Equality for (Almost) All (Unless They’re Old)
The movie “The Intern,” with Robert de Niro and Anne Hathaway, has a lot to teach about what it means […]
BENCHMARKING, CULTURE
20 years/anos of/de partnership/parceria: Cannes Lions/Estadão/BIRD GEI
Estadão newspaper is the official representative of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in Brazil, and BIRD GEI | Consultoria […]
Origin of Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday is now more than a decade old and was created as an online counterpoint to the brick-and-mortar-heavy Black […]
Happy Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks […]
Origin of Black Friday
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November), often regarded as […]
A genialidade lingüística dos bebês – The linguistic genius of babies
No TEDxRainier, Patricia Kuhl apresentou resultados surpreendentes sobre como os bebês aprendem uma língua sobre outra -, ouvindo os seres […]
CULTURE, SLANG
Where did the meme ‘Karen’ come from?
Dictionary.com defines Karen as a slang for: a pejorative slang term for an obnoxious, angry, entitled, and often racist middle-aged […]
CULTURE, SLANG
O que é uma ‘Karen’: novo personagem no debate racial dos Estados Unidos?
O que é uma ‘Karen’, novo personagem no debate racial dos Estados Unidos? Antes de mais nada: este post não […]
Foreign language learners should be exposed to slang in the classroom and here’s why…
Summary: Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you’re getting to grips […]