Uma genealogia dos feminismos contemporâneos: o ativismo de mulheres em tempos de guerra

Abstract

The rise of ultra-conservative groups in politics in Brazil has intensified since the 2010s. Representatives of violent, racist, misogynist, classist, and homophobic discourses and practices have come to national governance, along with a deepening crisis of neoliberalism in the country. Faced with this "sad" script, the 2010s also saw profound setbacks in national HIV/AIDS policies that included censorship of campaigns and reductions in prevention actions, despite the fact that the disease is still linked to prejudice and has high rates of infection for the most vulnerable groups - including women. In turn, contemporary feminisms show more and more "strength" and have been playing a role of "catalyst" for diverse activist groups for the rights of cis and trans women - including activists focused on AIDS. Thus, concerned with the memory of feminisms and women's activism within the field of HIV/AIDS, this genealogy of contemporary feminisms was constructed from a study of life stories of women activists in various fields of action. Based on the work of Michel Foucault, an archeology of the activisms studied was constructed, where genealogy delineated new meanings to life stories. Thus, the memories of women from different social places, bring the diversity of their agencies producing a historical narrative of the movements in a recent Brazil from the New Republic to Bolsonarism. The focus is on their activism and how these actions become new political localities in society - "true shelters".