The New York TimesJan 1, 2024 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português I was nursing a 4-month-old baby when Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election in 2018. It was a disaster, and I knew it right away. My daughter — let’s call her Potato — kept on sucking while I shed tears over […]
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Our President Got the Virus. I Barely Noticed.
Posted: 13th agosto 2020 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, hydroxychloroquine, isolation, Jair Bolsonaro, motherhood, parenting
I was too busy cooking and cleaning and caring for my daughter The New York TimesAug. 11, 2020 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — I have a subscription to a monthly magazine called Piauí. In July, I spent so many days without opening the front door that I could only wonder […]
What kind of mom do I want to be?
Posted: 31st dezembro 2017 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Crimes of May 2006, Débora Maria da Silva, Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Mães de Maio, motherhood, postpartum makeup, pregnancy
The New York Times – Sunday Review December 28, 2017 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It was not the best year for many of us. My country, for example, seemed to walk proudly backward through 2017, and the coming year promises fewer rights and even more inequality. Brazil is […]
