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‘Do you know which Mexican city has the lowest female unemployment rate? Sergio González glimpsed the desert moon, a fragment, a helicoidal slice, rising above the roofs. Santa Teresa? he asked. Badly paid and exploitative work, with ridiculous hours. Because—Mexican ladies have hearts of gold? More like a heart of flint, thought Sergio, to endure so much. Sitting—next to Haas—red & blue flowers, an unknown variety.'