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This eBook will be available to purchase till April 8, 2021.

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Cíntia e Janaína patterns are available in the Amipoderosas eBook, which, also, features 8 more professions: lawyer, engineer, merchant marine, lifeguard, biomedical scientist, sergeant, mailwoman and master builder!

Amipoderosas is a PDF EBOOK ONLY, which aims to
amplify representativeness and empowerment by Amigurumis!

One of our goals is to improve inclusion and representativeness through these dolls and that’s why EACH profession has TWO body patterns. As well, some dolls have specific characteristics as vitiligo, down syndrome and colostomy bag. Once you learned how to do it, you may reproduce it in any of the other dolls.

Moreover, all the hair styles and heads are interchangeable between the amigurumis. Also, you may use wire to make them poseable and we added detailed instructions of how to do a wire skeleton for the dolls. Their heads are moveable without wire and they may turn to any side you want. There are many clothe styles, accessories and hairs and you may interchange them between the dolls.

Cintia and Janaina, the Merchant women!
These are Cintia and Janaina, the merchant women! Also known as “vapozeiras”, they work on board of a ship. Janaina is the ship pilot and ballast operator. Cintia is a machinist. From the beginning, they knew that following this career would not be easy. During school, in a military environment, they were always a minority, surrounded by men, and often had to hear unfortunate comments and jokes. After graduation, the situation did not change much.

They began to board foreign-flagged ships and their chiefs were often British or Danish. There were some nice bosses, who valued them for their impeccable work. But there were also some who discriminated against them not only for being women, but also for being Brazilian. Janaina was often treated as a mere translator. Her only necessary skills were to mediate conversations between foreigners and Brazilians, translate documents and send e-mails. Cintia received many disapproving looks in the engine room. They watched her do the simplest daily tasks, just to see if she could do it alone.

Cintia and Janaina were always aware that they cannot afford to make mistakes. Never. They are not just Cintia and Janaina. On each ship they pass, they represent all the women who work on board. A mistake they make is a mistake made by all women. An error is a reason to say that women should not work on board. Many women came before Cintia and Janaina and prepared the way for them. And today, both women continue to prepare the way for the next women to come, as they know that, despite the many achievements that we had, the journey is still long.

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