Can black women exist within a feminist movement dominated by white women?
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a common issue. Many a movement or organization that have specific ideals, goals and demands attempt to build coalitions […]
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Girls of funk group, aged 13 to 20, targeted by Public Ministry due to the sexual nature of their performances
Note from BW of Brazil: Actually, I was beginning to wonder if this would ever happen. A little over a week ago, this blog featured […]
The first “Black Women Tell Your Story Awards” honors writers bringing visibility to the experience and struggle of black Brazilian women
Note from BW of Brazil: Following up on a story presented here back in January, on April 23, the first “Black Women Tell Your Story […]
Adele Fátima: the queen of Brazil’s 1970s soft core “pornochanchada” films
Note from BW of Brazil: Today we feature one of Brazil’s most recognized symbols of the swinging, sexploitation films of the 1970’s: Adele Fátima. Adele was a […]
After much promise and hype of 90% black cast, Subúrbia TV series descends into familiar clichés and stereotypes about black Brazilians
Back in September when I first read the news that Brazil’s biggest TV network, Globo, was producing a new TV series that featured a 90% Afro-Brazilian […]
Why is the black woman seen as a sex object?
Photo: “Black women are not meat” Simple, thought-provoking and straight to the point post by Brazilian journalist Carol Patrocínio. In this piece, she touches on many […]
Contest elects a black woman as "Miss Prostitute"
Giovana Silva or “Mara” You just can’t make this stuff up! Our goal here at BW of Brazil has always been to highlight the position […]
Which contest excluded black women this time? Oh, Miss Bumbum. Of course, there are no black women with shapely butts, right?
Competitors for Brazil’s “Miss Bumbum 2012” contest* Well, this certainly isn’t a surprise, but then, maybe it is. If you’ve followed any of the posts […]
The "negão" and the fetishization of interracial sex in Brazil
How do stereotypes, perceptions and expectations influence how men and women interact with each other when they are of different races or ethnic backgrounds? In […]
The "negão" and the fetishization of interracial sex in Brazil
How do stereotypes, perceptions and expectations influence how men and women interact with each other when they are of different races or ethnic backgrounds? In […]
How Brazilian ideologies of racial stereotypes apply to Viola Davis and the Oscars
The Oscars and Viola Davis in “The Help” So once again, Oscar time is upon us, and as usual, the media is clamoring and hyping […]
Devassa beer and the objectification of the black body
Rewinding the clock almost exactly one year, it was on December 15th, 2010, that I learned of the outrage caused by an advertisement of […]
