Rita and Tina as Parts of Me
By Sonia Corrêa I took many meanders before writing this brief note about the enchantment – as the Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa described death –
Memories of Adrienne, by Carmen Barroso
By Carmen Barroso I first met Adrienne when she went to Brazil in 1974 as a young Ford Foundation program officer. I knew right away
The politics of Carnival
Despite passed 400 days of JMB’s ruling, Brazil’s carnival has shown the strength of popular festivities in producing laugh and scorn. Viradouro samba school was
Evoking Teresita de Barbieri
By Sonia Corrêa In late January 2018, three people departed whose voices, or better said whose writings, inhabit very special places in my memory and
“We lost Teresita De Barbieri!”
Remembering Teresita De Barbieri who passed away on January 21, 2018. By Ana Laura de Giorgi Uruguayan, feminist and academically committed. First exiled in Chile, then
Farewell: Barbara Hau’ofa
by Seona Smiles. Barbara Hau’ofa was a quiet, modest person who nonetheless justifiably stood out in a crowd. For a start she was extremely tall and slim. As her short chubby friend who was seen constantly in her company on the University of the South Pacific campus, I believe we were nicknamed ‘Bat and Ball’.
Naked: the art of Ren Hang
On February, 24th, 2017 the young Chinese artist Ren Hang left us. His legacy is a vast portfolio of delicate images of androgynous juvenile bodies
The Sexual Politics in September and early October 2016
Last month a large number of events took place across the globe to mark September 28th as the Global Day of Action for Access to
Tribute to Agniva Lahiri
With great sadness SPW informs about the departure of Agniva Lahiri, a young Indian activist from Kolkata, who was deeply engaged in local and global
SexPolitics: Trends and tensions in the early 21st century
Right before the Durban International AIDS Conference SPW organized a seminar in Umhlanga. Thirty four researchers and activists from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe