Ana Beatriz Ribeiro

A Global Studies doctoral degree holder and former newspaper reporter, avid eater, pseudo-philosopher and poet, occasion-propelled singer, semi-professional socializer, movie addict, Brazilian-American nomad. In this space, she will share some of her experiences and (mis)adventures regarding various topics, with special attention to social issues.

Travel and being a total foreigner

In China, I was blissfully a toddler; as soon as I returned to Germany, I was reminded of my inadequacy.

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#MoviesOmU: Movies in English and other original foreign languages in Leipzig, October 7-14

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Here’s our regular listing of films being shown in English and other original foreign languages, and sometimes German with foreign partnerships, at Leipzig cinemas for this movie week. From now on, I will try to write movie reviews more or less regularly for ones you can see here. This week I reviewed "Que Horas Ela

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Review: “Que Horas Ela Volta?”

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This elucidating, award-winning portrait of the long-standing domestic worker culture in Brazilian society, focusing on a particular fictional family's story, is playing at naTo in Leipzig this month.

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A love letter to a certain Polish vodka

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It's perhaps as much a "love letter" to the vodka Żubrówka as it is to the crazy, unforgettable year (except for the nights I don't remember) I spent as an Erasmus Mundus student in what would become one of my favorite cities ever, whose party map I came to know like the palm of my

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