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Category: Fact Friday Rio

  • fact friday rio: feel-good vibes

    Rio is a feel-good city. I don’t know about your neck of the woods, but my neck of the woods could use some feel-good vibes. I’m dedicating each of these vibes to just a few of the lovelies in my life. Pick and choose your favorites, and let me know what you love! For Courtney…

  • 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.…

  • 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…