Suffragette: History of women's struggle for the right to vote A few days ago I watched the movie “Suffragette”. It is about the women's struggle to get the right to participate in elections. We saw how hard it was to conquest this basic right in England and how long it took for women to vote in many countries. Also, the movie shows that women earned less money then men for doing the same work. We conclude that though women are living better now than in the last century, it is necessary to fight to overcome persisting prejudices and injustices. I strongly recommend this movie.

How to improve our relationships? Some days ago I finished reading “Nonviolent Communication”, written by Marshall Rosenberg. The theory in the book is useful to avoid conflicts and to improve our personal relationships. The trick is to find a way to communicate clearly to each other. The main idea is focus in needs and feelings, avoiding judgments. Marshall argues that violent acts emerge when somebody is considered guilty and presumably deserves to be punished. According Marshall, it is important paying attention in feelings, needs and re­quests through the words of our pairs, even if the message comes mixed up with judgments and criticism. On the other hand, we should express clearly our requests, explaining our feelings and needs and never accusing our pairs. Summing up, Marshall sustains that we can have a nice life in this world if we were able to mutually satisfy our needs.

The funniest movie I had ever seen I would like to told you about an Italian movie called “Il mostro”(The monster). Benigni plays a character supposed to be a serial killer. But the character is very bumbling and incredibly funny. Though I was almost feeling guilty by laughing in a tale in which women were murdered, at the end, I learnt some interesting lessons from the movie. We see how easy is to join real facts by a deceiving narrative to construct a false story. Another thing is to be attentive to the risk to do what everybody is doing, without ask why. I recommend this movie!

Please: What Brad is saying between 7:09 and 7:12? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzuraH_wl4A

An interesting documentary directed by Ken Loach This week I watched to the documentary "The Spirit Of '45”, directed by Ken Loach. It is about the construction of the welfare state in Britain, between 1945 and 1950. The film highlights how important was to people things like health service and housing improvement. In addition, we can learn how this system was harmed under Margaret Thatcher government. This documentary is very important because in a lot of countries workers are loosing rights and governments are cutting subsides in basic public services related to health and education.

Similar Words in Different Languages

Hi everybody,
We notice that there are akin words with similar meaning in different languages. For instance:
1)strange(English) - estranho(Portuguese) - extraño(Spanish) - strano(Italian) - étrange (French)
2)special(English) - especial(Portuguese) - especial (Spanish) - speciale(Italian) - spécial(French)
3)novelty(English) - novidade(Portuguese) - novedad(Spanish) - novità(Italian) - nouveauté(French)
4)different(English) - diferente(Portuguese) - diferente(Spanish) - différent(French)
5)choice(English) - choix (French)
6)debate(English) - debate(Portuguese) - debate(Spanish) - débat(French) - debatte(German)
7)example(English) - exemplo(Portuguese) - ejemplo(Spanish) - esempio(Italian) - exemple(French)
8)similar(English) - similar(Portuguese) - similar (Spanish) - simile(Italian) - similaire(French)
Please, If you remember other examples, share them with us. Thanks.

Nina Simone Yesterday I watched to the documentary: "What Happened, Miss Simone?"It is about Nina Simone's, who is famous for her engaged songs. She used music to fight against prejudice and social injustices. Nina also performed romantic songs that I like very much. Sorry for my ignorance, but I didn't know until yesterday that also she was a pianist, though I used to listen to her songs. I will pay even more attention in this brilliant musician!

Movie "Front of The Class" Hi, everybody Recently I watched to a very inspiring movie called "Front of the class", which was based in Brad Cohen's life. Brad has Tourette Syndrome. He overcame all obstacles and later became a teacher. It's a very sensitive movie, which makes we reflect about what is really important in life.