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A talk on vaccination (and global inequality)
A talk on vaccination (and global inequality)

Self-defined free speech advocates, champions of the people, anti-system, big media fighters have co-opted crowds through a discourse of “freedom over tyranny” while pro-vaccine groups have been offering a narrative of… cash prizes?

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Article, covidVitor GarciaAugust 23, 2021politics, vaccination, inequalityComment
A reawakening of Haiti's democratic project
A reawakening of Haiti's democratic project

Amidst the latest events in Haitian society, it is possible to observe a political decadence that paralyzes the country increasingly more, prolonging an already deep social collapse characterized by extreme social and economic inequality.

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OpinionMarc E. PierreAugust 16, 2021politics, HaitiComment
How are you, really? - Mental health in an era impacted by Covid
How are you, really? - Mental health in an era impacted by Covid

. The return to life in public spaces should not come with the responsibility to suddenly solve the psychosocial trauma imposed on well… humanity.

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politics, Opinion, mental health, covidVitor GarciaJuly 26, 2021ArticleComment
Start-ups all the way down
Start-ups all the way down

The house is now an office, a gym, a movie theater, a restaurant and also… a home - being everything and often feeling like nothing on this list all at the same time.

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Vitor GarciaJuly 9, 2021
Why Should We Talk About Palestine?
Why Should We Talk About Palestine?

Yes, the subject is complex and it has layers of economic, psychosocial, philosophical, historical, entanglements - but the pain of displacement, hunger, lack of hope for prosperity, security and access to education for Palestinians is easy to see

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Article, politics, OpinionVitor GarciaJune 19, 2021Politics, PalestineComment
Brazil and (the lack of) vaccination
Brazil and (the lack of) vaccination

“"it is possible to notice this worldwide trend of searching and researching vaccine-related solutions to the crisis we are in, it is curious to observe the enormous green and yellow vehicle going in the opposite direction of this highway.”"

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Article, politicsVitor GarciaMay 28, 2021ArticleComment
Why studio Ghibli's love stories slap really hard
Why studio Ghibli's love stories slap really hard

The love stories exist because the protagonists change for the best through a human connection that feels magic. Isn’t that what love, any love, is?

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Film ReviewSofia SilveiraMay 25, 2021articComment
Should you go to film school?
Should you go to film school?

There are educational alternatives to spending sixty thousand dollars a year to learn how to commit to deadlines, do teamwork and what the hell a jump cut is

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Article, self-helpSofia SilveiraMay 24, 2021filmComment
What is the future of movie theaters?
What is the future of movie theaters?

The experience of cinema that for some time was already competing with streaming services, needs a reinvention, or maybe, a new societal place.

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ArticleVitor GarciaMay 14, 2021sociology, hot take, MoviesComment
The Value of a Never Ever After
The Value of a Never Ever After

We tend to embrace a change of government as a happily ever after, but conflict never goes away, and once we realize that, it is easy to fall into depression. Don’t we deserve peace after being tormented by something as dystopian as Donald J Trump’s presidency? Hm… Not really.

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ArticleSofia SilveiraFebruary 1, 2021politics, bidenComment
Dear Justice Ginsburg,
Dear Justice Ginsburg,

Hope this letter finds you well, wherever ”there” may be.

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Sofia SilveiraDecember 7, 2020
Breaking Down Open Borders
Breaking Down Open Borders

“When some of the most important players in the political landscape confine a complex reality into an in-group versus out-group mentality, protecting the nation immediately becomes a matter of closing borders.”

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Sofia SilveiraJune 8, 2020Literature, Politics, Fear, migration, migrationstudiesComment
New York I love you - hang in there
New York I love you - hang in there

“This new crisis made me aware of my mortality and I know New York brings me down sometimes, but I got to be there. “

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Short StorySofia SilveiraMay 21, 2020heart, writing, soulComment
Pass me the rhinocerous, please
Pass me the rhinocerous, please

Obs. One might say I have an obsession with this powerful sacred animal.

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Short StorySofia SilveiraMay 6, 2020short story Comment
Nighthawks
Nighthawks

After all, everyone loves orphans.

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Short StorySofia SilveiraMay 6, 2020short storyComment
The imagined America of Brazilian Neoconservatism: A Thesis Presentation
The imagined America of Brazilian Neoconservatism: A Thesis Presentation

In the middle of a pandemic, a recent MA graduate took it to Zoom to present the thing she has been working on for two years. A big thanks to everyone who was a part of this journey.

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Sofia SilveiraMay 5, 2020video, presentationComment
Writing a book is an improbable miracle
Writing a book is an improbable miracle

If I could ask God for anything, I would ask him to give me the strengh to finish my novel (…) - world peace, humanity, Earth’s envoironmental recovery be damned.

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Article, self-helpSofia SilveiraApril 7, 2020writing, novelComment
Industrious Rhinoceros
Industrious Rhinoceros

“It feels good to drawn with you”

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Sofia SilveiraJanuary 15, 2020
STAR WARS: The Rise of the Modern Myth
STAR WARS: The Rise of the Modern Myth

“If you say you know for a fact what’s going to happen after you shut your eyes for the last time, well… ok. Most people live not knowing where grandpa went.”

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ArticleSofia SilveiraDecember 27, 2019film, review, Star WarsComment
The easy girls are from abroad
The easy girls are from abroad

“ it doesn’t seem like the brightest idea to walk into the lion’s den. “

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ArticleSofia SilveiraDecember 19, 2019Ethiopia, Global South, world, researchComment
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