Radical Perspectives in Portuguese
Invitation to the WDI Lusophone Community
This series of webinars will be led by radical feminists whose voices have been silenced by the culture of cancellation. Tired of not being able to freely share our ideas on social media, schools and universities, we created this women-only safe space for exchange and reflection. This initiative aims to provide solid foundations on the theory of radical feminism for Portuguese-speaking women. Our goal is to reach more and more women from Portuguese-speaking countries. Write to us at [email protected] to propose books/concepts, offer a debate and/or suggest that we contact collectives. All our sisters are more than welcome!
The live meetings will always take place on Sundays at 19:00 (Portugal Time Zone, GMT). All recordings will be available on our YouTube channel. The calendar will be always updated on @WDIPortugal social media - Instagram, Facebook - and on our website.
Registration link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ClIcdeijSgOdJ-xPk19fjw
Dates already confirmed
06/mar/22 – DIALECTICAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISM
Gi Del Fuoco, PhD student in Cultural History at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP, Brasil). Founder of the projects @HistoriadoraRadical @GórgonaPodcast and collective @LésbicasAntifascistas.
Bibliographical reference:
JAMES, Selma (2012). Sex, Race and Class. The Perspective of Winning. A Selection of Writings 1952-2011.
Translation of the Sex, Race and Class chapter by Feminismo com Classe blog, available at: https://medium.com/qg-feminista/sexo-ra%C3%A7a-e-classe-de-selma-james-16646c55b3f5
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13/mar/22 – THE POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF WOMEN AS AN INSTRUMENT THAT PERPETUATES THE PATRIARCHAL-CAPITALIST SYSTEM
Camila Striato Martinez, historian and Masters student in History at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-SP, Brazil), creator of the Exaustas Book Club.
Clarice Granja Curi, historian graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-SP, Brazil), teacher and thinker of the Exaustas Book Club
Bibliographical references:
FEDERICI, Silvia (2017). Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation.
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20/mar/22 – PORNOGRAPHY AND POSSESSION
Carmen de Carvalho, Arts graduat from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF, Brasil), English teacher and member of @WDIBrasil.
Bibliographical references:
DWORKIN, Andrea (1981). Pornography: men possessing women.
DWORKIN, Andrea (1974). Woman Hating
DWORKIN, Andrea (1976). Our Blood.
WHISHANT, Rebecca (2016). Our Blood: Andrea Dworkin on Race, Privilege and women`s common condition.
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27/mar/22 – WOMEN AND MALE DOMINATION: HOW DOES FEMALE SOCIALIZATION AFECTS THE WAY WE POLITICALLY ACT IN SOCIETY?
Yasmin Morais is a writer, founder of the @VulvaNegra project, member of the Centre for Study and Research in Discourse Analysis and Media at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA, Brazil) and Journalism student and Afro-Latin American Studies student at the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University (ALARI, USA).
Bibliographical references:
GRAHAM, Dee L. R. (2021). Loving to Survive: Sexual Terror, Men’s Violence and Women’s Lives.
LERNER, Gerda (2019). The Creation of Patriarchy.
RUSSEL, Jeffrey B; ALEXANDER, Brooks (2019). History of Witchcraft.
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10/abr/22 - FEMALE LITERATURE AND BELONGING: THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN'S WORKS FOR RAISING OUR CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS
Monalisa Gomyde, Bachelor of Literary Studies (UNICAMP, Brazil), Pedagogue (UNIJALES, Brazil), Master's student in Literary Theory (UFSCAR, Brazil) and in Women`s Politics (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain). Writer, teacher and member of the collective @memoria.lesbica.
Bibliographic References:
BEAUVOIR, Simone. As Inseparáveis. Tradução de Ivone Benedetti. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Record, 2021.
BRUM, Eliane. Uma duas. Rio de Janeiro: Arquipelado Editorial, 2018.
EVARISTO, Conceição. Insubmissas lágrimas de mulheres. Rio de Janeiro: Malê, 2016.
KOITA, Khady. Mutilada. Tradução de Rejane Janowitzer. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 2005.
RHYS, Jean. Vasto Mar de Sargaços. Tradução de Léa Viveiros de Castro. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 2012.
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24/abr/22 – WEAVING A BRAZILIAN RADICAL FEMINISM
Bruna Santigo, radical feminist.
Bibliographical references:
FURIOSA. Existe um Feminismo Radical Interseccional?
Text published by QG Feminista, available at: https://medium.com/qg-feminista/existe-feminismo-radical-interseccional-d71c08838d79.
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15/mai/22 – BODY DISPHORIA IN WOMEN AND EATING DISORDERS IN CONTEMPORANEITY UNDER A FEMINIST LENS
Luciana Costa, feminist and clinical psychologist specialised in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA, Brasil). Founder and developer of the Femitep Channel/Network.
Bibliographical references:
DSM-V, Manual de Diagnóstico e Estatístico de Transtornos Mentais 5.ª edição
FIGUEIREDO, Isabela (2016). A Gorda. Lisboa: Editorial Caminho.
JEFFREYS, Sheila (2105). Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in The West. UK: Routledge.
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29/mai/22 – GENDER IDENTITY" POLICIES AND THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN: A COLLISION OF RIGHTS
Katyane Souza, feminist, founder of the @PedagogaBraba project, member of @WDIBrasil. With a degree in Pedagogy, Katyane has been a public school teacher for 15 years and a researcher in Sexuality Education.
Bibliographical reference:
JEFFREYS, Sheila (2014). Gender Hurts: a feminist analysis of the politics of transgenderism. UK: Routledge.
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12/jun/22 – RADICAL FEMINISM IN ACADEMY: NOTES FROM AN FEMALE ANTHROPOLOGIST
Doctor Fabiana Jordão Martinez, associate professor of Anthropology and Feminist Theory of the History and Social Sciences Institute of Universidade Federal de Catalão (UFC, Brasil).
Referências bibliográficas:
MARTINEZ, FABIANA. Feminismos em movimento no ciberespaço*. CADERNOS PAGU, v. 2, p. 1-34, 2019.
MARTINEZ, FABIANA JORDÃO. Militantes e radicais da quarta onda: o feminismo na era digital. REVISTA ESTUDOS FEMINISTAS, v. 29, p. 1-14, 2021.
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26/jun/22 – PATRIARCHY IN LATIN AMERICA
Gi Del Fuoco, PhD student in Cultural History at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP, Brasil). Founder of the projects @HistoriadoraRadical @GórgonaPodcast and collective @LésbicasAntifascistas.
Bibliographical reference:
ANZALDÚA, Gloria. Como Domar uma Língua Selvagem. Cadernos de Letras da UFF – Dossiê: Difusão da língua portuguesa, n. 39, p. 303-318, 2009.
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10/jul/22 – THE “TRANS CHILD” UNDER THE PERSPECTIVE OF RADICAL FEMINISM
Eugenia Rodrigues, spokeswoman @NoCorpoCerto, Law and Journalism graduate from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ, Brasil) and activist for the human rights of children, adolescents and women.
Bibliographical references:
JEFFREYS, Sheila (2003). Unpacking Queer Politics. UK: Polity Press.
JEFFREYS, Sheila (2014). Gender Hurts: a feminist analysis of the politics of transgenderism. UK: Routledge.
RAYMOND, Janice (1979/1994). The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male. NY: Teachers College Press.
RAYMOND, Janice (2021). Doublethink: A Feminist Challenge to Transgenderism. Australia: Spinifex Press.
RODRIGUES, Eugênia (2017). “Fora da caixa”: a construção da “criança trans” no jornalismo brasileiro.
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24/jul/22 – EXPLOITING DOMESTIC WORK IS REINFORCING THE HIERARCHIES CREATED BETWEEN WOMEN BY PATRIARCHY
Brisa Kamulenge, black activist, lesbian and feminist. Graduated in Social Sciences at the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil) and creator of the @vulvamtolliandum project.
Bibliographical references
PATEMAN, Carole (1988). The Sexual Contract.
RARA, Preta (2019). Eu, empregada doméstica - a senzala moderna é o quartinho da empregada. Belo Horizonte: Letramento.
SAFFIOTI, Heleieth (1978). Emprego doméstico e capitalismo. Petrópolis: Vozes.
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14/ago/22 – THE DAMNED: POETIC USES OF ANGER BY FEMALE ARTISTS
Doctor Alice Porto, artist, PhD in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, Brazil) and professor at the University of Passo Fundo (UPF, Brazil).
Bibliographical references:
FAHS, Breanne (2014). Valerie Solanas: the defiant life of the woman who wrote Scum (and shot Andy Warhol). New York: Feminist Press at the city of New York.
FREITAS, Angelica (2012). O Útero é do tamanho de um punho. São Paulo: Cosac Naify.
PORTO, Alice. Dito, não dito e maldito: redesenhar imagens feministas a partir de vestígios. (Tese de Doutorado, em breve disponível para acesso no sistema da UFRGS, https://lume.ufrgs.br/handle/10183/117434)
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28/ago/22 – MARXISM AND GENDER
Joana Tomé, PhD in Art Sciences from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (FBAUL, Portugal) and researcher at Centre for Research and Studies in Fine Arts (CIEBA, Portugal). Member of the National Council of the Democratic Movement of Women (MDM) and elected for the CDU in the Municipal Assembly of Setúbal.
Bibliographical references:
FEDERICI, Silvia (2020). Calibã e a Bruxa. Lisboa: Orfeu Negro.
Organização das mulheres comunistas (org) (2007). Clara Zetkin e a luta das mulheres - Uma atitude inconformada, um percurso coerente. Lisboa: Edições "Avante!"
KOLLONTAI, Alexandra (1981). Marxismo e Revolução Sexual. Lisboa: Editorial Estampa.
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11/set/22 – OBSTACLES TO FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN
Carmen de Carvalho, graduated in Arts by the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF, Brasil), english teacher and member of @WDIBrasil
Bibliographical reference:
RAYMOND, Janice (1986). A Passion for Friends: Toward a Philosophy of Female Affection. 2001 Edition, Australia: Spinifex Press.
Authorized translation of chapter IV, Obstacles to friendship between women, by Carmen de Carvalho.
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25/set/22 – WOMEN'S RIGHTS CLAIMS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SPEECHES OF OLYMPE DE GOUGES, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT AND THE WOMEN'S DECLARATION
Lorenna Lemos, founder of the Feminist Theory audiobooks project/podcast @MulheresLendoJuntas, Urbanism student at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB, Brazil).
Bibliographical references:
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (1792). A Vindication of the Rights of Women.
GOUGES, Olympe de (1791). Declaration of the Rights of Women and of the Female Citizen.
WDI (2019). Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights. Available in: www.womensdeclaration.com
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09/out/22 – PAID RAPE: PROSTITUION IS A SYSTEM OF SEXUAL SLAVERY OF GIRLS AND WOMEN
Claudia Canarim, institutional psychologist, contemporary dancer, feminist and migrant. Associate individual member of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PPDM) and @WDIPortugal.
Referências bibliográficas:
BARRY, Kathleen (1979). Female Sexual Slavery: from prostitution to marriage, the landmark study of all the ways women are sexually enslaved. New York: Avon Books.
BARRY, Kathleen (1996). The Prostitution of Sexuality: the global expoitation of women. New York: NYU Press.
BINDEL, Julie (2017). The Pimp of Prostitution: abolishing the sex work myth. UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
VENTURA, Isabel (2018). Medusa no Palácio da Justiça ou uma história da violação sexual. Lisboa: Tinta da China.
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23/out/22 – POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG MIGRANT WOMEN
Adriana S.Thiago, European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW), RadicalGirlsss member and @WDIPortugal team.
Bibiliographical references: to be sent
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06/nov/22 – THE ORIGINS OF PATRIARCHY
Camila Striato Martinez, historian and Master’s students in History in Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-SP, Brasil), founder of the Exhausted Book Club (Clube do Livro Exaustas).
Clarice Granja Curi, historian formed Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-SP, Brasil), teacher and founder of the Exhausted Book Club (Clube do Livro Exaustas).
Bibliographical references:
LERNER, Gerda (2019). The Creation of Patriarchy.
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20/nov/22 – FROM DEMONISATION TO BLAMING AND REVICTIMISATION OF WOMEN: THE RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONS OF A HISTORICAL CONTINUUM OF MISOGYNY.
Claudia Canarim, institutional psychologist, contemporary dancer, feminist and migrant. Associate individual member of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PPdM) and @WDIPortugal.
Bibliographical references:
JEFFREYS, Sheila (2012). Man`s Dominion: the rise of religion and the eclipse of women's rights. UK: Routledge.
FRENCH, Marilyn (1992). The War Against Women.
TAYLOR, Jessica (2020). Why Women are Blamed for Everything? Exposing the Culture of Victim-Blaming. UK: Constable.
Law n. 12.245 of 22 november 2021, or “Law Mariana Ferrer”. Available in: http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2019-2022/2021/Lei/L14245.htm
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