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Notes by Ana Fornaro
July 25, 2025
La Chola Poblete, queer artist: “Argentina is neither white nor heterosexual”
La Chola Poblete is becoming an iconic visual artist worldwide. Her work fuses Indigenous culture, queer brown identity, pop culture, and transvestite fury. The…
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June 13, 2025
Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam: “My characters are like free electrons, they question biology”
Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam uses fiction and humor to build a bulwark against intolerance. We interviewed the French writer, celebrated by Paul Preciado. Why do her characters..
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March 8, 2025
March 8: Thousands of women and diverse people marched against cruelty and austerity.
Thousands of women and gender-diverse people participated in the march in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires this Saturday for International Women's Day. For…
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August 9, 2024
A week in Argentina: gender violence and the media
The media coverage of the allegations against former president Alberto Fernández continues to remind us that patriarchal practices are still in place. Without women and diverse people in decision-making positions…
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July 17, 2024
Buenos Aires: A 29-year-old trans woman died in the street while waiting her turn at a shelter
Carolina Machado was 29 years old, had migrated from Ecuador, and was homeless. She worked as a sex worker in the Constitución neighborhood. More people are reporting similar cases…
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July 4, 2024
What does journalism seek to achieve by amplifying the voice of anti-rights influencers?
From Presentes we analyze the interview that journalists Reynaldo Sietecase and Ernesto Tenembaum conducted with Emmanuel Danann, we refute misinformation and we ask ourselves about the purpose.
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May 29, 2024
Rosana Paulino: Black women at the center of art to heal Brazil's traumas
The Afro-Brazilian artist is exhibiting an anthological show at Malba: the most important outside of Brazil, where she explores the collective trauma of slavery.
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May 16, 2024
Why is it called lesbicide?
Social, legal, and linguistic arguments for using the word "lesbicide"
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March 25, 2024
March 24: Argentina says yes to Memory with a historic march
It was the largest march ever held on March 24th. Hundreds of thousands in squares and streets declared "Never again means never again" on National Women's Day…
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February 23, 2024
Alana S. Portero: “We are witnessing a fascist coming out of the closet, but these are the death throes of a world that has ended.”
"The Bad Habit," her coming-of-age novel with a trans and working-class twist, became a publishing phenomenon. In this interview, Alana S. Portero talks about fascism, transvestite fury, and more
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