry of control. \n🧠 The Questions We’ll Tackle (in Spanish)\n\nHow exactly does sugar damage the body — from brain to liver?\nIs it fair to call sugar an addictive drug?\nWhy do we crave what’s killing us?\nWho benefits when illness becomes normal?\nCan we fight back — or are we trapped in a toxic love story?\n\n📖 Light Theory\, Heavy Conversation\nWe’ll touch on: \n\nRobert Lustig — sugar as a chronic toxin\, fueling disease worldwide.\nMichael Moss — “bliss point” science that keeps us hooked against our will.\nSusan Peirce Thompson — the psychology of food addiction and brain chemistry.\nWHO & global health voices — why public policy still bends to Big Sugar.\n\nNo medical textbooks\, no lectures. Just sharp truths you can argue about — in Spanish — with people who want answers. \n🎯 This Event Is For You If…\n\nYou want to practice Spanish through real-world\, high-stakes conversation.\nYou’re curious (and maybe nervous) about what sugar really does to your body.\nYou like mixing health\, culture\, and rebellion in one spicy discussion.\nYou’re ready to discover why your sweet tooth might be political.\n\n🎤 What’s Going Down?\n\nA crash course on sugar’s effects on the body (in Spanish).\nA guided group convo with vocab support and prompts.\nLaughter\, shock\, and the occasional existential sugar crisis.\n\n👥 Group Size Policy\n🕗 1 attendee: 7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.\n🕗 2 attendees: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\n🕗 3+ attendees: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. \nDon’t miss this eye-opening Spanish experience where capitalism\, history\, and language collide! 💥🌍🗣️ \n✨ Why Don’t You Join Us?\nDon’t come if you’re looking for polite small talk about tapas.\nDo come if you’re ready to speak Spanish\, confront the poison in your pantry\, and leave with a sharper tongue — and maybe a bitter aftertaste. \nSugar may seduce\, but in this conversation\, we strip it bare.\nBring your curiosity. Leave your excuses. And maybe… rethink that dessert. 🍰💀
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