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Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

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Puerto Rican journalist specialized in the coverage of human rights issues. As a graduate student my current research interests focus on gender, digital technologies, technology and culture, media, and social movements. I tweet here: @firuzehsv.

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Latest posts by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

26 April 2012

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Feminist blogger and lawyer Verónica Rt talks [es] about how she practices feminism through friendship.

31 March 2012

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Check out artist Omar Banuchi's blog on Tumblr: “a small and modest blog of images.”

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

A recent survey of 130 college students [es], mostly from the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico, shows that many of them actually use Facebook to read news.

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Blogger and historian Yvonne Acosta comments on the recent dismissal  [es] of the Superintendent of the Police Emilio Díaz Colón.

Spain

Three Barcelona-based journalists, Lucija Stojevic, Jennifer Baljko and Marc Herman, have launched the excellent digital magazine 51percent with the mission “to go beyond the news headlines and put a face to the youth unemployment crisis facing Spain. We’ll be investigating this issue for the next couple of months, on-the-ground around Barcelona.”

25 March 2012

Dominican Republic

Feminist blogger and journalist María Isabel Soldevila urges people to take a stand and act against women's subordination [es] in the Dominican Republic.

24 March 2012

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

The music blog Mala Vida Buena Música [es] (Bad Life, Good Music) explains why La Respuesta in Santurce, a neighborhood in the capital city of San Juan, is one of their favorite bars in the island.

Cuba

The digital magazine 80 Grados presents the video of photographer Guillaume Le Berre's voyage to Cuba titled
“Incubation”
: “At the beginning there was a trip. I wanted to see Cuba before the country changes, and tell this experience with pictures. I left only 15 days. But I’m the one who has been changed.”

 

23 March 2012

Spain

The blog Toma la Plaza announces meetings and assemblies tomorrow March 24 in various cities in Spain to coordinate their participation in the global actions planned for next May.

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

The feminist blog Mujeres en Puerto Rico is celebrating [es] its third anniversary: “This year will bring important moments for this country's women. If life permits it, we will be here. With you.”

 

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