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Notes by Alex Zani
July 18, 2024
Cecilia Gentili: a book of letters and a life worthy of a film
Following the death of the trans actress and activist for the rights of LGBTI+ migrants, the publishing house Caja Negra is releasing the book Faltas. "Cartas a todas las…
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July 2, 2024
Farewell Ilse Fuskova: pioneer of lesbian visibility and LGBTI+ rights in Argentina
Ilse was the first lesbian to be visible on Argentine television and one of the organizers of the first gay and lesbian pride march in the country
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April 3, 2024
Counterimage: the exhibition that challenges gender stereotypes in art
Flor Capella—illustrator, designer, and teacher—conducted visual research on gender representations and roles in art history. Contraimagen is also a counter-narrative: it reinvents works…
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October 27, 2023
Neither Boy Nor Girl, a novel about becoming a teenager and queer in 1990s Argentina
With precision and sensitivity, Belén Mentasti's literary debut transports us into the inner world of a teenager who defies gender norms and questions…
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September 22, 2023
“Oriana”: a film-tribute to Monique Wittig 30 years after her death
Based on the book "Las Guerrilleras," the film follows a group of feminist warriors who take refuge in the Puerto Rican landscape and depicts their daily struggle for survival…
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August 31, 2023
Mariana Komiseroff: “I don’t want to write manifestos, but I am interested in how politics influences households.”
A small queer subculture amidst the bureaucracy and sordid state of the Argentine Congress: this is how his new novel, "The Disease of the Night," is staged
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June 13, 2023
Cachitas Now!: The Argentine dissident cumbia band touring the United States
Touring the United States with Cachitas Now!, the Argentine tropical music band that carries its message of inclusion and resistance to sexual and gender minorities,…
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January 4, 2023
Lucas Grimson: the agenda of new masculinities and the organized kids
Lucas Grimson bears the marks of the 2001 generation. “We were asking ourselves what place we could have in feminism instead of asking ourselves what place the…
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December 2, 2022
"Bad Reputation": how lesbians are portrayed on Argentine television
A documentary analyzes the representation of lesbians on Argentine television.
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November 17, 2022
From a Korean Orthodox community to shaking up queer dance floors: the rise of DJ Anita B Queen
The Argentinian DJ provided the music for the Lesbodramas truck at the 31st Pride March in Buenos Aires, performed at Primavera Sound at Under Club, and is preparing for…
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