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“'Queerness isn't a western concept': Adeju Thompson is bringing genderless Nigerian fashion to the world (...)” (Lido em: CNNNEWS 2021-06-18)

“Brasileiros estudam a Bíblia sob os olhos da história e da arqueologia

Pesquisadores se dedicam a investigar a fundo o que a ciência sabe - e tem descoberto - sobre relatos, pessoas e períodos retratados nas escrituras sagradas (...)” (Lido em Google)

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(…)“Masculinity in the Middle East: Confronting stereotypes through photography”

(…) “SOFT, HUMAN, VULNERABLE”

“(…) She drew from her personal experiences as an Arab woman to capture the beauty and vulnerability of her male counterparts for her 2009 to 2014 project, "Picture an Arab Man," which she is currently working into a book.

Her intimate shots implore the viewer to reconsider their preconceptions.

Abdul Hadi describes the men she photographed as being completely taken aback by how "soft" they turned out -- a far cry from many mass media portrayals of men in the region.

"A lot of that softness maybe they don't see in themselves unless you show it to them having captured it," she says. (...)” (Lido em: The Times 2020-12-21)

“From leaving the country to befriending an octopus, burnout recovery stories are often full of surprising twists and lifestyle changes. But is this always necessary?”

“Craig Foster was the definition of a burnt-out man. In 2010, he was overwhelmed with work, sleeping badly and had completely lost interest in his great passion, which also happened to be his profession: film making. He needed a radical change.

So, Foster turned to his childhood playground: the bracing waters of the aptly-titled “Cape of Storms”, almost at the very tip of South Africa. While the surface is all crashing waves and murky currents, beneath he found a tranquil kelp forest full of strange inhabitants. As he relates in the Netflix film My Octopus Teacher, he swam amid its swaying fronds every day for a year, learning about the ecosystem and bonding with an unlikely friend (yes, an octopus), who quite literally reached out a tentacle and invited him into her world.

Not only has Foster now found new meaning in life, he also has a hit nature documentary under his belt. His “octopus love story” has been called a “breathtaking” success, and it’s already been nominated for more awards than its protagonist could hold in her many arms. Now, that’s what you might call a well-executed burnout recovery. (...)” (Lido em: BBCNews, 2020-10-26)

"La mémoire est profondément liée à notre identité. Elle est aussi un des principaux enjeux du vieillissement. Et directement en lien avec nos capacités cognitives.

En lisant ce dossier spécial, vous découvrirez comment le cerveau d’Albert Einstein a permis de faire la lumière sur le fonctionnement de notre cerveau et de notre mémoire. Vous découvrirez notamment:

• Les différents types de mémoires
• Ce qui fait que nos souvenirs ne s’envolent pas
• Quels sont les pires ennemis de la mémoire
• Comment entretenir et optimiser vos capacités cognitives"
• (Lido em Le Monde 2020-05-27)

“Søren Kierkegaard’s Struggle with Himself”

“For the philosopher, unhappiness became not a condition but a vocation.”

“By Adam Kirsch”

“Kierkegaard called his melancholy “the most faithful mistress I have known.”

“Imagine an educated, affluent European in his late twenties, seemingly one of fortune’s favored, who suffers from crippling feelings of despair and guilt. For no apparent reason, he breaks up with the woman everyone thought he was going to marry—not because he loves someone else but out of a sudden conviction that he is incapable of marriage and can only make her miserable. He abandons the career for which he has been studying for ten years and holes up in his apartment, where a kind of graphomania compels him to stay up all night writing at a frantic pace. His activity is so relentless that, in a few short years, he has accumulated many volumes’ worth of manuscripts.

If this happened today—say, in Denmark, the standard example of a rational modern society—the man would sooner or later end up in a psychiatrist’s office, where he would probably be given a diagnosis of depression or bipolar disorder. He would start seeing a therapist and might be prescribed medication. The goal would be to get him back to normal, as the world defines “normal”: able to take pleasure in life, to form relationships, to meet his obligations as a family member, friend, and citizen. The man would seek professional help, because, in the twenty-first century, he would recognize his propensities as symptoms—evidence of a psychological problem. (…)”                     (Lido em: The New Yorker 2020-05-05)

“A loucura, longe de ser uma anomalia, é a condição normal humana. Não ter consciência dela, e ela não ser grande, é ser homem normal. Não ter consciência dela e ela ser grande, é ser louco. Ter consciência dela e ela ser pequena é ser desiludido. Ter consciência dela e ela ser grande é ser génio.”                                   FERNANDO PESSOA

“Your lifestyle can lower your dementia risk, even if you have high genetic risk, study says”

“By Jen Christensen, CNN”

(CNN)A good diet and ample exercise don't just help your waistline. Healthy lifestyle factors may also help lower your risk of dementia, even if you have a higher genetic risk, according to a study published Sunday in the medical journal JAMA.

This study, along with other research looking at the impact of lifestyle factors on dementia, is being presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference this week.

Alzheimer's Disease Fast Facts

There is no cure for or preventive medicine that can stop dementia and its most common form, Alzheimer's disease. But a growing body of evidence suggests the way you live can potentially lower your risk.

The study found that among people with a high genetic risk, those who maintained a health lifestyle -- meaning they watched their diet, exercised regularly, kept their drinking to a minimum and didn't smoke -- were less likely to develop dementia later in life.

The study looked at 196,383 adults age 60 and older who lived in the UK and found that specifically, 1.13% of those with a healthy lifestyle developed dementia later in life compared with 1.78% of those with a less healthy lifestyle -- a statistically significant difference. (...)” (Lido em: cnn news 2019-07-15)

“Pai da Bossa Nova, João Gilberto morre aos 88 anos” (...)”

(Lido em: O Povo, 2019-07-07)

“How your looks shape your personality”

“We tend to think of our looks as separate from who we are. But it turns out that physical traits like height or attractiveness may shape our personalities, behaviours, even politics. (...)” (Lido em: BBCNews 2019-06-22)