Is our individual identity in our gender, whether biological or some amorphous inner knowingness? Is it our national heritage, ancestral origins, ancestral traditions, or something else? There is an increase in ancestral veneration, Haitian Voodoo, Brazilian...
I remember the excitement of celebrating Carnaval every year as a little girl in Brazil. My mother designed our costumes and sewed them on her Singer machine. She added sequins, lace, and tulle by hand. The butterfly costume with translucent violet wings was my...
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