Books by Nayla Luz Vacarezza
Abortion and Democracy offers critical analyses of abortion politics in Latin America’s Southern ... more Abortion and Democracy offers critical analyses of abortion politics in Latin America’s Southern Cone, with lessons and insights of wider significance. Drawing on the region’s recent history of military dictatorship and democratic transition, this edited volume explores how abortion rights demands fit with current democratic agendas.
With a focus on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, the book’s contributors delve into the complex reality of abortion through the examination of the discourses, strategies, successes, and challenges of abortion rights movements. Assembling a multiplicity of voices and experiences, the contributions illuminate key dimensions of abortion rights struggles: health aspects, litigation efforts, legislative debates, party politics, digital strategies, grassroots mobilization, coalition-building, affective and artistic components, and movement-countermovement dynamics. The book takes an approach that is sensitive to social inequalities and to the transnational aspects of abortion rights struggles in each country. It bridges different scales of analysis, from abortion experiences at the micro level of the clinic or the home to the macro sociopolitical and cultural forces that shape individual lives.
This is an important intervention suitable for students and scholars of abortion politics, democracy in Latin America, gender and sexuality, and women’s rights.
Table of Contents
1. Abortion Rights and Democracy: An Introduction
Barbara Sutton and Nayla Luz Vacarezza
Part I: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives
2. Abortion and Political Parties in the Southern Cone: Electoral Costs, Platforms, and Feminist Activists
Cora Fernández Anderson
3. Feminist Lawyers, Litigation, and the Fight for Abortion Rights in the Southern Cone
Elizabeth Borland
4. Orange Hands and Green Kerchiefs: Affect and Democratic Politics in Two Transnational Symbols for Abortion Rights
Nayla Luz Vacarezza
5. Neoconservative Incursions into Party Politics: The Cases of Argentina and Chile
Juan Marco Vaggione and José Manuel Morán Faúndes
Part II: Uruguay
6. "Push and Pull": The Rocky Road to the Legalization of Abortion in Uruguay
Alejandra López-Gómez, Martín Couto, and Lucía Berro Pizzarossa
7. Women’s Bodies, an Eternal Battlefield?
Susana Rostagnol and Magdalena Caccia
Part III: Argentina
8. Rights and Social Struggle: The Experience of the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion in Argentina
María Alicia Gutiérrez
9. Social Media Debate on #AbortoLegal in Argentina
Claudia Laudano
10. Transforming Abortion Access Through Feminist Community-Based Healthcare and Activism: A Case Study of Socorristas en Red in Argentina
Brianna Keefe-Oates
Part IV: Chile
11. Between the Secular and the Religious: The Role of Academia in the Abortion Debate in Chile
Lidia Casas Becerra
12. Exploring Alternative Meanings of a Feminist and Safe Abortion in Chile
Lieta Vivaldi and Valentina Stutzin
Afterword. Embodying Democracy: Abortion Protest and Politics in the Southern Cone
Sonia E. Alvarez
This book emphasizes the significance of affects, feelings and emotions in how we think about pol... more This book emphasizes the significance of affects, feelings and emotions in how we think about politics, gender and sexuality in Latin America. Considering the complex and even contradictory social processes that the region is experiencing today, many Latin American authors are turning to affect to find a key to understand our present situation, to revisit our history, and to imagine new possibilities for the future. This tendency has shown such a specificity and sometimes departure from northern productions that it compels us to focus more deeply on its own arguments, methods, and critical contributions. This volume features essays that explore the particularities of Latin American ways of thinking about affect and how they can shed new light into our understanding of, gender, sexuality and politics.
Authors (Ruth Zurbriggen, Nayla Vacarezza, Graciela Alonso, Belen Grosso, María Trpin) expand kno... more Authors (Ruth Zurbriggen, Nayla Vacarezza, Graciela Alonso, Belen Grosso, María Trpin) expand knowledge on what for some is a controversial issue: Medical abortion during the second trimester of pregnancy. Based on their extensive practice of providing information and accompanying later abortion, the Socorristas have developed this text, which systematically captures their experience and knowledge on the topic. The book presents the experiences and reflections of 23 women who had second-trimester medical abortions and 16 feminist activists who support and accompany this practice. The study was conducted by Colectiva La Revuelta, which is part of Socorristas en Red, the national Socorrista network in Argentina. The English translation was supported by Women Help Women and inroads.
Este es un libro escrito a diez manos. Para hacerlo, conformamos un equipo de trabajo donde confl... more Este es un libro escrito a diez manos. Para hacerlo, conformamos un equipo de trabajo donde confluyeron distintos recorridos vitales, intelectuales y activistas. Nos une una amistad política que es previa a este proyecto de investigación, pero que creció a medida que fuimos avanzando juntas en la reflexión acerca del aborto en el segundo trimestre de embarazo. Todas tenemos un firme compromiso con la lucha por el derecho al aborto y habíamos investigado desde distintas perspectivas sobre el tema. Algunas de nosotras contábamos con un conocimiento muy encarnado acerca del aborto en el segundo trimestre de embarazo, por haber acompañado como socorristas a muchas mujeres en ese trance. Para otras el tema se presentó como una novedad que nos sacudió con fuerza y nos obligó a desechar más de un preconcepto. De distintas maneras, todas fuimos transformadas por esta investigación que ahora compartimos con ustedes. El aborto en el segundo trimestre de embarazo es una necesidad de muchas personas gestantes y la pregunta es cómo
responderemos a esa demanda ética.
Papers by Nayla Luz Vacarezza
Revista Estudos Feministas, 2020
Resumen: Este artículo revisa la relación paradojal de los feminismos con los afectos, los sentim... more Resumen: Este artículo revisa la relación paradojal de los feminismos con los afectos, los sentimientos y las emociones. Si bien en los últimos años el llamado “giro afectivo” habilitó una profundización de los análisis feministas sobre la dimensión emocional y afectiva, intentaremos mostrar que la teoría feminista tiene un compromiso de larga data con la reflexión sobre los sentimientos. En particular, el artículo examina tres ejes en los que los feminismos han incorporado el análisis afectivo: la subjetividad, la epistemología y la política. El texto concluye con una serie de reflexiones e interrogantes sobre el modo en que las cuestiones de género y los afectos fueron articulados en las teorías y praxis feministas latinoamericanas.
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2020
Artefacto Visual, 2022
Este artículo analiza la relación entre visualidad, humor y políticas feministas sobre el aborto ... more Este artículo analiza la relación entre visualidad, humor y políticas feministas sobre el aborto en Argentina. Sus resultados están basados en el estudio de una muestra intencional de más de 600 memes de internet a favor de la legalización recogidos durante los debates legislativos de 2018 y 2020. Estas piezas visuales humorísticas propias de la cultura participativa de internet respondieron a los argumentos y ataques del contra-movimiento al mismo tiempo que promovieron una política afirmativa que energizó la acción feminista a través del humor.
Lecturas interdisciplinares de los cuerpos: Discursos, emociones y afectos, 2022
En este texto me propongo elaborar, con cierta sistematicidad, una serie de argumentos conceptual... more En este texto me propongo elaborar, con cierta sistematicidad, una serie de argumentos conceptuales y metodológicos que resultan fundamentales para comprender el vibrante campo de reflexiones sobre los archivos, los afectos y las políticas de género y sexualidad. Cabe aclarar, sin embargo, que las preguntas que motivaron la escritura de este texto no fueron meramente especulativas, sino que surgieron de la práctica investigativa y, puntualmente, del trabajo con materiales visuales del activismo feminista por el derecho al aborto en América Latina. Por eso, a lo largo del texto, además de ofrecer elaboraciones basadas en literatura especializada, también comparto algunas reflexiones y aproximaciones analíticas provenientes del trabajo con mi archivo de investigación. Cabe aclarar que este capítulo no tiene como objetivo ofrecer un análisis de estos archivos, sino elaborar un enfoque conceptual-metodológico acerca del rol de los afectos en el trabajo con materiales efímeros de los activismos feministas y socio-sexuales.
Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad, 2020
A MÃO QUE VOTA. VISUALIDADE E AFETOS EM UM SÍMBOLO TRANSNACIONAL DO MOVIMENTO PELO DIREITO AO ABO... more A MÃO QUE VOTA. VISUALIDADE E AFETOS EM UM SÍMBOLO TRANSNACIONAL DO MOVIMENTO PELO DIREITO AO ABORTO NO CONE SUL
Resumo
Este artigo apresenta um estudo sobre o primeiro símbolo transnacional do movimento pelo direito ao aborto no Cone Sul: a “mão que vota” a favor do aborto legal. O emblema surgiu no Uruguai no início dos anos 2000. Por volta de 2010, o símbolo ficou verde e foi adotado pela Campanha Nacional pelo Direito ao Aborto Legal, Seguro e Gratuito na Argentina. A partir de 2015, a mão que vota também acompanhou o processo que levou à legalização do aborto em três casos no Chile. A análise enfoca o papel dos símbolos e emoções no ativismo pelo direito ao aborto. A mão que vota foi fundamental para a construção da identidade coletiva e harmonia política do movimento. Este emblema também conseguiu magnetizar esperanças associadas à democracia e um profundo senso de teimosia política. Os resultados são baseados em trabalhos com vários arquivos e conversas com informantes-chave da Argentina, Chile e Uruguai.
Palavras chave: Aborto; Cone Sul; Afeto; Imagens; Movimentos Feministas.
LA MANO QUE VOTA. VISUALIDAD Y AFECTOS EN UN SÍMBOLO TRANSNACIONAL DEL MOVIMIENTO POR EL DERECHO AL ABORTO EN EL CONO SUR
Resumen
Este artículo presenta un estudio sobre el primer símbolo transnacional del movimiento por el derecho al aborto en el Cono Sur: la “mano que vota” a favor del aborto legal. El emblema surge en Uruguay a comienzos de la década del 2000. Alrededor de 2010, el símbolo viró al color verde y fue adoptado por la Campaña Nacional por el Derecho al Aborto Legal, Seguro y Gratuito en Argentina. A partir de 2015, la mano que vota también acompañó el proceso que llevó a la legalización del aborto en tres causales en Chile. El análisis focaliza sobre rol de los símbolos y de los afectos en el activismo por el derecho al aborto. La mano que vota fue central para la construcción de identidad colectiva y sintonía política del movimiento. También este emblema logró imantar esperanzas asociadas con la democracia y un profundo sentido de la obstinación política. Los resultados se basan en el trabajo con diversos archivos y en conversaciones con informantes clave de Argentina, Chile y Uruguay.
Palabras clave: Aborto; Cono Sur; Afecto; Imágenes; Movimientos Feministas.
THE VOTING HAND. VISUALITY AND AFFECT IN A TRANSNATIONAL SYMBOL OF ABORTION RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA´S SOUTHERN CONE
Abstract
This article presents a study on the first transnational symbol of the movement for abortion rights in Latin America’s Southern Cone: the “voting hand” for legal abortion. The emblem emerged in Uruguay at the beginning of the 2000s. Around 2010, the symbol turned green and was adopted by the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion in Argentina. As of 2015, the voting hand also accompanied the process that led to the legalization of abortion on three grounds in Chile. The analysis focuses on the role of symbols and affects in the activism for abortion rights. The voting hand was central for the construction of collective identity and political attunement in the movement. This emblem also magnetized hopes associated with democracy and a deep sense of political willfulness. Results are based in documentary research in various archives and in conversations with key informants from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Keywords: Abortion; Latin America’s Southern Cone; Affect; Images; Feminist Movements.
Estudos Feministas, 2020
Este artículo revisa la relación paradojal de los feminismos con los afectos, los sentimientos y ... more Este artículo revisa la relación paradojal de los feminismos con los afectos, los sentimientos y las emociones. Si bien en los últimos años el llamado "giro afectivo" habilitó una profundización de los análisis feministas sobre la dimensión emocional y afectiva, intentaremos mostrar que la teoría feminista tiene un compromiso de larga data con la reflexión sobre los sentimientos. En particular, el artículo examina tres ejes en los que los feminismos han incorporado el análisis afectivo: la subjetividad, la epistemología y la política. El texto concluye con una serie de reflexiones e interrogantes sobre el modo en que las cuestiones de género y los afectos fueron articulados en las teorías y praxis feministas latinoamericanas.
Feminist Feelings
This paper examines the paradoxical relationship between feminisms, affects, feelings, and emotions. Although in the last few years the so called affective turn enabled feminist theories to delve into the study of the emotional and affective dimensions, we shall show that different strands of feminism have been reflecting on feelings for a long time. We explore three specific topics in which feminist theories have incorporated the study of emotions: subjectivity, epistemology, and politics. The paper ends with a series of reflections and questions about how gender and affects have been considered by Latin American feminist theories and praxis.
Sentimentos feministas
Este artigo revisa a relação paradoxal dos feminismos com os afetos, sentimentos e emoções. Embora nos últimos anos a chamada "virada afetiva" tenha permitido um aprofundamento das análises feministas da dimensão emocional e afetiva, tentaremos mostrar que a teoria feminista tem um compromisso de longa data com a reflexão sobre sentimentos. Em particular, o artigo examina três eixos nos quais os feminismos incorporaram a análise afetiva: subjetividade, epistemologia e política. O texto termina com uma série de reflexões e perguntas sobre a maneira como as questões e os afetos de gênero foram articulados nas teorias e práxis feministas latino-americanas.
Abortion Rights in Images: Visual Interventions by Activist Organizations in Argentina
Signs. Journal of Women and Culture in Society, 2020
Politics is about power, contestation, and negotiation. Political discourse relies not only on th... more Politics is about power, contestation, and negotiation. Political discourse relies not only on the persuasiveness of words, rational argumentation, and ethical appeals but also on the deployment of images. Political disputes around abortion are paradigmatic of the crucial role that images can play. While conservative groups have deployed powerful imagery to present their moral and political convictions, abortion rights organizations are increasingly intervening in the political arena with visual artifacts. Places where abortion is illegal and where activists have been struggling to repeal punitive abortion laws seem particularly well suited for examining the visual repertoires of abortion rights activists. Argentina is a case in point. This article interrogates the visual production of three significant organizations for abortion rights in Argentina: the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion; Lesbians and Feminists for the Decriminalization of Abortion; and the Network of Socorristas (first responders). What kinds of images, symbols, and aesthetic strategies have they crafted? What meanings do these visuals convey? What affects do they mobilize? How do these images fit, contradict, or exceed vital dimensions of Argentina’s political culture? We examine abortion rights images along three lines: first, the meaning of key symbols of the organizations; second, emerging notions of abortion safety; and finally, the struggle for abortion rights in relation to human rights, citizenship, and democracy. We consider the potency and limitations of the organizations’ visuals, contributing an analysis of local experiences in relation to abortion rights activism as a topic of transnational relevance.
“Perejil, agujas y pastillas. Objetos y afectos en la producción visual a favor de la legalizació... more “Perejil, agujas y pastillas. Objetos y afectos en la producción visual a favor de la legalización del aborto en Argentina” en Busdygan, Daniel (comp.) Aborto: Aspectos normativos, jurídicos y discursivos, Buenos Aires, Biblos, 2018.
“Los fetos de otra manera. Reflexiones sobre afectos, aborto y políticas reproductivas a partir d... more “Los fetos de otra manera. Reflexiones sobre afectos, aborto y políticas reproductivas a partir de obras de Zaida González y Felipe Rivas San Martín” en Macon, Cecilia y Losiggio, Daniela (comps.) Afectos políticos. Ensayos sobre actualidad, Buenos Aires, Miño y Dávila, 2017. ISBN: 978-84-16467-61-7. Próxima aparición.
Legalización del aborto en Argentina. Científicas y científicos aportan al debate, 2019
“Afectos y emociones en las luchas por la legalización del aborto”, en Mario Pecheny y Marisa Her... more “Afectos y emociones en las luchas por la legalización del aborto”, en Mario Pecheny y Marisa Herrera (comps.) Legalización del aborto en Argentina. Científicas y científicos aportan al debate, Buenos Aires, Ediciones UNGS, 2019, pp. 45-55.
Affects play a fundamental role in the political struggles for the right to abortion in Latin Ame... more Affects play a fundamental role in the political struggles for the right to abortion in Latin America. The analysis of visual productions in favor of legal abortion reveals the great efforts made to generate social empathy towards women and to destigmatize abortion. In recent years, original visual works that associate abortion with affects such as joy, relief, and pride have gained centrality. However—in a region where abortion continues to be largely clandestine, insecure and even prosecuted—organizations are constantly creating images that refer to injustices associated with incarceration and deaths due to abortion. Creating images about these forms of extreme social violence is a delicate task. Far from all forms of victimization, the visual productions analyzed here represent, in many different ways, the women´s incarceration and deaths for abortion as a call to political action. Pain, affliction and grief are powerful affects that activate political forms of memory, action and imagination in pursuit of reproductive justice.
"Aborto, experiencia, afectos" en Belfiori, Dahiana, Código rosa. Relatos sobre abortos, Buenos A... more "Aborto, experiencia, afectos" en Belfiori, Dahiana, Código rosa. Relatos sobre abortos, Buenos Aires, La parte Maldita, 2015, pp. 137-141.
Vacarezza, Nayla. "Política de los afectos, tecnologías de visualización y usos del terror en los... more Vacarezza, Nayla. "Política de los afectos, tecnologías de visualización y usos del terror en los discursos contrarios a la legalización del aborto" en Zurbriggen, Ruth y Claudia Anzorena (comps.), El aborto como derecho de las mujeres. Otra historia es posible, Buenos Aires, Herramienta, 2013, pp. 209-226. ISBN 978-987-1505
Políticas de la memoria n° 20, 2020
Calderita Barcarola, La vida no es sueño;
Nayla Luz Vacarezza, El aborto y los ecos de la risa... more Calderita Barcarola, La vida no es sueño;
Nayla Luz Vacarezza, El aborto y los ecos de la risa feminista
Uploads
Books by Nayla Luz Vacarezza
With a focus on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, the book’s contributors delve into the complex reality of abortion through the examination of the discourses, strategies, successes, and challenges of abortion rights movements. Assembling a multiplicity of voices and experiences, the contributions illuminate key dimensions of abortion rights struggles: health aspects, litigation efforts, legislative debates, party politics, digital strategies, grassroots mobilization, coalition-building, affective and artistic components, and movement-countermovement dynamics. The book takes an approach that is sensitive to social inequalities and to the transnational aspects of abortion rights struggles in each country. It bridges different scales of analysis, from abortion experiences at the micro level of the clinic or the home to the macro sociopolitical and cultural forces that shape individual lives.
This is an important intervention suitable for students and scholars of abortion politics, democracy in Latin America, gender and sexuality, and women’s rights.
Table of Contents
1. Abortion Rights and Democracy: An Introduction
Barbara Sutton and Nayla Luz Vacarezza
Part I: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives
2. Abortion and Political Parties in the Southern Cone: Electoral Costs, Platforms, and Feminist Activists
Cora Fernández Anderson
3. Feminist Lawyers, Litigation, and the Fight for Abortion Rights in the Southern Cone
Elizabeth Borland
4. Orange Hands and Green Kerchiefs: Affect and Democratic Politics in Two Transnational Symbols for Abortion Rights
Nayla Luz Vacarezza
5. Neoconservative Incursions into Party Politics: The Cases of Argentina and Chile
Juan Marco Vaggione and José Manuel Morán Faúndes
Part II: Uruguay
6. "Push and Pull": The Rocky Road to the Legalization of Abortion in Uruguay
Alejandra López-Gómez, Martín Couto, and Lucía Berro Pizzarossa
7. Women’s Bodies, an Eternal Battlefield?
Susana Rostagnol and Magdalena Caccia
Part III: Argentina
8. Rights and Social Struggle: The Experience of the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion in Argentina
María Alicia Gutiérrez
9. Social Media Debate on #AbortoLegal in Argentina
Claudia Laudano
10. Transforming Abortion Access Through Feminist Community-Based Healthcare and Activism: A Case Study of Socorristas en Red in Argentina
Brianna Keefe-Oates
Part IV: Chile
11. Between the Secular and the Religious: The Role of Academia in the Abortion Debate in Chile
Lidia Casas Becerra
12. Exploring Alternative Meanings of a Feminist and Safe Abortion in Chile
Lieta Vivaldi and Valentina Stutzin
Afterword. Embodying Democracy: Abortion Protest and Politics in the Southern Cone
Sonia E. Alvarez
responderemos a esa demanda ética.
Papers by Nayla Luz Vacarezza
Resumo
Este artigo apresenta um estudo sobre o primeiro símbolo transnacional do movimento pelo direito ao aborto no Cone Sul: a “mão que vota” a favor do aborto legal. O emblema surgiu no Uruguai no início dos anos 2000. Por volta de 2010, o símbolo ficou verde e foi adotado pela Campanha Nacional pelo Direito ao Aborto Legal, Seguro e Gratuito na Argentina. A partir de 2015, a mão que vota também acompanhou o processo que levou à legalização do aborto em três casos no Chile. A análise enfoca o papel dos símbolos e emoções no ativismo pelo direito ao aborto. A mão que vota foi fundamental para a construção da identidade coletiva e harmonia política do movimento. Este emblema também conseguiu magnetizar esperanças associadas à democracia e um profundo senso de teimosia política. Os resultados são baseados em trabalhos com vários arquivos e conversas com informantes-chave da Argentina, Chile e Uruguai.
Palavras chave: Aborto; Cone Sul; Afeto; Imagens; Movimentos Feministas.
LA MANO QUE VOTA. VISUALIDAD Y AFECTOS EN UN SÍMBOLO TRANSNACIONAL DEL MOVIMIENTO POR EL DERECHO AL ABORTO EN EL CONO SUR
Resumen
Este artículo presenta un estudio sobre el primer símbolo transnacional del movimiento por el derecho al aborto en el Cono Sur: la “mano que vota” a favor del aborto legal. El emblema surge en Uruguay a comienzos de la década del 2000. Alrededor de 2010, el símbolo viró al color verde y fue adoptado por la Campaña Nacional por el Derecho al Aborto Legal, Seguro y Gratuito en Argentina. A partir de 2015, la mano que vota también acompañó el proceso que llevó a la legalización del aborto en tres causales en Chile. El análisis focaliza sobre rol de los símbolos y de los afectos en el activismo por el derecho al aborto. La mano que vota fue central para la construcción de identidad colectiva y sintonía política del movimiento. También este emblema logró imantar esperanzas asociadas con la democracia y un profundo sentido de la obstinación política. Los resultados se basan en el trabajo con diversos archivos y en conversaciones con informantes clave de Argentina, Chile y Uruguay.
Palabras clave: Aborto; Cono Sur; Afecto; Imágenes; Movimientos Feministas.
THE VOTING HAND. VISUALITY AND AFFECT IN A TRANSNATIONAL SYMBOL OF ABORTION RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA´S SOUTHERN CONE
Abstract
This article presents a study on the first transnational symbol of the movement for abortion rights in Latin America’s Southern Cone: the “voting hand” for legal abortion. The emblem emerged in Uruguay at the beginning of the 2000s. Around 2010, the symbol turned green and was adopted by the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe and Free Abortion in Argentina. As of 2015, the voting hand also accompanied the process that led to the legalization of abortion on three grounds in Chile. The analysis focuses on the role of symbols and affects in the activism for abortion rights. The voting hand was central for the construction of collective identity and political attunement in the movement. This emblem also magnetized hopes associated with democracy and a deep sense of political willfulness. Results are based in documentary research in various archives and in conversations with key informants from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Keywords: Abortion; Latin America’s Southern Cone; Affect; Images; Feminist Movements.
Feminist Feelings
This paper examines the paradoxical relationship between feminisms, affects, feelings, and emotions. Although in the last few years the so called affective turn enabled feminist theories to delve into the study of the emotional and affective dimensions, we shall show that different strands of feminism have been reflecting on feelings for a long time. We explore three specific topics in which feminist theories have incorporated the study of emotions: subjectivity, epistemology, and politics. The paper ends with a series of reflections and questions about how gender and affects have been considered by Latin American feminist theories and praxis.
Sentimentos feministas
Este artigo revisa a relação paradoxal dos feminismos com os afetos, sentimentos e emoções. Embora nos últimos anos a chamada "virada afetiva" tenha permitido um aprofundamento das análises feministas da dimensão emocional e afetiva, tentaremos mostrar que a teoria feminista tem um compromisso de longa data com a reflexão sobre sentimentos. Em particular, o artigo examina três eixos nos quais os feminismos incorporaram a análise afetiva: subjetividade, epistemologia e política. O texto termina com uma série de reflexões e perguntas sobre a maneira como as questões e os afetos de gênero foram articulados nas teorias e práxis feministas latino-americanas.
Nayla Luz Vacarezza, El aborto y los ecos de la risa feminista