#Marén

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Timothée Chalamet Cannibal Road Trip Película

Timothée Chalamet Cannibal Road Trip Película

Timothée Chalamet y Taylor Russell protagonizan Bones and All.imagen: MGM huesos y todo es una película que desafía la categorización fácil. Está la última película de Luca Guadagninodirector de la compañia Llámame por tu nombre y sospecha, que tiene una reputación bastante intacta hasta el día de hoy. Protagonizada por Timothée Chalamet, una de las estrellas jóvenes más grandes del planeta.…

[gerogerigaogaigar]

I have found myself in a curious mood, with a need to write, most swiftly, a review of Sheridan Le Fanu's novella Carmilla. I find myself ill at ease, not with the novella nor it's author, but with the editor of this edition, one Carmen Maria Marchado.

Marchado seems to take umbridge with Le Fanu. On this point I do not speculate idly, she says so quite directly in her introduction. And it is in this introduction that I take umbridge with our dear editor. Marchado writes of a manuscript discovered within Le Fanu's own home that gives ample evidence to suggests that the characters of Laura, Carmilla, and all else contained within were real flesh and blood people. What a discovery this would be! It is, of course, pure fabrication. The same epistolary style in which the original novella is written. For this dedication to style, and this alone, I must admit some admiration for Marchado. It is a more clever move by far than most would attempt. Unfortunately all admiration is soured by the contempt that she shows for Le Fanu both in text and subtext. Marchado's editorializing suggests the existence many more letters, unincluded in the original text, which clarify greatly the relationship between Laura and Carmilla. She outright accuses the very text which she has maneuvered her own name onto of inadequacy for its failure to portray a modern lesbian romance, and she invents a false romance to prove her point. Because in truth, so this prologue states, Laura and Carmilla (real names Veronika Hausle and Marcia Marén according to the prologue) were very much in love and there is left little to no room for ambiguity the innocence of our vampire Marcia nee Carmilla. And herein lies another gripe of mine that likewise proves my point. As Carmilla is an anagram of Millarca and Mircalla so is Marcia Marén an anagram to our own editor's name Carmen Maria. What a show of ego! To claim ones own self as the most famed vampiress in all history! Marchado shows a strange bias towards Carmilla, and it is with unwavering certainty that I accuse her of projecting aspects of herself onto this character.

Marchado's addition of what amounts to an extra chapter to the start of Carmilla is not the essence of my compain, rather that in doing so she has destroyed the sense of surreal ambiguity that permeates each and every inch of the story. She has flattened a fascinating tale into a singular fix-it-fic interpretation and demanded readers do the same. How boring would it be to know plainly that Carmilla was innocent of all crimes, that she truly loved Laura? I would suggest that you read this brilliant novella, but avoid at all costs this edition!

[deannadoeswriting]

Week 3 Prompt: "I had a run-in with the spirit of the city..."

"When our ancestors first landed on these shores, they found dense pine forests and hard, rocky soil. Their ships no longer seaworthy, they had a choice - conquer the land or be conquered by it.

"At the end of the first day, they celebrated the start of a new future with the last barrel of peach wine from their past. At the start of the second, they found the peach pit at the bottom. Hearts swelling with optimism, they planted the seed beside a stream and prayed to the gods of their old lives for prosperity in this new one.

"It was a hard life. The sea provided but not without a tax. The Wilds provided but not without a price. But the sky? The sky had little, but gave what it had freely. To honor the gift of clean, fresh rainwater and the sun's warmth, they came to call their new home Terraciel, the sky's land.

"As the first year turned into the tenth, the settlement carved itself into the island, eventually centering itself on the sapling they planted all those years ago, now a strong tree who returned the care given to it by the villagers in the form of a yearly bounty. On the eve of the 20th year, as the first children born of this land underwent the naming ceremony and crossed the threshold of adulthood, they gave her a name as well. Marén. Mother.

"It sparked something, you know. There's a sort of power in community to make something of nothing. An entire orchard from single tree. A goddess where before none dwelled. That night they gave life to the city's spirit. Marén.

"Marén protected them. When the groud shook, she sheltered them. When the seas surged and threatened to swallow them whole, she bore them into her branches until the waters receded. And when she grew sick, they gave of their flesh to rejuvenate her.

"And now, 500 years later, our once proud mother starves here at the center of the metropolis, all but buried by the Councils quest to touch the sky." Djaq turned away from the withered peach tree to face me. "Can't you feel her sorrow, Alice? She weeps to see her children climb skyward on the broken backs of their brethren!" He looked up at the barren boughs of the mother tree.

"They blind us with neon and bind us in silicon so we'll obediently slave away to deliver the directly to the heavens. And for what? They can't take every Cielan with them. They'll leave us to our barren and broken earth the second they can break away."

I shuddered as he drew his knife. The blade looked all the sharper for the dull glow of the gas lamps the lit the chamber. Here, at the heart of the city, on the lowest accessible floor of over a hundred, we would rekindle the spark of Marén. Djaq reached for my hand, pressing the hilt into my palm firmly.

He knelt before me.

I hesitated.

Would this truly revive the goddess?

Djaq took my hand, pressing the tip into his chest, directly over his heart. "It was an honor to come this far with you, my heart. Now bring Her into the light."

My hand tightened into a fist around the knife. "For Marén," I said gravely as the first tears fell from my eyes. I love you.

I drove the dagger into my uncle's chest. I drove the dagger into my own heart. Yet only one of us would perish here.

"For Marén," he gasped, pulling the blade from his flesh. His grip faltered as his strength failed and the knife clattered onto the catwalk. He pushed himself backward and disappeared over the edge. As he fell, he looked truly happy, at peace even though he must have been in agony.

I never heard him hit the ground. Maybe I missed it over the sound of my own grief. Maybe he fell for hours as I sat trembling and sobbing. Maybe he's still falling.

Nothing happened.

Nothing happened for so long, that I began to question if this was all a waste.

Nothing happened long enough that my tears dried up and I found the strength to stand.

I stared numbly up at the tree for as many days as could fit into a minute. Just as I began to submit to despair, I noticed something unfurl at the end of a branch - a single, perfect blossom, almost invisible in the gloom. My mouth drew into a wry smile as I turned my back on the tree.

I had a run-in with the spirit of the city tonight and she told me everything was going to be just fine.

[aion-rsa]

11 Diverse Vampire Stories To Read Instead of Midnight Sun

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There’s a very good chance we’re going to read Midnight Sun, the companion novel to pop culture juggernaut Twilight that retells the first story in the Stephanie Meyer YA vampire series from Edward Cullen’s perspective. But we can enjoy something while also being critical of it, and the truth is: our culture deserves more, better vampire stories than what the Twilight saga has to offer. With that in mind, we’ve pooled our collective knowledge to recommend the following vampire stories that have more diverse and imaginative takes on the popular genre. From short stories to book series, hopefully there’s something here for you…

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

A good general rule of life to follow is that if Octavia Butler has written something in a particular genre, you should read it. And that’s as true in the world of vampire fiction as anywhere else. Fledging was the final book Butler published before her untimely death in 2006 and, though it’s technically a vampire story, it’s also a whole lot more than that.

Much in the same way that Butler’s Kindred is a time travel story that tackles physical and psychological horrors of slavery, Fledging is a vampire tale that explores issues of racism and sexuality. In it, a 10-year-old girl with amnesia discovers that she’s not actually a girl at all, but a fifty-something hybrid member of the Ina. Ina are basically what we understand as vampires in this universe – they’re a nocturnal, long-lived species who survive by drinking human blood. They’ve formed something of a symbiotic relationship with the humans they live alongside, using them as a food source in exchange for boosting their immune systems and helping them live (much) longer.

As Shori regains her memories of her former life, Fledging uses her unique situation as an avenue to explore timely issues of bigotry and identity. As a human-Ina hybrid, Shuri has been genetically modified to have dark skin, allowing her to go outside for brief periods during the day, but drawing the ire and distrust of others. As the novel further explores complex issues of family and connection – both the Ina and their human symbionts tend to mate in packs – Butler pokes at Shori’s uniquely uncomfortable position of being the master over one particular group, even as she herself is considered part of something like an underclass within Ina culture. And the end result is something that’s much more than a vampire tale, even as it embraces—and outright parodies—some of its most obvious tropes. 

– Lacy Baugher

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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

Twilight’s sin was not in trying to make vampires sexy all over again (it’s OK to make bloodsuckers cool), but rather in amplifying the teenage girl protagonist’s desire while blunting her agency. In doing so, Meyer maintained the dynamic of traditional vampire narratives instead of modernizing it. Five years after Breaking Dawn was released, Holly Black redeemed the YA vampire novel with her standalone tale, set in a world where it’s not just one hormonal teenager who’s dying to be a vampire, but all of society craving that sweet sweet immortality.

In Black’s world, everyone wants to be Cold: infected by a vampire bite but neither killed nor made into a fully-fledged vampire. Not until they drink human blood, at least. But in an effort to control the rising population of vampires and Cold people, the governments created Coldtowns, trapping both in a never-ending party town. The titular Coldest girl is Tana, who wakes up after a (very human, very teenage) rager to find almost everyone slaughtered and herself bitten. Fearing that she has become Cold, she voluntarily turns herself in to the nearest Coldtown along with her also-bitten ex-boyfriend Aidan and Gavriel, a vampire who seeks to take down the uber-vampire who rules the Coldtown.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a sly riff on the vampire obsession that took over pop culture in the early 2000s, yet still its own cautionary tale about chasing after a glamorous, self-destructive afterlife. The cast of characters are fully fleshed-out, from a twin with a fangirl blog to Gavriel as an actually suitable vampire love interest to Tana Bach herself, who gets to be proactive where Bella Swan was always reactive. Best of all, it knows that it doesn’t need to lure readers back to a franchise, like vampires returning again and again to feed, instead telling its entire story in one bloody, chilly gulp.

—Natalie Zutter

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Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado

A quarter-century before Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a different vampire seduced young women away from the suffocating constraints of their lives by awakening within their blood a thrilling, oft-considered perverse, desire. That it is a female vampire—the eponymous Carmilla, known also by her aliases Mircalla and Millarca—likely explains why LeFanu’s text is either incredibly well-known among niche circles, or entirely absent from pop cultural canons. Yet the moment you read it, its depiction of the heady attraction between innocent Laura and possessive Carmilla is anything but subtext.

Like Dracula, this Gothic horror novella is presented as a found text, with a frame narrative of occult detective Dr. Hesselius presenting Laura’s bizarre case… but also to some extent controlling her voice. In her new introduction, Machado posits a startling new contextualization: that Hesselius and Laura’s correspondence is not a fictional device, but a fictionalization of real-life letters between a Doctor Peter Fontenot and Veronika Hausle, about the latter’s charged relationship with the alluring Marcia Marén. That their relationship provided the basis for Laura and Carmilla, but that only the tragic parts were transmuted through the vampire metaphor, excising the queer joy of their partnership, further illustrates how these stories fail their subjects. Yet neither is Marén wholly innocent; as with In the Dream House, Machado does not flinch away from imperfect or even violent queer relationships, such as they resemble any other dynamic between two people.

It’s best to read Machado’s Russian nesting doll narrative without knowing much about her motivations. Though it might be useful to consider how she ends the introduction with something of a confession: “The act of interacting with text—that is to say, of reading—is that of inserting one’s self into what is static and unchanging so that it might pump with fresh blood.” Or try running some of these names through anagram filters.

And if that whets your appetite for other adaptations, the 2014 Carmilla web series both wrestles the frame story back into Laura’s hands, in the form of a video-diary journalism project, and makes the Laura/Carmilla romance very much text.

—Natalie Zutter

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A Phoenix Must First Burn, edited by Patrice Caldwell

A Phoenix Must First Burn is a collection of sixteen short stories about magic, fantasy, and sci-fi that focus on Black women and gender non-conforming individuals. The book features stories about fantasy creatures of all kinds, witches, shape shifters, and vampires alike. What they have in common is that they are stories about and by Black people, and they offer unique takes on familiar lore.

Bella Swan is a great protagonist in the Twilight series because she is whatever the reader needs her to be. Just distinct enough that you can conjure her in your mind, but mostly a blank slate for the reader to step into the story with her, using her as their avatar. That’s a generality specific to White characters. In A Phoenix Must First Burn, the protagonists are Black. This gives them a very particular point of view, and one that isn’t as common in fantasy, and in the vampire tales of yore.

In Stephenie Meyer’s world vampires look like they’re lathered in Fenty body shimmer when they’re in direct sunlight. In “Letting the Right One In,” Patrice Caldwell gives us a vampire who is a Black girl, with dark brown skin, and coiled hair. Sparkling vampires are certainly a unique spin, but the Cullens are still White and don’t challenge any ideas of what it means to be an immortal blood-drinking creature of the night. A Phoenix Must First Burn shifts the lens to focus on the experience of Black folks, and allows them to be magical, enigmatic, and romantic.

– Nicole Hill

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Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

In the Twilight series, we’re introduced to vampires from other cultures, but they are all very much the same, save for their individual power sets which appear to be unrelated to their ethnicity or nationality. In Certain Dark Things, vampires are a species with several different subspecies and where they come from influences how they look and what kind of powers they have.

Atl is from Mexico and is bird-winged descendent of Blood-drinking Aztecs. The Necros, European vampires, have an entirely different look and set of abilities. Certain Dark Things doesn’t just include vampires from all around the world, it incorporates vampire mythology from all of those places, filling its world with a rich array of distinct vampires with their specific quirks and gifts.

In his four-star review of the book on Goodreads, author Rick Riordan had this to say. “Throwing vampire myths from so many cultures together was right down my alley. If you like vampire books but would appreciate some . . . er, fresh blood . . . this is a fast-paced read that breathes fresh life into the genre.” Riordan, who opened up his literary world to new storytellers and has championed authors of color is certainly a person whose opinion holds weight. Vampires haven’t gone out of style, but the Draculas and Edward Cullens are.

– Nicole Hill

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Vampires Never Get Old, edited by Zoriada Córdova & Natalie C. Parker

This anthology featuring vampires who lurk on social media just as much as they lurk in the night will hit the bookstore shelves on September 22, just in time to start prepping for Halloween. Edited by Zoriada Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, the collection features eleven new stories and a really fantastic author list, populated with a diverse group of authors from a ton of backgrounds and sexualities. The contributors include V. E. Schwab, known for her “Darker Shade of Magic” series; Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Award-winner, Rebecca Roanhorse; Internment author Samira Ahmed; Dhionelle Clayton, author of The Belles and Tiny Pretty Things; “The Blood Journals” author Tessa Gratton (who also contributed to the super spooky looking Edgar Allan Poe-inspired His Hideous Heart); Heidi Heilig, author of the “Shadow Players” trilogy; Julie Murphy, whose book Dumplin’ was adapted for the Netflix film of the same name; Lammy Award winner Mark Oshiro, whose forthcoming YA fantasy Each of Us a Desert will hit stands just before this anthology; Thirteen Doorways author Laura Ruby; and essayist and short story writer Kayla Whaley.

There are a lot of YA authors on this list, many of whom crossover to adult, so there’s a good chance readers will find some of their favorite kinds of angsty vampires on these pages, as well as body-conscious vampires, and vamps coming out as well as going out into the night, seeking for their perfect victim—or just looking for love.

– Alana Joli Abbott

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Choice of the Vampire by Jason Stevan Hill

Back in 2010, when I was first getting to know interactive fiction, Jason Stevan Hill wrote Choice of the Vampire for the still-relatively new company, Choice of Games. A sequel came out in 2013, and this year, the third interactive novel, in which you, the reader make the choices, releases. Best played from a mobile device (although you can play in your browser as well), the interactive novels from Choice of Games are always fun (disclosure: I have written a few), and they’re dedicated to featuring inclusive options to let players express their personalities, gender identities, and sexualities within the confines of the game. Choice of the Vampire starts players as young vampires in 1815 New Orleans. In The Fall of Memphis, the story moves to 1873, and rather than facing the concerns of learning to survive their unlife adventures, players get embroiled in the politics of Memphis, where vampires are electing a new Senator, and the Klan is on the rise. 

With the release of St. Louis, Unreal City, the intention is that the two earlier games will be combined into one larger omnibus, so that players can have an uninterrupted play experience of the full story. St. Louis, Unreal City moves the story forward into 1879, in a St. Louis where the first wave of Chinese immigrants and the dismantling of Reconstruction force the city to face its systemic racism. As workers demand greater rights—and rich financiers attempt to keep control of the nation’s wealth—vampires have to continue to hide, lest they be destroyed. But when one of their own lets loose the beast, causing terror in the streets of America, players have to decide how their character will triumph in a changing world. Stevan Hill pours a ton of historical detail into the scenes he creates, making these vampire stories as much historical fiction as they are fantasy or horror. In advance of the release of the newest installment, the first two games have been updated with new material, so if you’ve played them before, they’re worth a replay before you launch into Night Road!

– Alana Joli Abbott

Moonshine by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Like the first two Choice of the Vampire stories, Moonshine, which came out in 2010, embroils its protagonist in the social struggles of its era: the 1920s of New York City. Zephyr Hollis is an activist, devoted to creating equality for both humans and Others, including vampires, despite her upbringing as the daughter of a demon-hunter. She’s immune to vampire bites, which is helpful when she discovers a newly-turned child vampire; if she turns him in, the authorities will kill him, so soft-hearted Zephyr takes the child in and feeds him her own blood. When she’s approached by a jinn, Amir, to use her cover as a charity worker to undermine a vampire mob boss in exchange for his help with the child, he doesn’t explain what he’s after—but Zephyr’s intrigued enough by the idea (and Amir) that she gets involved. If you already finished Johnson’s newest novel, The Trouble with Saints (also set in historical New York, this one during World War II), returning to this earlier novel and its sequel, Wicked City, will be a fast-paced treat.

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“A Kiss With Teeth” by Max Gladstone

There are not a ton of stories out there about vampire parenting—and fewer that are more about what it means to be a parent, what it means to give up the person you were before (even it that person was a monster). Max Gladstone’s 2014 short story, published at Tor.com, is absolutely a vampire story in the classic sense: a hunt, a victim, a struggle. But it’s also the tale of a vampire, Vlad, who settles down with a vampire hunter, and the changes that settling down create for both of them. How can a parent be honest with his child when he’s hiding something so core to his identity? Even playing baseball in the park requires Vlad to hide his own strength. And how can he work with the teacher to help his son with struggling grades when that teacher is the ideal prey? The idea of being a vampire blends with the idea of hiding an affair, of planning to do something that shouldn’t be done, and then determining whether or not to do it. The way the story is written, it’s hard to tell where it’s going to go, or how two parents hiding so much about themselves can ever be honest with their child—but when it comes to the end, Gladstone knocks it out of the park.

– Alana Joli Abbott

Queen of Kings by Maria Dahvana Headley

The visual of Cleopatra dying with a poisonous asp clutched to her breast is an iconic, Shakespearean-tinged bit of history that we all learned in our ancient Egypt history units. However, Headley’s debut novel gives the queen a bit more credit, by reimagining that instead of going all Romeo and Juliet after the supposed death of her lover Marc Antony, she strikes a bargain with Sekhmet, goddess of death and destruction who has nonetheless begun fading away due to a dearth of worship. In Shakespearean fashion, things go awry when Sekhmet seizes control of Cleopatra, transforming her into an immortal being and transmuting her revenge into a literal bloodlust.

Unable to die, with her lover still slain and her children in danger, Cleopatra must battle the dark force within her urging her to drain others of their lifeforce and let loose Sekhmet’s seven children (plague, famine, drought, flood, earthquake, violence, and madness) upon the ancient world. What’s more, she also has to contend with the mortal threat of recently-appointed emperor Caesar Augustus and the three sorcerers he has rallied to fight the queen-turned-demigod. Drawing from Egyptian mythology to contextualize various familiar vampire tropes (the aforementioned bloodsucking, aversion to sunlight, and weakness for silver), Queen of Kings reinvigorates the vampire mythos through a historical figure who deserved to exist long beyond her mortal lifetime.

—Natalie Zutter

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Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

Sir Terry never met a trope he didn’t take the opportunity to parody, but his Discworld take on the vampire mythos is more love bite than going for the jugular. His Magpyrs embody the classic vampires, with all their subgenre trappings, but also are an example of how a supernatural race seeks to evolve beyond its bloody history and try something new. To be clear, these Magpyrs are still in it to drain humans dry, and they’ve developed cunning methods of doing so: a propensity for bright colors over drab blacks, the ability to stay up til noon and survive in direct sunlight, a taste for garlic and wine along with their plasma.

But the clash between the youngest immortals, who seek to overtake the mountain realm of Lancre as their new home, and dutiful servant Igor, who misses “the old wayth” (he’s a traditionalist down to the lisp), reveals a tension familiar to any long-ruling dynasty or established subculture: Change with the times, or adapt but lose what makes you unique? In struggling with this intergenerational dilemma, the Magpyrs find the perfect opponents in Lancre’s coven: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat, and Agnes—four witches who find themselves taking on different roles within the mother/maiden/crone dynamic as life changes force shifts in their identities. Between these relatable personal conflicts and a hall of vampire portraits that pays homage to Ann Rice and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carpe Jugulum gently ribs the vampire subgenre rather than put a stake through its heart.

—Natalie Zutter

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Do you have any vampire story recommendations that challenge the traditional tropes of the genre in interesting and diverse ways? Let us know in the comments below.

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[mellowcloudkitty]

Gothic Costumes of Maskenzauber – Marén Söhnlein 

[la-bellezza-di-ravenna]

AAAA 😍 Ho amici romagnoli che quando parlano mi fanno sempre morire dalle risate! Ma dicci Checca, qual è la differenza tra il dialetto romagnolo e quello emiliano? (ps. parla spesso in romagnolo, lo amo troppo ❤❤❤)

El lèsic e la pronunzia è en po’ diferent’ da quela emilièna..El rumagnòl ca’s zcór in pruvenza’d Furlën da chèl ad Rèmin, o da chèl ad San Marén ce son abastènza diferenzi. Ne’l emilièno è divèrs. Chièd a Maria, non so’ molt’ de’l suo dialêt!

((T: Il lessico e la pronuncia è un po’ differente da quella emiliana…Il romagnolo dalla zona in provincia di Forlì da quella a Rimini, o da quella a San Marino, si sono abbastanza differenze. Nell’emiliano è diverso.Chiedi a Maria, non so molto sul suo dialetto!))

[flufy07]

*they move quickly leaving the town behind.*

Marén: Wow, wait. We are running in the wrong direction. *she exchanges a look with Jim* You think we can trust her?

Jim: *shrugs* I don´t know but he might be interested in meeting her... and by now Ash might have picked up something on angel radio.

Marén: *nods before turning back to megs* you can come with us. Our encampment is probably the safest place around here. Maybe we can even help you but this is not my decision. But we would need to confiscate your weapons.

[death2thevirgin]

So for that drabble thing. I would like to have Dean for it. My name is marén I'm 5'4 have wavy brown hair and brown eyes and I'm a little bit chubby. I love classic rock. Singing is my greatest hobby. I also love to read and to bake. I hate coffee I'm one of those rare creatures who can survive without it I rather drink hot chocolate. I'm a shy person and need some time to open up but I also have a very sassy side and have no problems voicing my opinion and I'm very independent.

I really hope you like it!

#CassieCelebrates500

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“An' here I go again on my own. Goin' down the only road I've ever known” You belt the lyrics to one of your favorite songs at the top of your lungs. You dance your way around the bunkers kitchen wearing one of your boyfriends flannel.  “Like a drifter I was born to walk alone and I've made up my mind” You continue as you put the final touches on your pie before bending down and putting it in the oven. “I ain't wasting no more time.”

“Loving the view Sweetheart.”  You jump from the sudden voice booming through the room.

“Holy crap Dean you scared me.” You make your way over to him leaning forward, placing a light kiss on his lips. “Why didn’t you tell me you were coming back early.”

“What and miss the chance to see you prancing around, signing rock songs and baking pie? Sweetheart I may never leave again.” He wraps his arms around squeezing you tightly.  “I missed you so much baby.” He kisses you on the crown of your head.  

“I’d love to go with babe, you know that but I would just get in the way.” You nuzzle into his chest.

“I know why baby, I just wish I didn’t have to be away from you.” He pulls away looking you in the eyes. “How long do we have until that pie is done?” He raises his eyebrows suggestively.

“Depends where is Sam?”

“Not here.” He lifts you by the waist throwing you over his shoulder, he smacks your ass as he carries you towards your room.

[mellowcloudkitty]

Gothic Costumes of Maskenzauber – Marén Söhnlein 

[khalilhumam]

Namibia: Fishrot Lawyer Claims Murder Attempt

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Namibia: Fishrot Lawyer Claims Murder Attempt

[Namibian] LAWYER Marén de Klerk, who has been implicated in the Namibian fishing industry corruption scandal that led to the arrest of two former ministers and a number of co-accused, says he has received threats against his life.

[tmnotizie]

SAN BENEDETTO – Anche in questo 2020 si rinnova il tradizionale appuntamento che celebra gli antichi mestieri della civiltà marinara sambenedettese: funaio, canapino e retara.

Infatti, nella giornata di San Biagio, patrono della categoria, la città di San Benedetto del Tronto rende omaggio a coloro che hanno svolto i mestieri di funaio, retara o canapino, professioni fondamentali nella storia dell’economia, e quindi della cultura, cittadina.

Il programma di quest’anno è arricchito dalla presentazione, in programma domenica 2 febbraio alle ore alle ore 17,30 nella Sala della Poesia di Palazzo Piacentini (Paese alto), del settimo quaderno dell’Archivio Storico comunale dal titolo “la Maréne”, breve guida del Mandracchio e del quadrilatero marinaro.

Il libricino racconta di come, sul finire del XVII secolo inizino ad essere costruiti direttamente sulla spiaggia dapprima atterrati e magazzini che formeranno il primo Mandracchio e poi, via via, diverse abitazioni. La “marina sambenedettese”, formatasi quindi nel corso del XVIII secolo e sviluppatasi nei due secoli successivi al di sotto del secolare “Castello”, si impone ben presto quale centro sociale, economico ed amministrativo di San Benedetto.

Con la costruzione della nuova chiesa della “Madonna della Marina”, oggi Cattedrale, e con la definitiva conquista dei “relitti del mare” si arriva ad incasare, nella parte più a nord del territorio urbano, anche la zona detta “Menderó” (attuali piazze Garibaldi e S. Giovanni Battista).

  “Questa nuova pubblicazione – spiega l’assessore alla cultura Annalisa Ruggieri – è dedicata a quello che oggi è l’indiscusso centro cittadino ma che ha una storia molta antica. Immagini inedite, documenti d’archivio, piante catastali e una interessantissima topografia dei mestieri legati al mare saranno mostrati durante la presentazione. Il quaderno sarà distribuito gratuitamente a quanti interverranno”.

  Nelle mattinate del 3 e 4 febbraio, invece, negli spazi adiacenti alla ditta “Perotti cavi” , ad est del complesso dell’ex Ballarin dove ancora insistono impianti per la filatura della canapa per produrre cavi ad uso marittimo, si svolgeranno visite guidate per le scuole cittadine.

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Profoto B10 is the Size of a Zoom Lens with 5x the Power of a Speedlight

Profoto has just announced the new B10, a small flash with big power. Only a little larger than a medium-sized zoom lens, the B10 packs five times the power of an ordinary speedlight.

“Size matters, it does,” Profoto says. “Because how much gear you have to carry matters. How much space you have to set up and work in matters. Being able to move fast, getting in, getting out and nailing the shot matters.

“That’s why when Profoto set out to create the Profoto B10, their brand new cordless off-camera flash, the company first considered size. Or rather, a lack of it.”

“You can fit it in your bag with the rest of your gear and because it’s cordless and lightweight, it’s easy to bring and set up anywhere,” says Profoto Product Manager Göran Marén. “That said, this is in every way a Profoto light, so the power and quality of light is essential.”

The 250Ws cordless flash measures 4.3×3.9×6.9in (11x10x17.5cm), weighs 3.3lbs (1.5kg), and features a recycling time of 0.05-2 seconds.

In addition to being used as a flash with “natural and beautiful soft fall off,” the B10 is also a continuous LED light (CRI 90-96) for stills and video. It’s dimmable (100-10%) with a max output of 2500 lumens and has an adjustable color temperature of 3000-6500K. Both features are controlled using a dial on the back of the flash.

Other features and specs include a removable stand mount (the flash can be mounted on any camera tripod), an easily replaceable battery, charging during use, TTL, HSS, Profoto AirTTL wireless control (from up to 1000ft/300m), Bluetooth connectivity for the smartphone app, and compatibility with 120 Profoto light shaping tools.

Here are some sample photos captured using the Profoto B10:

Here’s a 4-minute Profoto video introducing the B10:

The Profoto B10 will be available “soon” with a price tag of $1,595 (or $3,195 in a Duo Kit).

from Photography News https://petapixel.com/2018/09/12/profoto-b10-is-the-size-of-a-zoom-lens-with-5x-the-power-of-a-speedlight/

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Gabe*lost in deep thought* No just- you know what? Yeah. See if you can find him. He disappeared a while ago, and I'm a little concerned.

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Photographer: jamari-lior Model, make-up, styling, editor: myself Wig: Marén Söhnlein | Maskenzauber & Erlebenskunst

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Brasilian naiset kääntyvät solidaarisuustalouden puoleen

Kirjoittanut Anna Cash

Pitäen mielessä laajemman ymmärryksen solidaarisuustaloudesta Brasiliasta, todistukset yrittäjien osallistumisesta itsessään paljastavat todelliset hyödyt tämänkaltaisessa työssä markkinasyrjäytymisen kiertämisestä siihen että luodaan uudenlaisia tiloja, joissa naiset voivat mietiskellä kodin ja tuottavien tilojen välistä juopaa.

On olemassa yli 300 solidaarisuustalouden yritystä, taikka empreendimentos econômicos solidários (EESs), jotka osallistuvat 14 eri tapahtumaan joista koostuu Circuito Rio EcoSol, Rion solidaarisuustalouden piiri. Monet osallistujista ovat faveloista, ja monet EES:t ovat liittyneet yhteen verkostoiksi.

Mulheres Guerreiras da Babilônia (Babilônian soturinaiset), esimerkiksi, muodostavat 10 naisen yhdistyksen joka valmistaa laukkuja ja tarvikkeita joissa kuvituksena on kuvia heidän yhteisöstään, mukana myös kuvia vahvoista afrobrasilialaisista naisista. He ovat liittyneet yhteen toisten EES:n kanssa muodostaakseen solidaarisuustalousyrittäjien verkoston Pavão-Pavãozinhosta, Mangueirasta, Babilôniasta, ja Santa Teresasta.

Mara Adell Sustentável, yhdistys Complexo do Alemãossa, tekee myös laukkuja ja muita tarvikkeita, mutta kestävällä fokuksella. Heidän kahdeksan hengen yhdistyksensä kierrättää PVC-bannereita, vesipulloja ja ”mitä tahansa mitä käsiin vain saa” uusiokäyttöön luoviksi lisälaitteiksi. Mara Adell, tärkeä yhdistyksen johtaja, muodosti solidaarisuustalouden yritysverkoston Complexo do Alemãoon, jossa on 13 EES:ää, mukaan lukien Mara Adell Sustentável, jotka osallistuvat tällä hetkellä.

Devas on ollut toiminnassa Complexo da Maréssa 18 vuoden ajan tuottaen kestäviä vaatteita. Tänä päivänä 12 naista osallistuu, vaikka heitä oli yhdistyksen huippuaikoina 26. Devas:n perustaja ja fasilitaattori Clarice Cavalcanti on ollut tärkeässä johtamisroolissa puskiessaan Rio de Janeiroa tukemaan solidaarisuustaloutta omissa käytännöissään, voittaen joitain tärkeitä voittoja. Nyt hän koordinoi neljää 14:sta messutapahtumasta joista piiri koostuu.

Miksi solidaarisuustalous?

Joten miksi nämä ihmiset, tässä tapauksessa lähinnä naiset Rion faveloista, saavat elantonsta solidaarisuustaloudesta?

Selviytyminen ja ideologia ovat kaksi tärkeää ja toisiinsa linkittynyttä komponenttia. Joissain tapauksissa sama henkilö on motivoitunut molemmista komponenteista: ne jotka tietävät kokemuksen syvällä rintaäänellä että ”kapitalismi ei ole kaikille eikä se koskaan ollutkaan,” Claricen sanoin, joskus sitä vain sattuu niin että tulee kaikkein syvimmällä tavalla vakuutetuksi toisen maailman — ja toisen työn — olevan sekä mahdollista, että tarpeellista.

Toisaalta, Mara Adell Complexo do Alemãosta tekee eron ”myyjän” ja ”militantin” välille, ja todellakin on olemassa juopa solidaarisuustaloudessa niiden välillä, jotka näkevät pelkät kaupalliset mahdollisuudet selviytymisstrategioina, sekä niiden joilla on enemmän ideologinen omistautuminen asialle. Mara selittää, että Complexo do Alemãon solidaarisuustalousverkosto, jonka hän on perustanut, on nyt 13 kaikkein omistautuneimman EES:n verkosto, koska monet niistä jotka alunperin halusivat osallistua, olivat vain kiinnostuneita tavaroiden myymisestä. Mara selittää, että ”ne tavarat tulivat usein Kiinasta; me tiedämme että ne tehdään orjatyövoimalla, ja se ei ole se mitä solidaarisuustalous oikeasti on”.

Solidaarisuustalous ja elämänlaatu

Clarice näkee kaikkein tärkeimmän voiton Brasilian solidaarisuustaloudessa “työn sosiaalisena järjestäytymisenä”. Olennaisesti solidaarisuustalouden pyrkimys on vaikuttaa sekä työmarkkinoiden kuiluihin sekä laajempiin yhteiskunnallisiin heikkouksiin. Tämä tapahtuu kahden päämekanismin avulla:

EES:t voivat vastata tulonhankkimisen tarpeeseen siinä missä työmarkkinoilta poisjäänti — sekä koulutuksellisten epäkohtien että spatiaalisen syrjinnän kautta — on voimakasta.

EES:t voivat tarjota tukea antavia työtiloja, jotka tyydyttävät sosiaalisen interaktion tarpeet ja lievittävät köyhyyden ja väkivallan aikaansaamia traumoja.

Työmarkkinoilta syrjäytymiseen vastaaminen

Vuoden 2016 ensimmäisen kolmanneksen aikana Brasilian työttömyys kasvoi 10,2 prosenttia. Maassa ei ole tarpeeksi hyviä työpaikkoja, lisäksi, ainoastaan 40 prosentilla favelojen asukkaista on lukiopaperit tai korkeampi koulutus, monillakaan ei ole tarpeeksi koulutusta saada hyviä olemassaolevia työpaikkoja.

Osaamisen ja mahdollisuuksien kohtaanti-ongelmien lisäksi moniet favelojen asukkaat kohtaavat syrjintää johtuen heidän osoitteestaan. Tätä kutsutaan myös nimillä “spatiaalinen syrjintä.” Clarice Devasista huomauttaa että monet hakemukset heitetään roskikseen kun hakijalla on Complexo da Marén osoite, siihen pisteeseen asti että Marén asukkaat merkitsevät hakemuksiinsa naapurissa olevan Bonsuccesson osoitteekseen.

Tutkija Janice Perlman läpikotaisesti on summannut favelojen työttömyyden dynamiikkaa vuoden 2005 tutkimuksessaan joka kävi läpi surveydataa vuodelta 1969. Favelojen asukkaita haastateltiin, ja he pitivät “hyvää työpaikkaa hyvällä palkalla” (tai “kohtuullista työtä kohtuullisella palkalla” epävirallisen talouden puolella) “yksittäisenä tärkeimpänä tekijänä menestyksekkäälle elämälle” — yli tekijöiden kuten hyvä terveys, koulutus, asuminen, maan hallinnointi, hallinto, tai henkilökohtainen turvallisuus.

Perlman sitten painotti suurimpia esteitä toivotulle elinkeinolle. Näihin kuuluu:

Korkeakoulutuksen standardit työhön pääsylle johtuen koulutuksen rakenteen kehittymisestä;

Tuotantoteollisuuden katoaminen Rion metropolialueelta;

Rakennustyöpaikkojen katoaminen 60/70-lukujen huipun jälkeen;

Kotimaan palvelutyöpaikkojen väheneminen, joka oli yksittäinen suurin naisten tulonlähde vuonna 1968, johtuen keskiluokan kireämmästä budjetista, automaatiosta ja pikaruoan saatavuudesta;

Kokonaisvaltainen stigma favelojen asukkaita vastaan.

Perlmanin tutkimus näyttää, että favelojen asukkaat ovat erittäin tietoisia spatiaalisesta syrjinnästä: elinkeinojen esteiden käsityksiin liittyen 84 prosenttia vastaajista listasi favelassa asumisen suurimmaksi esteeksi, verrattuna 80 pronsentin listaamaan ihonväriin, 74 prosentin listaamaan ulkonäköön, 60 prosentin listaamaan syntyperään ja 54 prosentin listaamaan sukupuoleen. Perlman esittää, että kun vertaillaan tuloja favelan asukkaiden ja muiden Rion asukkaiden välillä, faveloissa asuvilla on huomattavasti pienempi tuottoaste koulutusinvestoinnissa (kontrolli: muut demografiset tekijät).

Se on selvää, että favelojen asukkaat suljetaan usein ulos mahdollisuudesta elinkeinoon. Tämä on tärkeä aihe, erityisesti ottaen huomioon että favelojen asukkaat pitävät hyvää työpaikkaa sosiaalisen liikkuvuuden avaintekijänä.

Siellä missä työpaikkoja on, kuitenkin, voi olla ero perinteisessä taloudessa tienattujen ja solidaarisuustaloudessa tienattujen ansioiden välillä. Esimerkiksi, Clarice huomauttaa että jokainen Devasin tuotebudjetti kirjaa työvoimakustannuksia R$23 per tunti, kun taas tyypilliset työvoimakustannukset ompelimossa ovat luokkaa R$2.50:sta R$3 per tunti.

Tukitilojen luominen

Palkka, edut ja työpaikan olosuhteet usein eroavat toisistaan solidaarisuustalouden työssä ja niissä perinteisen talouden työpaikoissa joihin favelojen asukkaat eniten pääsevät.

Kun EES:t ovat epävirallisia, on heillä on haasteita tarjota etuja jäsentyöntekijöilleen. Tämä alleviivaa lainsäädännöllä virallistetun muodon tarpeellisuutta EES:lle. Devasin, Mulheres Guerreiras da Babilônian, ja Mara Adell Sustentávelin tapauksissa kaikki ovat rekisteröityjä yhdistyksiä ja näin niillä on kyky maksaa tukia. Clarice painottaa että Devasin työntekijäjäsenet saavat sosiaaliturvaa, ja että viimeaikaisen jäsentyöntekijän, joka tuli raskaaksi, oli mahdollista ottaa äitiyslomaa jota hän ei olisi muuten kyennyt neuvottelemaan niissä työllistymismuodoissa jotka hänelle aiemmin olivat olleet tarjolla.

On olemassa myös epävirallisia etuja EES:ssä työskentelystä, erityisesti äideille ja kotitalouden naisväelle yleisesti. Rio de Janeiro on kaupunki joka karkottanut monet palvelutyöntekijät kukkuloille ja lähiöperiferiaan, joka tekee lastenhoidosta haasteellista äideille jotka työskentelevät kaukana kotoa, johtuen pitkistä työmatkoista. EES:n jäsentyöntekijät usein tulevat yhteisöistä jossa heidän työpaikkansa sijaitsee, tai joissain tapauksissa tuottavat kotonaan, tulevat paikalle vain kokouksiin, järjestötoimintaan ja kaupallisuuteen, ja kaikki tämä sallii joustavamman lastenhoidon.

Ruokapalveluihin keskittyneessä solidaarisuustalouden osuuskunnassa Rio Grande do Sulissa, kollegan kanssa tehdyssä kenttätyössä psykologi Marilene Liége Daros ja osuuskunnan jäsenet ja nais-jäsentyöntekijät puhuivat laajasti tästä dynamiikasta:

“Täällä voit lähteä jalkaisin liikkeelle jos sairaalla tyttärelläsi on ongelma kotona, esimerkiksi. Koska kaikki liikkuvat jalkaisin. Se oli tavoite.”

“Jos olet viisi minuuttia myöhässä tavallisesta työstä, olet kadulla seuraavana päivänä.”

“Eilen me emme kaikki kyenneet tulemaan paikalle (aikataulu)ongelmien takia, joten me päätimme tulla perjantaina sen sijaan.”

Teimme harjoituksen jossa pyysimme näitä jäsentyöntekijöitä vertailemaan tavallista työtä ja solidaarisuustalouden työtä vapaalla assosiaatiolla:

Perinteinen talous Solidaarisuustalous Erottaa henkilökohtaisen elämän työstä ”Vastuullinen vapaus” Vaativaa tuotannon suhteen, tuloskeskeistä Laatu- ja prosessikeskittynyttä Asettaa naiset epäedulliseen asemaan Suosii naisia Riistävä, väheksyy terveyttä ja perhettä Terveellinen ruokavalio, terveys, ykseys ”Vie pois meiltä monia oikeuksia, jättää haavoittuvaiseksi” Oman yrityksen omistaja, ”vapaus keskustella, vapaus mennä vessaan, vapaus olla tulematta jos ei pääse”

Yksityiselämän ja työelämän välisen suhteen uudelleenmäärittely

Työsuhde joka hämärtää rajaa kotona lapsista huolehtimisen ja työvoiman leivissä tehdyn työn välillä voi tuntua askeleelta taaksepäin naisten oikeuksissa, joka syrjii naisten yksityiselämää ilman että tarjotaan mahdollisuuksia edistyä ammatillisesti. Lisäksi EES:t tässä artikkelissa ovat kaikki teollisuudenaloilla joita voidaan pitää tyypillisen feminiineinä: käsityöt, ruoka, räätälöinti.

Kuitenkin, kuten brasilialainen sosiologi Helena Bonumá esittää, solidaarisuustalouden järjestelyt voivat tuoda “yksityisen tuottavalle kentälle”, jolla määritellään uudelleen nämä kentät sekä “painottaa lisääntymisen kenttää olennaisena elämän tuotannolle”. Ruoantuotannon esimerkissä osuustoiminnallisten työntekijäjäsenten vapaus vastata perheen tarpeisiin koskee myös työn järjestelyjä, ja niiden jatkuva keskustelullinen heijastus perhesuhteisiin on tästä osoituksena.

Todellakin, monet feministitutkijat huomauttavat siitä, että julkisen ”työn” kentän sekä yksityisen palkattoman hoitotyön kentän välisen jakaantumisen jäykkyys on olennainen osa naisia alistavien rakenteiden ylläpitoa. Huomattava feministinen poliittinen tieteilijä Nancy Fraser on sanonut, “Ei voi olla ’naisten emansipaatiota’ niin kauan kuin tämä… rakenteissa oleva sukupuolistunut ja hierarkkinen ’tuotantoon’ sekä ’lisääntymiseen’ jakaminen… pysyy.”

Monet Brasilian matalan tulon yhteisöjen naiset ovat joko mukana sekä tuotannossa että lisääntymisessä kotitaloutensa naispäämiehenä, tai ovat mukana hoitotyössä kahdessa kontekstissa — heidän perheensä takia, tai rikkaamman perheen työntekijänä. Tästä toisesta tapauksesta Fraser huomauttaa, että on tärkeää olla tietoinen tavoista joilla  ’“lean in” -feminismi tarkoittaa “lean on” -riippuvuusfeminismiä: Nykyisessä rakenteessamme naiset ammattilais- ja johtajaluokissa voivat hyötyä suuremmasta omaan uraan kulutetusta ajasta vain jos he ovat muista riippuvaisia kotitöiden ja lasten hoitamisen kanssa. Tämä voi tarkoittaa tukevaa partneria, mutta usein se tarkoittaa matalapalkkaista, prekaaria naistyöntekijää.

Tarina yhteisöstä ja poliittisesta järjestäytymisestä

Eräs Brasilian solidaarisuustalouspiireissä tunnettu menestystarina, joka alleviivaa sitä kuinka EES:t voivat tarjota vaihtoehdon “lean in” -feminismille, on Univens, räätäliosuuskunta Porto Alegressa. Kun Univensin työntekijäjäsen kamppaili ilman ketään joka olisi huolehtinut heidän lapsistaan, he perustivat yhteisön päivähoitolan. Osuuskunta tarjoaa kursseja, joita jäsenet pitävät erityisen tärkeinä kun naapurusto alkaa rakoilla yhä enemmän. He ovat kiinnostuneita laajentamaan näitä kursseja räätälöinnistä teatteriin, maalaukseen ja muihin kulttuuriohjelmiin. Kurssit alkoivat 18 ihmisen mukanaololla mutta nyt niillä on pitkä jonotuslista. Univens on myös solidaarisuusrahasto joka auttaa muissakin yhteisön kriiseissä ja se miettii yhteisöpankin perustamista.

Johtohahmo Nelsa Nespolo liittää osuuskunnan menestyksen kolmeen tärkeään seikkaan: ensiksikin, ihmissuhteisiin — kaikki osuuskunnassa asuvat kulmilla ja jatkuvasti näkevät toisiaan yhteisössä huolimatta siitä mitä osuuskunnassa tapahtuu; toiseksi, kokemus järjestäytymisestä — Nelsa on aiemmin ollut mukana nuorten ja tehdastyöntekijöiden järjestäytymisessä, joka on johtanut ymmärrykseen demokratian periaatteista; ja viimeisenä, läpinäkyvyys — osuuskunnassa on hyvä varainhoito ja läpinäkyvyydestä johtuen ei sisäisten resurssien käytössä ole koskaan ilmennyt ongelmia. Mahdollisesti yhdistävänä seikkana Nelsa esittää sen, että Univens ei halua kasvaa yli 30 ihmisen suuruiseksi, koska sisäinen demokratia toimii hyvin tällä skaalalla.

Univensin tarina kertoo yhteisöstä ja poliittisesta järjestäytymisestä. 20 vuotta sitten tässä naapurustossa asukkailla ei ollut minkäänlaista infrastruktuuria, esim. kivettyjä katuja tai jätehuoltoa. Tuohon aikaan Porto Alegren kaupungin osallistava budjetointipolitiikkaa sai aikaan paljon — naapurusto liittyi yhteen ja alkoi pyytää heidän tarpeidensa tyydyttämistä yksi katu kerrallaan. Suurtyöttömyyttä kohdatessaan 1990-luvulla naapuruston naiset alkoivat liittyä yhteen tehdäkseen rahaa ompelutyöllä. Alussa työskennellen kotoaan, he lopulta perustivat osuuskunnan. Tuolloin ei ollut tukea osuuskunnille, joten he kävivät momentti momentilta läpi lain kiemurat, ja loivat omat säännöt, jotka perustuivat asumisosuuskuntaan. Nykyään heillä on sosiaaliturva, lomat (10 päivää heinäkuussa ja 20 päivää helmikuussa), sairasloma ja lisät vuoden lopussa.

Ottaen huomioon tuplavuorojen ja kotoa tehdyn maksamattoman työn realiteetit, EES:t kuten Univens, jotka määrittelevät uudelleen kodin ja työn suhteen, voivat olla vapauttavia vaikka ne eivät allekirjoittaisikaan tiettyj’ länsimaisia käsitteitä siitä mitä naisten edistys on. Todellakin, EES:t voivat olla keino solidaarisuustalouden yrittäjille rakentaa osallistavampaa kansalaisuutta, joka tulee olemaan myös sarjan viimeisen artikkelin aiheena.

Tämä on toinen kolmeosaisesta sarjasta koskien Brasilian solidaarisuustaloutta. Osan yksi voit lukea täältä.

Artikkeli ja kuvat postattu myös RioOnWatch:ssa ja Shareablessa.

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