So – my previous post didn’t include any pictures and the tone was a little spicier than I had initially intended. But it was a grizzled, stormy afternoon and that sometimes puts me in a certain mood.
This post continues with the childbirth and maternal well-being thread, but instead takes us to Brazil. My dad forwarded along an interesting collection of work from photographer John Stanmeyer (his photo, above). These photos of beautiful Brazilian women (I love his photo of the dental technician wearing hot pink pumps on the job) show the popularity of telenovelas, and their strong female leads, in the country. Furthermore, an Inter-American Development Bank study illustrates that these telenovelas aren't trashy old soap operas, but rather, they have had a direct effect in encouraging women’s empowerment in Brazilian society and contributing to the nation’s rapidly decreasing fertility rate.
How's that for life imitating art?
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