The “Tragic Mulata”: Rethinking The Mulata Category in Brazil
The “Tragic Mulata”: Rethinking The Mulata Category in Brazil Note from BBT: Ponder this question for a moment and then just think about. When you […]
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The seedy world of Carnaval’s backstage: Former performers reveal power relations and sexual harassment in Rio’s biggest party in new book
Note from BW of Brazil: We’ve always heard that whatever happens in Rio, stays in Rio. The Carnaval season recently ended but the curiosity about Rio’s […]
Why the 2017 version of “Globeleza”, Carnaval’s poster girl, is a new perspective on Carnival – and not just for us, black women
Note from BW of Brazil: It goes without saying that the 2017 edition of Globo TV’s Carnaval poster girl, the Globeleza, has caused quite a […]
Carnaval dancer Janaína Azevedo receives an ‘indecent proposal’ from event organizer and fires back: ‘Don’t mistake entertainment with prostitution’
Note from BW of Brazil: Let’s just be real about this subject. In an atmosphere in which women show a lot of flesh and there’s […]
In Brazil, white women can even claim one of the few titles the society reserves for black women: Blond actress named ‘top mulata’ in contest
Note from BW of Brazil: You know, if you really think about, you can actually predict the next academic discourse that will be taught on […]
A call for end of the “Globeleza Mulata”: A Manifesto
Note from BW of Brazil: As most fans of Brazil’s most exuberant, most exciting time of the year already know, it’s Carnaval time! But in […]
‘This Is Not A Mulata’ theater project discusses stereotypes and representations of the black woman
Note from BW of Brazil: The image is well cemented in the nation’s consciousness. The gyrating, frenetic dancing woman of visible African ancestry; the one […]
Traditionally “queens” and “godmothers” of the drumbeat during Carnaval, are black women losing their places to white women?
Note from BW of Brazil: I know how some will react to today’s topic. “Why are you bringing the race thing into Carnaval? Carnaval is […]
Blocos afros Muzenza and Ilê Aiyê elect their black queens for the 2015 Carnaval in Salvador, Bahia!
Note from BW of Brazil: When most people around the world think of Brazilian Carnaval, they usually think of the spectacle broadcast from Rio de […]
Carnaval may be coming, but for expert Eliane Oliveira, racism remains the order of the day at Brazil’s most powerful TV network
Note from BW of Brazil: Right around this, depending on where one lives in Brazil, the heavily percussive sounds of rehearsals peculating into the night signal one […]
Black man working in Rio’s cultural industry defines himself as a “mulatologist”. Are we dealing with an expert on ‘mulatas’, sexism or ‘pimpology’?
Note from BW of Brazil: There are several words that came to mind when I came across this self-aggrandizing, unabashed promotion of being an “expert” of selling […]
When the bright lights go dim: Two of Carnaval’s poster girls fall into depression after losing their status
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s something that millions dream of. Lights, camera, fame and fortune. Of course the feeling must be of utter joy […]
Employees of economic research organization charge racism and sexism after show of scantily clad “mulatas” for foreign professors at event
Note from BW of Brazil: Today’ story is a bit ironic and begs a question in long-time debate. In almost any North American or European […]
Mulata? Morena? Not anymore!: The power and liberation of recognizing one’s self as black
Note from BW of Brazil: Today at BW of Brazil, we bring you yet another powerful piece from the ladies over at the great blog […]
