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My sister needed a wardrobe for her room and bought one at Casas Bahia. Since she lives in a two-story house with a spiral staircase leading to her room, she was emphatic with the salesperson: “Please, deliver the wardrobe disassembled, otherwise, it will be impossible to get it up the stairs.” The next morning, a […]

Pushing the Limits

Once I did something almost unthinkable for me: I bought a magazine off the supermarket shelf while waiting in the checkout line. No, it wasn’t a gossip magazine—that would be too much! It was the surf magazine TRIP. The gorgeous Annelyse Schoenberger was showing her left nipple and inviting readers to delve into the main […]

Meet my high-tech graphic-novel 21st-century Saci

Can largely unknown Brazilian folklore characters like #Saci, #Boitatá, #Iara and #Curupira compete with #Halloween? Not with low-tech approaches. Over the last semesters, my kindergarten-age kids have been studying Saci: a one-legged young Black Brazilian folklore character with a magical red cap who rides whirlwinds. He’s a mischievous trickster who plays pranks on travelers and […]