Category Archives: mulata
Outside of history: study show that black women have no place in contemporary Brazilian literature
Of 1,245 characters cataloged, only 34 are black women. 70% of the time they are portrayed as maids and prostitutes Research conducted by the Grupo de Estudos em Literatura Brasileira … Continue reading
Adele Fátima: the queen of Brazil’s 1970s soft core “pornochanchada” films
Note from BW of Brazil: Today we feature one of Brazil’s most recognized symbols of the swinging, sexploitation films of the 1970′s: Adele Fátima. Adele was a star of a genre of … Continue reading
Aline Prado, Globo TVs symbol of Carnaval in a photo session: “I’m used to the nudity”
Aline Prado: Carnaval’s Globeleza girl (more photos here and here) Thunder and lightning announced that the photo shoot precedes a storm in downtown Rio. It doesn’t take many clicks … Continue reading
Aline Mattos, formerly of the popular reality show Big Brother Brasil, does her first sensual photo shoot
À lá Beyoncé: ex-BBB Aline does her first sensual photo shoot Aline, formerly of the popular reality show Big Brother Brasil, makes her first sensual photo shoot, but avoids showing … Continue reading
Actress Sheron Menezes: “I like sex, period. Now I want to give pleasure and take pleasure”
After two consecutive years of being Queen in Sapucaí (1) in front of the Portela Samba school drum troupe, actress Sheron Menezes will not march on the avenue with her Brazilian “black power (afro … Continue reading
Black (negro) or African descendant (afrodescendente)? What’s in a term? Three well-known Brazilians weigh in on which term they prefer to define themselves
Journalist Glória Maria, singer/TV host Preta Gil, singer/actor Toni Garrido When speaking of racial classification or identity in Brazil, things can get quite complex. On the one hand, various reports have … Continue reading
Clad in lingerie, dancer/model/actress Quitéria Chagas struts through the Rio neighborhood of Madureira
The Rio de Janeiro of Madureira smiled and paused to see Quitéria Chagas sashay through the streets with all her beauty on full display. Since returning to her post in … Continue reading
Clad in lingerie, dancer/model/actress Quitéria Chagas struts through the Rio neighborhood of Madureira (part 2)
For the first part of this photo session, see here. You might also like:Quitéria Chagas: Beautiful and intelligent (interview) Carnaval in Brazil is here!! Janaína from Rio de Janeiro Rio actress/dancer … Continue reading
Prejudice in Brazil: Three black women, a bisexual and a transsexual, all well-known, discuss experiences with bias
Fashion entrepreneur, Gabriele Benedetti brought the women together to discussion prejudice and the fight against racism and homophobia by Peter Willmersdorf Before following the action on Ipanema Beach, … Continue reading
Why is the black woman seen as a sex object?
Sign: “Black women are not meat”* Simple, thought-provoking and straight to the point post by Brazilian journalist Carol Patrocínio. In this piece, she touches on many of the same topics discussed … Continue reading
Black women experience double bias, study reveals
Valéria Lúcia Xavier: “You can see in the look they give you that the person does not want to give you the job” IPEA (Institute of Applied Economic Research) reveals … Continue reading
Which contest excluded black women this time? Oh, Miss Bumbum. Of course, there are no black women with shapely butts, right?
Competitors for Brazil’s “Miss Bumbum 2012″ contest* Well, this certainly isn’t a surprise, but then, maybe it is. If you’ve followed any of the posts here at BW of Brazil, … Continue reading
Sexual connotations associated with the Brazilian black man and "mulata" woman: positive images or dehumanizing stereotypes?
Nielson Silva and Monica Rangel In modern day Brazil, the power and economic structure is dominated primarily by men of a European phenotype or something close to it. On television, … Continue reading
Devassa beer and the objectification of the black body
Rewinding the clock almost exactly one year, it was on December 15th, 2010, that I learned of the outrage caused by an advertisement of placed in the December issue … Continue reading
