Category Archives: General

Brazil’s Colour Bind

Originally posted on Foreign-I:
Stephanie Nolen, the Latin America correspondent for The Globe and Mail, wrote an excellent article about race relations and race identity in Brazil. You can read it here, Brazil’s Colour Bind, or look for it in the…

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One year to Rio 2016: Troubled waters for Brazil

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Revealing Dress

FROM THE LAUNDRY ROOM I am so awkward. Honestly, sometimes things seem perfectly normal at the time and then I just don’t know what I was thinking.  This post is cringeworthy, so be forewarned.  If you are uncomfortable with boobs, stop … Continue reading

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Summer events…Samba Festival

Originally posted on Beautiful Helsinki:
Helsinki is a fun place to be in the warmer months. Take a look at the Samba Festival that happened in June for the 25th time.       I’m sure not too many people…

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Elle, The Samba Dancer

Originally posted on Kayte Mae Photography:
Fun fact: I love taking photos of dancers. They are naturally photogenic, and they know exactly how to pose. Choreography is such a wonderful thing. The angles and the flexibility a pose can give…

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Every poet in your pocket: Our obsession with glowing glass rectangles

Originally posted on Excellent Journey:
This has been in my favorite tweets list since last year: It’s easy to castigate the obsession most people have with their phones.? It’s rare to see anyone alone in a waiting mode—standing in line…

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Giant Anaconda – Someone Call Ice Cube

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Seriously, Portugal?

Originally posted on Holy Laugh:
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Brazil Enlists Drones to Help Eradicate Slave Labor

Originally posted on VEXED:
The Brazilian government will start deploying a small army of drones as part of its latest effort to eradicate human trafficking in remote parts of the country. Starting next month in the state of Rio de…

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Americans may soon be seeing far fewer “Made in China” labels at the mall

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