the green chest

Category: Art

  • fact friday rio: from misogyny to feminism in funk carioca

    (Sorry today’s Fact Saturday Rio instead of Fact Friday Rio. I promise this post is worth the wait!) Funk carioca is a type of dance and music that originated in Rio’s favelas, inspired by the U.S.-based movement of Miami Bass. Common themes in funk are politics, violence, race and sex. This is a video-story post.…

  • lady savings

    This post is about menstrual periods. There’s quite a lot of secrecy and shame circling this topic. This post is an excellent response to that. As is this lovely image from Pam the Nomad: Since I know the topic makes some people uncomfortable, I’m going to allow Georgia O’Keeffe to lead us (in true feminine…

  • fact friday rio: dreams of niterói

    I can’t reveal the fact until I tell you a story. Some of my fondest memories involve markets. A market in Cotonou, Benin with a hand-carved wooden giraffe that revolutionized my grandmother’s decorative rabbit collection. A few years later, a hand-painted wooden toucan from the market at Recoleta in Buenos Aires, perfect for a sunny…