Proverbial

I still don’t know what to make of it, and curse myself for not having a video-capable cellphone at hand. Last monday night, walking away from Via Funchal in search of a cab after the My Chemical Romance concert, in São Paulo, I passed by various street vendors selling water, soda and other liquids. All [...]

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So that whole thing about Gisele Bündchen running naked around Manhattan was just a joke. But I still think she could use this moment to make a nice gesture: why not find out how much the tabloids would’ve paid for a picture of her paying said bet, and then donate that sum for some charity [...]

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Once again, in the name of protecting us from the horrors of racism, apology to crime or the incitement of violence, Brazil’s diligent judges censored perfectly valid discourse. As much as this sort of thing pisses me off, though, I applaud that these ridiculous laws keep being enforced.

A couple of weeks ago, PROCON (the country’s [...]

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