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Why I Wasn’t Born Brazilian
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo There’s a reason I wasn’t born Brazilian, I realized last night in my sleep and food-deprived delirium: I simply do not have the constitution to spend six days partying frenetically without stopping. Hard-core Carnaval goers (read: Brazilians) would likely scoff that I haven’t had the “true” Carnaval experience, and … Continue reading
The Cultural Relativism of the Bikini
“The one thing Americans just can’t understand,” I said to my British and Brazilian colleagues as we sat on the beach in Porto de Gallinhas this morning, “is how obese women can wear bikinis.” Granted, it wasn’t the most professional conversation we could have been having, but after sitting alone on the beach and watching … Continue reading
Guantanamo: The Guided Tour
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo As President Obama makes good on his promise to close Guantanamo’s detention facility, there’s no better time to help the world understand a bit more about Guantanamo. To that end, I agreed to an interview with Steven Roll of the Latin American travel blog, Travelojos, which you can read … Continue reading