When comparing a spider web to the career of pianist, keyboardist, singer and composer Dudu Tsuda, it is difficult to say weather he would be the spider, the web or the insects caught in the odds of São Paulo’s music scene. Though better known for his previous work with neo tropicalista band Cérebro Eletrônico (which…Read More +
Attention fashionistas, bargain shoppers, and people seeking undeniable swag: H&M is launching their fifth Fashion Against AIDS (FAA) clothes line to raise money and spread awareness about HIV/AIDS among today’s youth culture. Starting April 26th, 2012, it can now be found in 300 H&M stores in various countries. Super trendy and extremely vibrant, the collection…Read More +
Yesterday, April 25th, ACT UP & Occupy Wall Street held a massive demonstration and march on Wall Street. The march called for a tax on speculative financial trading (FST or “Robin Hood Tax“) that would create $530 billion in revenue and generate the funds necessary to end the global AIDS crisis. The march began at…Read More +
Daughter of Martinho da Vila, one of the greatest samba composers in Brazil, Mart’nália, was born and raised in a samba dynasty. Her delicate, small voice and singing style often reminds us of her father. However, there is only a slight resemblance in her new album. On “Não Tente Compreender” (don’t try to figure out)…Read More +
A few weeks ago, Harvard University joined a group of colleges including Brown, Northeastern and Washington University in doing a program called ‘Sex Week.’ Sex Week is a student, week long program in which a series of lectures and panel discussions talk about safe sex, rape prevention, and STDs in addition to topics such as…Read More +
We know that in preventing the spread of HIV, it is extremely important to get tested for STIs. But in remote villages in Africa, areas most at risk, getting test results from labs was difficult. The information would be sent by couriers and could take weeks…and this delay could be deadly for some people. But…Read More +
Here at Red Hot, we strive to reach and inform today’s youth about sexual health and sex education through pop culture. Well, it doesn’t get any more popular culture than MTV. Hosted by sex columnist Dan Savage, MTV’s new series, Savage U, is a straight forward, educational, yet entertaining and down-right good television show about…Read More +
If you like to ride your bike and fundraise for AIDS, do both at the same time by doing the AIDS LifeCycle Ride to End AIDS. It is a 7-day, 545 mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that raises money and awareness for the HIV and AIDS. The money raised goes to…Read More +
Red Hot’s recent album, Red Hot + Rio 2, is a tribute album to the legendary Brazilian musical movement, Tropicália. Recently, a new documentary approach on Tropicália had its Brazilian première during the It’s All True Festival, which ended last weekend in São Paulo. The festival is the biggest international documentary film festival in Brazil,…Read More +
This month, April, is National STD Awareness Month. So it is the perfect time to get aware. There are approximately 19 million new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections in America each year. But by taking care of ourselves and educating each other, we can decrease that number. Talk and get tested. MTV’s ‘Its Your (Sex)…Read More +
