Beyoncé, The Diva

"I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence." - Beyoncé Knowles

HELLO, HELLO, HELLO! (imagine it in Count Olaf's voice)

How are y'all doing? Everyone all good? So recently there were the VMAs, and as much as I haven't watched any of these award shows but The Oscars lately, there were high points during the performance. What I really like about the latest tendency in the music world is this continuing growing presence of feminism - not hate towards men, by the way, but real feminism - that some artists, both male and female have shown. Regardless of anything else, Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea, for instance, do represent that. Seems like a media trend, since movies like Frozen and Brave have also been putting forth the message that not only women are strong and independent, but can still be feminine about it (well, mostly anyway). But there is someone that doesn't just represent that, but has been shoving it in everybody's faces for years now...

#BringBackOurGirls

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."        - Martin Luther King

 A coisa ficou séria.

Não sei se você ficou sabendo, mas dia 14 de abril a entidade terrorista/extremista islâmica Boko Haram sequestrou um grande número de meninas em uma escola, na cidade de Chibok, Nigéria. Sua intenção? Mantê-las em cativeiro até que o governo libere membros encarcerados  da facção. Não demorou para que  fossem divulgados vídeos, ameaças e todo o tipo de artimanha ao alcance do grupo para pressionar as autoridades. As meninas correm risco de morte ou de serem vendidas ao mercado sexual e aparecem em vários videos que estão chocando  planeta. Houve até uma que conseguiu escapar - segue o seu relato.