A brief introduction to a culturally diverse international video series. Produced in sorority by women in order to express the voices and conversations you’ll never hear in [...]
Covid19 Rollercoaster Rolling for a 7
The covid19 quarantine has certainly made for a disconcerting ride. Ten weeks of staying at home so far. Ten weeks of trying to stay safe. Ten weeks of increasing germophobia [...]
#JeanineAñez #Decreto4231 #LibertadDeExpresion
Entre decretos para "sancionar a quienes desinforman" -a criterio del gobierno- y amordazar la prensa libre, se tiene una línea muy delgada. Pésima [...]
Twitter: #Bolivia #TataQuispe
PÉSIMO CRITERIO• ¿A quién se le ocurrió despedir al personaje más simpático del gobierno, el Tata Quispe?• Era odiado por el cocalero prófugo.• ¿Y también por [...]
Remember Paris
Banda Magda – El Pescador
A hypnotic cumbia from Colombia by the suave ensemble Banda Magda .. Lyrics Va subiendo la corriente Con chinchorro y atarraya La canoa de bahareque Para llegar [...]
Melbourne Heritage Couture: Material By Product
Melbourne is a city spoilt for choice when it comes to life’s delicacies and delights. Melbourne Spring Fashion Week is no exception. With hundreds of retailers [...]
Paris as a Blossom of Feeling
When I woke up in this dream called Paris I become another version of my Australian/Bolivian self. In this world I wear colors I would never dare to in Oz. Hot pinks, [...]
Samy Schwartz – The Blonde Indian
The Blonde Indian, is a documentary which I’m producing, that follows the chronicles by Bolivian photojournalist Samy Schwartz, as filmed by Samy, of an [...]
Filming ‘The Feminine Revolution’ trailer in Paris
In this documentary we’re exploring the existential and actual reality of the Parisian woman beyond the myths. How confronting do you dare be in an interview? [...]
Fat Tire Tours – Paris
Whether you’re a tourist or not, it’s fun to ride with your very own peloton of bike riders! It didn’t even matter that I wore a slightly impractical [...]
PFI’s Mission Statement
Core Concept~ Passionista Femme International is a focus on women’s voices and perspectives not echoed in the mainstream. This isn’t just a blog. It’s an emerging [...]
Parisian Chic City Guide
The truth is, that shopping in Paris is a delight because there are few ways you can go wrong. Whether you bought a necklace at an exclusive address, a flea market or at an [...]
SI o NO Bolivia?
Escribo estas palabras, a horas de que empiece la votación del referendum para cambiar la constitución en Bolivia, y decidir si Evo Morales puede ser re re re elegido. [...]
Passionista Femme International Facebook Page Vs rising “feminist” online aggression
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A one stop go to page, for cross cultural news, lifestyle, politics, fashion,promoting gender harmony [...]
Cold Snap Zara Sales
There’s absolutely nothing I like about winter. Dark, grey skies, chapped lips, the bone chilling cold, the various stages of rain, winds, hail and lately snowy [...]
Bastille Day 2015
Bastille Day, or any day that celebrates France for that matter, is a day I feel intense joy for, second only to my children’s birthdays. Much could be written about [...]
Bolivian Mother’s Day, a fight for Independence
Mother’s Day celebrations evoke different sentiments around the globe in the quest to honour those who have given their life to give life. In my home country, Bolivia, [...]
A Mystery Ingredient?
The popularity of cooking shows, the emergence of “master” chefs, celebrity chefs, wanna be chefs has become the norm in our popular culture, and I get it, I [...]
50 Shades of Cinderella
I had avoided getting caught up in the frenzy of the book release for 50 Shades of Grey, mainly because I prefer reading non-fiction. However, I’ve not [...]
Confessions of a Francophile
My intense love for France is something I could never apologise for, much less explain. It just is. In moments when the topic comes up, it renders me vulnerable and [...]
Walk With Me
Everyone likes a “rags to riches”, “success against all odds”, “swept off her feet by a prince” story. Most people want to be [...]
Defining Happiness on Australia Day
On January 26 Australians awaken to exclamations of happiness and expectations for happiness. This is soon followed by remembrance of the effect of this devastating [...]
Transcendence at Gym? No Sweat
Have you ever had one of those weeks when life becomes not so much about how you deal with stress triggers, as much as that the bastard triggers seem to be doing 3000 [...]
Fatal Red
A fairly reserved teenager, i pretty much didn’t date through most of highschool, until my last year, when a boy i liked told me my lips were “too fat”, [...]
Price Check on Wisdom
So I’m at the supermarket with 2 of my kids and this woman in her late 70s bumps into me, we apologise to each other for it and she starts talking about how she’s [...]
Winter 2013 a la Bonnie and Clyde
Few worlds are more escapist than film or fashion. Time and even logic are sometimes suspended all for the creation of an alternate reality that is easily accepting of [...]
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 46664
As the life of the greatest man of our generation, is precariously on the line, I recall the incredible day when I shook his hand. That same hand which he would hold [...]
Magic at Midnight, in Paris with Woody Allen and Owen Wilson
It was a balmy Paris summer night. My friend Marylene and I had just enjoyed the most exquisite afternoon sampling sumptuous treats at Angelina’s Salon du The, [...]
Becoming Visible
It wasn’t a particularly warm day, but at the altitude of 4058 mt above sea level, the sun in downtown La Paz, Bolivia, burns strongly on your skin. I was [...]
Why I Started Passionista Femme International
Welcome! Feel free to pour yourself a strong cup of coffee, tea, yerba mate or mate de coca and join me! DEFINITION ~ Passionista… be passionate for life regardless of [...]
Malcolm McLaren & Catherine Deneuve – Paris Paris
“Paris Paris” is far from being just a song about Paris. It is a melody whispered from the depths of a heart eternally consumed by the city of Love. It is an [...]