Month: April 2024

Killing Spanish

29/04/2024

This book has been on my list for over ten years for reasons I had forgotten, but finally I ordered it because I see: it is about family novels and how the split between Americanized protagonists and their families is usually resolved through the killing of a character representing origins. I can use this for … More Killing Spanish

Before Reeducation

18/04/2024

I sought psychotherapy back then because of the abusive relationship I had been trained to be in with my mother; I wanted to learn how to get out of it. I saw this statement today, and I am meditating on it: “Trauma is not the thing that HAPPENED to you, trauma is your continued emotional … More Before Reeducation

My BRASA paper

10/04/2024

Years ago I was to write an article on Veloso and I could not finish it, partly because of what my work responsibilities were here and partly because of the emotions I have attached to that music (it was used to advertise Bahia as paradisiacal when I was there and miserable, and it agitates me). … More My BRASA paper

Wisnik

07/04/2024

This is the lecture to attend and I must find the text to read. Axé. Keywords #Tropicália, tropicalismo