I Wanna Be Yr Grrrl zine #7 PART 2 ENGLISH

I WANNA BE YR GRRRL ZINE #7 PART 2 W OMEN A C T I VE I N S ER G IP E

BY: LARISSA OLIVEIRA

I Wanna Be Yr Grrrl zine #7 presents ...

Sergipe's flag

In celebration of the three years of the zine, I decided to divide the issue into two parts: the first brings my trajectory as a zinester and the second brings other artists from Sergipe (the brazilian state where i was born) who resist through their engagement with culture and politics. The idea arose due to the lack of projection of local female artists in comparison not only to men, but also in a national proportion since we are the smallest state in the country and historically inferior. I hope that this reading provides a little action within each of you. Thank you for your support!

table of contents Interview with mc and zinester Carla Noronha ... 2,3,4 Interview with rap / hip-hop group Bruxas do Cangaço ... 5.6 Illustrations by Visual Arts student Beatriz Pereira ... 7 Interview with the author of the book: “self-portrait: like machismo” -joyce vasconcelos ... 8,9,10 spreading the works of visual artist Gabi Etinger ... 11.12 Collage of Visual Arts student Larissa Menezes ... 13 Interview with one of the mediators of "aracaju feminist reading" ana costa ... 14,15 Interview with the female punk band VHC ... 16.17 Nowhere Girl 's poems ... 18 Interview with punk artist Gessy Oliveira ... 19,20,21 Report by the activist and law student Isabelly Duarte ... 22 poetry of the geography master Sheyla Andrade ... 23 POETRY OF the filmmaker GABRIELA CALDAS ... 24.25 interview with punk / hc artist daniela rodrigues ... 26,27,28 promotion of thainá carvalho's desvario magazine ... 29,30 honorable mentions ... 31 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND CREDITS ... 32

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ZINE: Clara Noronha is an artist and activist from Sergipe who works as a singer, songwriter, zinester, etc. I met Clara through her work in rap alongside other women who were part of a group called Guerrilheiras. i watched some of her presentations, admiring from afar, the fearless attitude in dealing with subjects that many don't dare to touch, and when they do, they face persecution. For women like Clara, I am sure this is not what matters, once it is the struggle for a space of hers and others that are included in her social criticism, that makes her art a form of survival.

At first, I wanted to say that the female presence in rap in Sergipe is greater than in any other musical genre. I perceive this not only from comments from people around me, but also as a woman and feminist and in a position that makes me really want to hear your questions, watch your presentations, in short, listen and reflect a lot.

And your questions and the way you manage to articulate so many in one song, and there is so much intersectionality in that, become very close to the feminist dialogue that we need today. And for you, how do you perceive the strength of rap performed by women in Sergipe? cLARA: I am immensely happy to see, with each passing day, more women taking part in the scene, and that not only as MC’s, girls are so present in all the elements of hip hop and this is really cool. I really believe in the power of the presence of these women in these spaces, because there they expose their experiences, their stories, their reality and it is there that we recognize each other too, and in this way we strengthen ourselves. we have to be there too, our ideas and desires also need to be heard, and I think my sisters are more and more straightforward in the ideas they want to pass on, It's not so difficult to talk about the women of Hip Hop here in Sergipe, many of them are my friends, incredible artists and references for me, I believe that our presence is fundamental to the fluidity of things. zine: In your compositions, inside and outside the Guerrilheiras group, I could identify myself with a lot of things that were said, among them, “ [...] I am not taking the risk again, i fell down, got up, that's what the falling is for, to raise up even after the bruises [...]" as you sing in the song Sentença in partnership with Oh Rato. What are you inspired by when composing? cLARA: I usually get inspired by my experiences and the experiences of people around me, the good and bad things I have lived, in what I believe is important to me and in general, and what I believe is no longer useful either. .

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ZINE: You also write by hand, can I call it poetry? in the zines you do. Many people consider this "do it yourself" art form outdated as we face the advent of the Internet. But this is not what we see in reality, many people still produce zines and today they are very important in promoting our critical autonomy. Talk a little more about your work as a zinester. What topics you address, how you compose and distribute them ... clara: Yes, we can call it poetry! My work with the zines is mostly done with my poetry. I have a total of five zines, and only one I dedicated myself to doing a more elaborate text, with some ideas that I wanted to give at the time, I thought that the zine would be a cool way to pass the message on, this zine is called PUNK (A), in which I talk a little about anarcho-feminism and what I believe it to be, I really like the idea of doing zines manually, writing poetry by hand and making collages, even though some people consider it a little “outdated" I believe that the idea of" do it yourself "will always be revolutionary, mainly because of the autonomy it gives us. I love making fanzines, I love experimenting with formats and making collages, and the themes I usually address are diverse, the zines have no specific theme, only this one that I mentioned, the rest is a great mix of everything. Poetry talking about several different things.

ZINE: I watched your participation during a performance of the song “Machista” by the band Ideal HC in 2016. In it, you talk about a rape case that involved 33 men violating a woman. I remember that that year, there was a relevant protest in Aracaju with hundreds of women on the streets singing verses against the rape culture and it was my first feminist protest. It is very important that women lead the stages, the streets, the zines, any way that they can express themselves in an authentic and non-objectified way. Analyzing your trajectory, do you believe that today it is easier for women to occupy spaces?

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CLARA: I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MORE WOMEN OCCUPYING THESE SPACES, BUT SOME DIFFICULTIES REMAIN THE SAME, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE IMPOSE OURSELVES, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF DISRESPECT FOR THE WORK OF GIRLS, IT IS AS IF PEOPLE DISCREDIT US ALL THE TIME ... BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THESE GIRLS HAVE BEEN SHOWING THAT THEY ARE MORE SERIOUS THAN EVER, AND THAT OUR WORKS ARE AS QUALIFIED AS ANY WORK DONE BY GUYS. ZINE: I HEARD TWO SONGS THAT YOU DID GUITAR, BUT THAT ARE NOT SO FAR FROM BECAUSE THERE IS THE PRESENCE OF YOUR DO YOU INTEND TO LAUNCH SOLO IN ANY FUTURE PROJECTS?

IN VOICE AND ACOUSTIC WHAT YOU DID IN RAP, POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT. STYLE? WHAT ARE YOUR

CLARA: I REALLY LIKE TO PLAY THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ALTHOUGH I KNOW VERY LITTLE. I TOOK THE RISK OF MAKING THESE SONGS WITH THE FEW CHORDS I KNOW, AND DESPITE EVERYTHING BEING VERY SIMPLE I ENJOYED THE RESULT. AT THE MOMENT, I AM CLOSE TO RELEASING MY SOLO EP, WHICH WILL FEATURE ARTISTS FROM HERE TOO, AFTER THE END OF THE ACTIVITIES OF MY OLD GROUP GUERRILHEIRAS, I DEDICATED MYSELF TO WORKING ON THIS EP, GATHERING SOME SOUNDS THAT I ALREADY HAD AND WRITING NEW THINGS ...

THE ANXIETY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE TRACKS WITH EVERYONE IS HUGE. AND EVEN IF I ADVENTURE MYSELF IN OTHER MUSICAL ASPECTS, AS I ALSO FEEL LIKE DOING, I DON'T SEE MYSELF OUTSIDE RAP, I THINK I WILL CARRY IT WITH ME FOREVER. ZINE: I END THE INTERVIEW BY BEING VERY GRATEFUL AND WISHING THAT BOTH YOU AND OTHER WOMEN CAN ENGAGE IN MUSIC AND ZINES TO MOVE THE CULTURAL SCENE IN SERGIPE MORE AND MORE. LEAVE US A SUGGESTION OF A SONG / ZINE / VERSE THAT HAS INSPIRED YOU AT THE MOMENT. CLARA: FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MYSELF AND TELL A LITTLE BIT OF MY STORY HERE, YOU ARE A WOMAN THAT I ADMIRE A LOT TOO, LARISSA,I HOPE THAT YOU KEEP WORKING WITH ZINES AND ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO IN THIS LIFE , SPEAKING OF WHICH I LEAVE A VERSE OF A SONG BY THE RAP GROUP ARTIGO 163 THAT I AM SO INSPIRED BY AND ADMIRE TOO! “LIFT THAT HEAD, WARRIOR, LIFE IS SO RANDOM DON'T BE SILLY. FACE THE RUSH, STEADY AND STRONG IN THE FIGHT, IT IS WITH SWEAT FROM DAY TO DAY THAT YOU PUT THE BREAD ON THE TABLE...”

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zine: bruxas do Cangaço is a female rap group formed in 2017 and composed by: Daniele Silva (Danny MC), Emília Damares (Reversa MC) and Emilly Neri (Pagu MC). They resist in the Sergipe rap alongside other groups like Artigo 163 (which counts with two women). Over the years, bruxas have released several singles available on digital platforms like Spotify and Deezer, and have participated in events like Fasc (São Cristóvão Arts Festival) showing that female rap is necessary to break the limitations imposed on the places that a woman can occupy. It's how they sing in the song Pagu: “[...] AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN do IS TO CAN [...]”.

HI GIRLS. THE FIRST TIME I SAW A PERFORMANCE BY BRUXAS WAS AT #HARDCOREAGAINSTOFASCISM IN ARACAJU. IN YOUR SONGS, YOU MAINLY RAISE THE ISSUE OF FEMALE INCLUSION IN RAP. EVEN AT A HARDCORE EVENT, YOU AND THE GUERRILLAS, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THERE WERE ANY MORE RAP GROUPS, WERE THE ONLY FEMALE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EVENT. HOW DO YOU SEE THE LACK OF SPACE FOR WOMEN IN MUSIC IN GENERAL? BRUXAS: ART IS FREEDOM. FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOUR REALITY. FOR US WOMEN, FREEDOM IS DENIED LONG BEFORE WE SPEAK OUR FIRST WORDS. WE GREW UP LEARNING HOW AND WHEN TO SPEAK. IT IS LIKE THAT WITH OUR SISTERS, IT WAS LIKE THAT WITH OUR MOTHERS AND OUR GRANDMOTHERS. IN MUSIC THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. ESPECIALLY IN RAP. IT IS RESISTANCE WITHIN RESISTANCE. THAT IS WHY EACH SPACE WE OCCUPY IS VALID.

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ZINE: I saw on your Instagram page that you already made a string story (cordel) called “The saga of bruxas cangaceiras”. I thought the idea was really cool because string stories, like rap, represent resistance. Talk more about this work and how it was composed, what themes you approached and how the distribution is done. bruxas: We were at the beginning of the production of our first mixtape and we were already together for days, immersed in this egregore of creating new things. Each member wrote a part telling a little of our still short, but intense journey, We made the first ones and started selling for a symbolic value. string is sacred literature. We received tips from some string storytellers and we are trying to improve this work even more.

ZINE: Like cordel, the physical album is a medium considered old and many migrated to download and YouTube. I saw that you are going to launch a mixtape, and there was even a raffle along with it. Which songs that fans already know will be on it, what's new and how did the idea of launching it come about?

BRUXAS: "A cobrança//the charge" which is the track that named the mixtape is already known by those who follow us and "Mãe Solo//solo mother" is one of the first sounds we made. We recently released two music videos from the mixtape. We had already wanted to have our work on the platforms so that people could listen to the various songs we have and exchange that energy with us. It's a dream!

ZINE: Another project you have is “EntreVistas//interviews”, which consists of interviews with artists from the local rap and hip hop scene and thus, you promote the work of each one. Which artists have you interviewed already and what have you learnt from this exchange of experiences? bruxas: We interviewed the brothers from the group Manicômio and NG and Manumc who until then were part of the ONC group. Each artist in the movement has a story and experience. And it's all in their works, in their lyrics. With this project we want to show their depth in a direct, casual way.

ZINE: thank you very much and leave here names of groups from the local scene that inspire you at the moment. bruxaS: badasses artists are not lacking here in our state. Lots of art. The artists who most inspire us at the moment are Artigo 163, certainly, Lari Lima, Marvin MC, our partners in the Manicômio group who are from Itabaiana (countryside of sergipe) and many others who have been finding their own resistance through art. Gratitude to all.

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reira, I was Born in MY name is Beatriz Pe s old, i study itabaiana, I am 21 year stagram is visual arts and my in @baertiz.

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zine: Joyce Vasconcelos is a master's student in law and a writer. In 2019, she launched the poetry book “autorretrato: como o machismo”. In it, there are more than 100 empowering poems based on self experiences and of other women who have been victims of violence. And when we talk about violence against women, it's not just physical.

Psychological and others hurt as much and we still need to talk about the topic. Joyce transformed the delicate theme into art and it is through it that we support, and even overcome, our traumas. Her book is essential in times when more and more women are breaking the silence and putting an end to stories of abuse. Many of the people who listen to the victims claim to be supporters of the women's cause, however, it does not take long to let the abuser go unpunished. Well, this is just a small outburst to say that i felt heard and believed by you and that you challenge a monster called silence. I wanted you to tell us how you got from the experience of abuse until the idea of writing a poetry book. joyce: Actually, I always liked to write, especially poetry. I already participated in a poetry contest in childhood, I had essays read by school teachers as a parameter for other colleagues and everything. Getting out of a bad situation and breaking the monster you mention, silence, was a trajectory that took place, above all, with a look inside, to rescue myself and how I could help more women to get out of situations of abuse , in addition to my intention to provoke reflections in anyone who reads my book, be it man or woman, mother or father, aunt or uncle, after all, the first step to change a culture is to change ourselves, and this journey begins individually and then reflects on the collective. zine: We live in the era of hashtags #silencebreakers, #metoo and #nopassaran. This feminist generation is made up of girls and women who know how to recognize patterns of violence, thanks to the strong flow of information and feminist education on social networks, and there has been a series of cases exposed to the public. Does this progress reach all women? What would still prevent women from reporting their cases of violence?

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joyce: Not necessarily. Although social networks are a democratic instrument to give women a voice, unfortunately reporting is a privilege, because to get out of a vicious circle of violence, a support network is needed in every way, be it financial, psychological, emotional and etc. , and this is a privilege of few or almost no women, because, in general, we have a very strong culture of blaming them and that “we must endure anything for love”. As for the issue of the woman's silence about the violence she suffers, this has everything to do with the culture already mentioned, and with details and problems that only those who are experiencing that relationship can speak. In relationships there are many variables involved when it comes to the breakup, there may be children, lack of money to support themselves, guilt, shame, in short, many factors, and it is not up to us to judge or blame the woman who decides for the end or continuity of that situation, but rather to understand and accept her, and I also believe that judgment is a major factor in the choices that women make in this regard. the ideal is for her to understand that she will always be judged, so my wish is that women's choices are always for the peace and happiness that they and all of us deserve. zine: In an interview to Alese TV, you said that your master's research focuses on gender in the issue of violence. If through your art you can save, what power would your research have?

JOYCE: You got my message very well in this interview, in fact my idea with the writing of the poetry book is to transform, reflect, touch the wound and heal. I believe that my research will follow the same path, even for future plans that I have in the academic sense, and for the doors that have been opened in this regard. Today I give lectures in schools about gender and human rights, mixing my poetry and my academic study, and I also intend to continue my research of the master's degree outside Brazil, making a comparative study with other countries that already have a more experienced and advanced legislation about gender and protection of girls, to later transport everything I learn in this context to the Brazilian reality.

ZINE: Besides you, do you know other artists from Sergipe who are engaged in the same theme of gender violence? How do you see the repercussions on this subject in Sergipe?

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Joyce: Yes, in one of the lectures I participated i met Débora Arruda, an artist from Sergipe and also a writer. She has an incredible book of poetry called "CORAÇÃO Despovado/depopulated heart”. Besides her, I know the work of Gabi Ettinger in audiovisual and the likeS OF HER. As for the repercussion of the theme in Sergipe, I see it in a positive way, because to end any kind of violence, especially gender, the subject needs to be exposed, discussed, debated, and all this needs to happen through competent people, to understand what this violence is. The data are there to prove that we need feminism and a very profound cultural change if the woman is to be seen as a human being, and not as an object or possession of another person who is unable to accept a “no” or respect the woman. zine: I am grateful for women like you who are not silent and who fight for all those who can'T. Leave here an excerpt from a poem, YOURS or not, that inspires you the most at the moment.

JOYCE: Thank you, I appreciate the opportunity to be able to help women through my art. I will leave a poem from my book, which is part of its 1st chapter, called "rEFLEXÕES INICIAIS/ initial reflections". The poem's name is “cortinas/Curtains”: The blindfold that was put in my eyes It doesn't fit me anymore I grew up, I grew up a lot it's been tight, no longer blocks my view Only a curtain would be able to close it However, Once again It opens And again I introduce myself: Please to meet you, I'm the woman who now is the author of her own story

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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION The exhibition 'My truth is red' was the result of experiments with red wool embroidered on prints. Since 2007 I produce woodcuts. In June 2019 I received the invitation to be part of the group exhibition on Maternity, at UFS (Federal university of sergipe), curated by Maicyra Leão and Jhon Eldon. This invitation sparked the idea of embroidering on the engravings. I created the work 'Serpentepoemaovariano//SNAKEOVARIANPOEM' with 10 woodcuts composing a visual narrative, interconnected by the red wool embroidered on the engravings. From that work came the experiments with the red line. The prints of 'Serpentepoemaovariano' are images that represent the female body subjectively, so I decided to use red wool, to stay visceral. The choice of three-dimensional embroidery resulted in a three-dimensional effect that I really like, giving the idea of something broken and overflowing. Embroidery is present in works by artists I admire, such as Rosana Paulino and Bispo do Rosário. The red color is a symbol of the exhibition's discourse, built with reflections on sexuality and gender in bodies made up of the same material, blood. The word truth is a counterpoint to fake news. The power game is so strong that people forget how fragile the human being is.

Life is complicated and it wouldn't have to be that way. The exhibition consists of 5 works.

Four with embroidery and red wool (prints, photographs, panel and sculpture), and an animated gif (Experiment). It was exhibited between December and January 2019 at the J. Inácio Art Gallery and on march 8 2020 at Casa Aho.

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ABOUT "CLASSIFICADAS" The idea of the database with services provided by women in Sergipe came from a provocation by graphic artist Cecília Mur made to me and Naiara Correia, from Casa Aho. Cecília is from Argentina and was spending the holidays here, staying at Naiara's house.

They were already talking about the possibility of using Casa Aho to hold an event at MARCH 8. I happened to meet Cecília at a mutual friend's party in December last year, and I invited her to see the exhibition 'My truth is red' that was at Galeria J. Inácio. She went and commented with Naiara about the sculpture that was part of the exhibition, reinforcing how cool it would be to have an exhibition ON MARCH 8 Then I met Naiara, at a dinner at my house, a few hours before Cecília left for Argentina, in January 2020. We started talking about exhibitions and Cecília GAVE the idea of making a zine as a catalog of services provided by women, thinking about MARCH 8 and strengthening a women's network. I came right away. I liked the idea and the opportunity to contribute with my designer work. Cecília left and I continued to exchange ideas with Naiara. I thought it would be better to expand it to a blog, an online platform that is simple to create and that could be constantly fed. Naiara named the blog "CLASSIFICADAS"/Classifieds. I took care of the visual and continue to feed the registration. ClassificadAs is a voluntary initiative, the result of chance in an art exhibition. It is a belief in good deeds and a portrait of female professionals in Sergipe.

The advancement of the blog must be organic, from the PROMOTION of who is registered, without any requirement. It is ALREADY UP AND RUNNING and IT will continue to register those who are interested. Whenever a registration is made, the professional receives material by email to publicize ClassificadAs (classificadAs.blogspot.com).

To be part, send AN EMAIL to the classifiCAdas.se@gmail.com * Your name * Practice area (s) and service (s) provided * Email * Cell phone (optional) * Social networks * Link to website / portfolio

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my name is Larissa Menezes, I use the artistic name Lardemoon.

I was born in Itabaiana in the Sergipean agreste.

I study Visual Arts at UFS, I make collages, drawings, paintings and other little things. I started digital collages with the GOAL of making wheat-pastes to somehow raise awareness or interest people on topics such as feminism, racism, homophobia and etc.

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zine: Leia Mulheres Aju is a project of a reading club in Aracaju, derived from the international READ WOMEN. This was developed by writer Joanna Walsh in 2014 with the aim of extolling female authorship in literature. Since then, women from different parts of the world have joined ITS version and IT's also present in Aracaju. In addition to Leia Mulheres, Aracaju feminist reading was created in 2020, designed by Ana Costa, Carla Reis, Daniela Rodrigues, Lucianne Fabrizia and Martha Arcieri. The idea came from posts made by the LEIA Feministas FROM Ceará. The meetings are bimonthly and THEY began IN FEBRUARY with the BOOK A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by Virginia Woolf. This interview will be conducted with the member Ana Costa FROM Leitura Feminista Aju. Ana, you commented that you are also part of the organization Read Women/LEIA MULHERES in Aracaju. How would you describe the importance of the two projects for the city? ana: The Leia Mulheres Aju group, which follows the guidelines of the national Leia Mulheres group, has been in existence, if I'm not mistaken, since 2016. This is already the third training of mediators in the group, which I started to be part of so that the collective would not be stopped. Previous mediators, when they can no longer be at the head of the collective, WARN US so that other people can be in charge of the organization. And that has been the case since 2016. I started the collective now in 2020 because I realized the importance of it. For me, the importance of giving greater visibility to the literature produced by women is clear, also highlighting the diversity of literary genres in which women demonstrate their participation. For this reason, I think it is also worth praising the initiative of the national collective that always launches the challenge to read women each year, suggesting a literary genre to be read each month. In addition, the Aracaju collective is an important space where we can talk about literature and have a moment of culture and leisure. For this reason, even during the pandemic and social isolation, we continue to hold the meeting virtually, as a way of maintaining activities that can bring more culture and entertainment into our daily lives, improving the mental health of all who participate. zine: Some of the next books that will be part of the meetings are: "Brief History of Feminism" by author Carla Cristina Garcia (April) and "The Creation of PatriarchY" by Gerda Lerner (June). How does the selection of books take place?

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AnA: The books for the whole year were chosen at the beginning of the year by the creators of the project as a way of making them already scheduled and organized, facilitating the personal organization of anyone who wants to participate. The choice was made based on the reviews and DISSEMINATIONS we know from the books. In this first year of the project, we tried to bring different books on feminist aspects and on the origin of feminism.

ZINE: One of the focuses of this zine is to discuss female representation in Sergipe. What do you have to say about female authorship in Sergipe's literature? ana: I still know very little of Sergipe's literature in general and its history. In fact, my motivation to participate in these reading and study groups was precisely to also start doing more reading of fiction and feminist theoretical books, something that ended up becoming distant from my routine between work and study. But I have been following the work of Taylane Cruz and Mônica Meira. Taylane Cruz even had one of hER books discussed in the LEIA Mulheres Aracaju. And it is always very interesting when the author of the book is present in the discussion.

ZINE: Today we have a greater number of contemporary works created by women. Whether in the cinema of Petra Costa and Céline Sciamma, or in the literature of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Djalma Ribeiro. It is also true that we read more than men. Even so, the number of works that gain visibility is much higher for MEN. Only 15 of the 116 Nobel Literature winners were women. BESIDES the LEIA MULHERES initiative, what other proposals would be valid to give more visibility to women's literature? ana: Structurally, it is difficult to overcome this lack of visibility for women in all sectors. Virginia Woolf's book “A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN” POINTS OUT this subject. But I think that, personally, we can try to get more information and try to read more women every day, mainly national ones, to get to know the diversity of the work we have done for women. Also, always share and spread the work of others!

ZINE: Thank you for your attention and LEAVE US a list of 5 essential books written by women that inspire you at the moment. aNA: A ROOM OF ONE'S own, by Virginia Woolf Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie PersEpolis, by Marjane Satrapi The Spirit of Intimacy, by Sobonfu Somé DumpING Room, by Maria Carolina Of Jesus

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zine: VHC is a punk / HC band from Sergipe with Islaine on vocals and guitar, Kelly on bass and Carla on drums. It is the only one formed entirely by women ACTIVE in the State. In 2014, they released their first EP called Conduta, with tracks that talk, among other things, about comfort in the face of political chaos and about female standards imposed by patriarchy. In 2017, the band released a music video amid protests against former President Michel Temer, who took office after a coup.

In addition, VHC has played outside of Sergipe and participated in a collection aimed at female bands.

Hello girls. The first time I heard about VHC was in 2017, when you played at the extinct Cantinho Cultural in Aracaju. Unfortunately, I arrived at the venue after the show and a friend of mine who was present said to me: "you would have liked it a lot, the singer was pregnant." I was looking forward to seeing you because it would be the first time in my life that I would see an all-women band playing live.

You are probably the only female band in the state. How do you feel about this status? Is there a greater responsibility for leading the scene?

VHC: Hi Larissa, first we want to thank you for the invitation, and congratulatIONS on your work, IT IS super serious and EMBODIED! As far as we know, our band is the only formed by women in the state of SERGIPE in the PUNK/HC GENRE, however when it comes to the general scenario we can identify a large number of women active in music. Samba, rap, forró and mpb are some genres that we find bands within the state formed only by women. As for our feeling, I would not say that we are protagonists, but without a doubt there is a great responsibility, especially with the ideology covered in our songs!

ZINE: I watched an interview with Islaine for the YouTube channel Tchandala, and there she tells how the name VHC came about. The acronym stands for “Hardcore Victrola” because of hER passion for old rock records. In 2015, THE BAND participated in the Contra Cultura collection contributing two tracks: “Vadia” and “VHC”. In the latter, you gave the name of the band to a song as Motorhead and Public Image Ltd. did once. Talk a little more about the band's identity.

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vhc: IT IS TRUE! people are always in doubt about the meaning of the acronym VHC. The band really started with the influence of old national and international bands. And many OF THEM are the ONES that released songs with their names, but I can say that when I GOT TO LISTEN TO Cólera I was very passionate about the album Verde, iT was the inspiration for the track VHC. whereas the version of the Attack song from Public Image, we did it at the request of a close friend of the band, Luciano Freitas, a person who is present in a large part of our audiovisual projects, we believe that if it weren't for his request, we wouldn't have HAD THE COURAGE. From our perspective on the original SONG, the message it conveys is wonderful, however we chose to change both the musical structure and a little bit of the lyrics that were adapted to be sung in Portuguese, instead of just making a cover. In order to LEAVE the band with the same musical identity and make the message more accessible to our listeners. zine: SPEAKING OF Public Image Ltd., What other bands inspire you when composing a sound? vhc: About our compositions, each member has a different base of influence, which makes our inspirations very broad and diverse, but we could not fail to mention bands like Bikini Kill, Joan Jett, The Runaways, Bulimia, and cÓlera. zine: VHC also participated in another collection that was Let’s Go Grrrls 2 alongside 20 more bands formed by women. And this seems to have been the band's last released material. What are the future plans for VHC? vhc: Yes, that was the last material released and we are extremely grateful to have participated in this collection, not only for the dimension that a material like this has, but mainly for being with these bands from so many different places, so many stories, some that we didn't even know. IT was an experience that we will carry on for a lifetime!

IN THE end of the year, we WILL celebrate 10 years of band and we are planning to launch a VIDEO and a documentary about our trajectory, BUT due to the global situation the plans are being delayed a little, but IT will be finalized and launched as soon as possible. once AGAIN we want to thank you for this opportunity. zine: I END the interview by thanking everyone for their attention and with a request: leave the band's contacts here.

VHC: for those who are interested in knowing a little more about our work you can access our website: bandavhcoficial.wixsite.com/bandavhc or our Instagram @vhcoficial.

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ANOTHER CLIChe If the day no longer surprises you If the sun's rays don't light you up anymore Maybe it's time to analyze everything you feel To go against the flow To untie the bonds that bind you If the past falls apart and the present doesn't satisfy you Maybe it's past time to look ahead Maybe it's too late to pretend to be innocent It's a game, nothing more Admit what you do Just don't look back, it's too late And what was lost, now doesn't matter

TOY The words I didn't say still ring in my ears The silence between sighs still weighs on my heart It really hurt me And that night journey It made me cry What else could you expect?

Teaching tricks won't work anymore Every toy, one day, will break Or find its place On crowded bookshelves, perishing in the dust Waiting in hope Of which, perhaps, another use will find

nowhere girl'S POEMS

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zZine: Gessy Kelly Oliveira was the vocalist of two bands from São Cristóvão (SE): Útero Kaos, formed in 2011 and ENTERRADOS DE FORMA banal(2007). Útero had another FEMALE MEMBER, Laiz, who played the guitar. The demo “Quem Carregará seu caixão?” brings fast hardcore and themes that criticize the government, the police and machismo. The vignettes before the songs place us in the context that will be addressed in the lyrics. wHILE ENTERRADOS, with a sound more focused on Crust punk, entered the compilation "Mosh Like A Blasfemme", from the collective Mosh Like a Girl, alongside bands like AntiCorpos, Manger Cadavre? and Oldscratch, all including female artists and with the intention of showing that their scream in the underground matters.

Gessy, I met you the day the #HardcoreContraoFascismo event took place in Aracaju, right at the time of Bolsonaro's election. When Enterrados released the album Condenados a year earlier (2017), you included a VIGNETTE with requests SUCH AS #ForaTemer. The following year, we REQUESTED #ForaBolsonaro. As an artist, didn't you feel compelled to record another sound protesting against the government? Or do you believe that the lYRICS that already exist will do the trick?

GK- When we decided to record the cONDENADOS album, it was more in order to record the sounds that the band had kept since the first formation, YOU KNOW? ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO new sound we only recorded the "podre coração dos seres humanos". in the first formation the band only had a split recorded with ENSURDECER in Aracaju (which is inactive) AND which was recorded with a lot of noise and at the time as they didN'T have a lot of recording time in the studio the sounds were very fast ESCAPING A LITTLE from what it really was the sound of the band. We re-recorded some sounds and included others that had been stored all along.

The soNG that INCLUDES the vignette #FORATEMER is "ÉPOCA DE ILUSÃO" It is a soNG that speaks of the bad character and falsehood of politicians when they are close to being elected and do everything to deceive the voter with false promises. This happens every year of election and fits most politicians, but in the current political situation in which we are living with a WIDE-OPEN fascist in power, we do need urgently to pass a new message through MUSIC, this is our "weapon" against the fascism.

In 2018 I had a son with Renan (my partner) who is also the drummer of the band and we decided to take a break from the underground scene to live this punk moment (in the best sense) of our life.

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We are returning now, little by little and with some new members. The band is in the adaptation phase with the formation change and little by little we are adding new sounds with updated themes and as soon as possible we will start recording new material. WAIT FOR IT! zine: Your voice reminds me a lot of Selene Vigil, lead singer of the riot grrrl BAND, 7 Year Bitch. Like Útero, the Seattle band has SONGS about violence against women. One of them is called M.I.A. which talks about the former singer of the band The Gits, Mia Zapata, who was brutally raped and murdered in the 90s. Mia's case was only resolved ten years later when they finally found the feminicide. A LOT haSN'T changed YET REGARDING the culture of impunity. In addition to you and Selene, many other women in the scene have sung about the theme and WILL CONTINUE DOING SO. What do you think is the effect that these songs have from generation to generation?

GK- OH DEAR, this kind of message passed through music is super essential. It makes us open our eyes. And it makes tHE GIRL WHO is going through a certain situation and listening to the soNG also see HERSELF in that "message" and in one way or another feel that she is not alone. I think that's the point !!

ZINE: And speaking of women in the scene, who inspired you when you were on stage?

GK- At the time of the ÚTERO KAOS, we CHOSE THIS NAME DUE TO the bands WE REALLY ENJOYED SUCH AS KAOS KLITORIANO and MENSTRUAÇÃO ANÁRQUICA Among other bands with women members that we got to know and influenced us like Bulimia, Penadas por La ley, Disforme, Pós guerra, gritando HC, luta armada... zine: You keep an Instagram page called “Sergipe Underground” that contains photos and videos of events not only of the bands you were part of, but also of several others that played / play the Sergipe scene. Talk a little about the bands, the coolest moments, some stories behind these moments.

GK- Yes, Sergipe Underground appeared a few years ago on facebook. I created the page in order to publish my photographic records that I made with my humble Olympus camera. at the time I saw people with their professional badasses cameras taking pictures of the bands and then nobody saw these pictures! So I decided to record and publish them for anyone who was interested. i Deleted the page a while ago. I was upset with the people who "stole" the photos and didn't give me credit for them, that's annoying, don't you think? Anyway ... This year I found a bunch of saved photos and decided to publish again, this time on Instagram. And as for the stories behind them ... Wow, there are many, so many fun moments ... I miss them !!!

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also there are people I photographed a lot and today are no longer with us like Luís da Cessa Fogo among others. Everything is memories. There is a photo that I like a lot too, it was from a show that took place at the Caverna Rock Bar (I miss this place) in which Ataque Cardíaco from Alagoas (brazilian state) played and jesus !!!!!! both the band and the crowd were excited that day. All the time there was someone shouting at Michel's microphone and he playing guitar in the middle of the madness laying on the floor or falling down, whatever, and kept playing to the crazy crowd at the pogo. I have these pictures. It was awesome. Go there and check it out: @sergipeunderground.

ZINE: thank you very much for the interview. leave us a recommendation of a band or show or album that inspires you at the moment.

GK- thank you Larissa !!! I recommend: Rastilho Crust / Punk band from São Paulo in which Elaine Campos plays. she was the vocalist of Abuso Sonoro. terror revolucionário from Brasília that has Adriana on bass. Adriana who was previously part of Kaos Klitoriano. And I also recommend the Band Raiva from Alagoas formed only by girls sending their messages very well through hardcore Crust!

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Isabelly Duarte (Bel): law student at UFS, I joined the student movement three years ago. I am a national leader of the Correnteza MovEment, I worked within the University for the rights of students, being part of the constructions with the most powerful, against the attack in the education AREA, For INSTANCE. against the bus fare increases. i also worked in the Olga Benário Women's Movement, a movement that has existed in Brazil for more than ten years. ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, we have more than three womenonly occupations, one of ITS objectives is to expand these occupations.

Difficulties are faced daily, as I am a black woman, who occupies a space that has historically been denied TO us, but everything in this life I learned to conquer BY FORCE. I am grateful to the Movement that I AM PART OF for THE DIFFERENT daily learning , as well as being a reference for the black GIRLS OF THE OUTSKIRTS THAT I SEE.

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Sheyla Andrade is a master teacher OF Geography, woman, poet and mother. In her protest-poetry she discusses several themes: womanization, existentialism, naturalization, spirituality, ancestry and criticism of the system. SHE KeepS the @expressao_poemental page on instagram IN WHICH you can SEE many of HER POEMS. Endless day We stop in time, the days and nights are the same For viral reasons We slept, woke up, and it was still the same day We considered the possibility of being a dream kept in fleeting unconsciousness We lost part of our existence, time froze, and nothing was produced We slept, woke up, and it was still the same day, it looked like the gears had stopped A virus had devoured everything The silence of uncertainty hung over our heads, the notion that we are equal Faced with a virus there are no social classes The state of that downhill, like a runaway car We can only organize ourselves Stay home for now, then But don't forget our lives depend on our decision-making power

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Gabriela Caldas is a filmmaker, she has produced over 18 documentaries; is also a teacher and a freelance photographer

I ask for my voice, where is it?

Who saw it? nadir replies: born! man / girl or woman man / girl or woman hello there she comes! surreptitiously appears for my warm little core. where does this foreign body come from? will it be mine? will it be yours?

(I spin incessantly in my corner; I can not stop) ¿dónde termina tu cuerpo y empieza el mío? wrote the GIRL in the bathroom of the RISCA FACA. but what will your cinderella glass be? my glass is thE decolonial ONE (thought stems from the packaging of the plastic dolls where are they going?) run, call the elevator jump to your mother.

I have twenty thousand, I can! who gives more?

FUEGO! try it, it burns.

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pasolini felt like an orphaned child or was it just jesus who hated morrissey? and fascism? if all meat is murder, what is the cheapest meat on the market? madame at the end of the world. the day you are a lady ... you will howl and? it's really over. (my womb grrr)

sometimes I don't even know, man ... shaped by the looks and touches of those who mirror hate and love, there is no way to know ... but we always have something to offer, to satisfy ... who really? male gaze comadre! that of the corporation ... nobody's little had a fall went to the ground ... (allow alow is the casino and chacrinha kitchen confusing only the head, with no) the first was his father, the second his brother the third was the one who got her hand. stairs ladder stairsplesh pow pow pow

meanwhile the city asks for your voice: did you see it pass birdie?

-no. “i hear my voice among others” and the eyes of the green snake?

-I saw it, even so I repeated ... ready, ready, ready drop that kite soon ...

I thought, then gave up.

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ZINE: Daniela Rodrigues is one of the most important voices in the history of the Sergipean rock. And this becomes more evident when we notice that she is one of the pioneers in the female representation in the underground scene. In interviews, Daniela has already reported that she entered the underground environment because of feminist bands that she listened to during the 90s, such as the Californian L7. Her desire to form a girl-only band came about with The Jezebels and later on, she would take on vocals and guitar in other projects, including her latest and most popular one, The Renegades of Punk. With this one, the artist has already toured Europe and the political engagement present in her lyrics and in her positions on and off the stage marked her name in the list, although mostly male, of rock artists from Sergipe who resist and use their music, as a powerful instrument.

Dani, I'm going to start this interview by talking about how I got to know your music. There were two distinct moments, but crucial for my awareness. The first was through an ex who did not like me to hear your type of music. Another moment was when a longtime zinester and rocker friend gave me a demo of one of your bands, The Jezebels and said “I think you'll like it”, after all, I stayed with the demo and thanked my friend. The Jezebels was the first all-girl band from Sergipe that I heard and had a very strong impact for me, as I am an avid researcher of female bands and being from Sergipe, this was different from previous feelings with bands from outside the state. The band's demo is available on YouTube and I know the band ended several years ago. Do you believe that somehow The Jezebels had an impact on other girls who were going to the shows at the time? Is there still a desire to play only with girls?

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DANI: Thank you so much for the invitation and for your patience! Honestly, I have no idea! We had very sweet friends who always went to shows and who formed a captive audience, so to speak, but they were friends; they were always supporting us. I have no idea if we got to influence anyone, but I hope we did! I have always been inspired by other women. I hope I can have shown other girls that we can all play, if we want to.

We don't need virtuosity or years of study. As a friend's band once sang: "a thousand times doing it than to learning it" haha. I believe that, perhaps because of the historical aspect, my first bands may have played a more relevant role in placing the female underground production in Sergipe as something existing. My first band was an all-girl band from the early 2000s called Lily Junkie. It was unpretentious, with no exact direction, but provocative. We played a lot in the short trajectory we had (about 3 years) and maybe it, as the first band in the state just formed by girls, had influenced more and reached more people who attended the gigs at that time - gigs with 400, 600 people: an unimaginable thing nowadays. zine: Still talking about the presence of girls at concerts, the Riot Grrrl movement was fundamental in the fight for more female space both on stage and in the audience. I know that your musical formation was shaped by many riot bands like Dominatrix, Bulimia and Bikini Kill. However, most of them have dissolved (some come back, play shows and then split again), and others have emerged so that they continue to pave the way (Big Joanie, Skinny Girl Diet, Charlotte matou um cara). Did you also fight for that space? Or do you think it was much more difficult before you got there? dani: I have always fought for my space. I fight to this day. It is something that, unfortunately, will take a long time to change. Punk rock has always had, since its birth, women involved in various roles on the scene. However, the official story, as always, is told from the male perspective. The vast majority of guys who attend concerts and consume this type of counterculture barely know the names of more than 2 bands with women in their formation or deign to listen to female production. It always seems that what we do is a by-product within the gig itself but only for girls.

Thus, ignorance and low receptivity feed prejudice and the cycle continues. zine: In addition to your work with Jezebels, the only other girl-only band I heard of in Sergipe was vhc, and I also know Gessy Kelly who sang in Útero Kaos (both also interviewed in this zine). Like you and Gessy, I'm also from Itabaiana, but I lived for a short time in Aracaju and I didn't have time (nor age haha) to follow you on active days.

Were there any other girl-only bands playing in Aracaju's underground scene? Why is there still a shortage of female representation in rock across the region?

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dani: The first all-girl band from Sergipe was called Lily Junkie, started around 2000 and ended in 2003. it was me on vocals and guitar, Katia vocals and guitar, Iolanda bass and Monica drums. Besides us there was Starbelly, a very beautiful band, with two sisters Renata and Manoela in the vocals, guitar and bass and 2 guys in the rhythm section. While both were active, some newer girl bands started to appear featuring only cover repertoire (from feminist bands like TPM, Dominatrix, Kittie, etc.). The first decade of the 2000s was intense! Then a few bands of different styles appeared and faded. All the bands mentioned have dissolved, some girls have remained active in other mixed projects, like me, and others have followed other directions. Scarcity is not our specialty, but it reflects the difficulties of a small scene, in the smallest state of Brazil. I think that unfortunately we are few because things happen on a smaller scale here. also there is the fact that the audience has not renewed and rock is no longer a rebellious and youthful sound today. Unlike rap, which has a strong female participation. zine: The Renegades of Punk played last year in Aracaju on the same night as Eskröta, a female metal band from São Paulo, which features in their lyrics, protests against Bolsonaro's fascist government, talking about the various types of violence allowed by him. Challenging attitudes like that of the band have been the target of repression by government representatives, and the result of this is the ban of several underground shows that criticize the political chaos that we are experiencing. Given this aggravating scenario in the underground, how do you and the band position yourselves? dani: The 3 of us are children of hardcore punk. It was during this adventure that we learned a lot, we realized our struggles and built relationships and values. Thus, we are inexorably antifascist, feminist, always on the left. We are vegan, the majority of the band is straight edge and we daily fight for a less sick world. We are, therefore, completely averse to the negationist chaos in which we live and hope to get out of this alive to remain the opposite, the stray and critical sheep. zine: Thank you very much for the interview, and to conclude, leave a quote of your own or not, or a recommendation of a movie / book / zine / disco, whatever has been inspiring you at that moment. dani: A band that inspires me is Räivä, from Maceió / Al. I confess that I haven't had much time to read at that moment, but I recommend Emma Goldman's autobiography "Living my life" and the albums "Herencia", by Abuso Sonoro and "O mudo mundo com a nossa voz", by Tuna.

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desvario magazine ,

by Thainá Carvalho We need to redirect our gaze as readers At the end of the year, lists of the best books pop up, made by renowned critics and literary publications. At a glance, you can already see that not even half of the books considered for voting are written by women. I don't come here to judge.

When I look at my own bookshelves, I notice the gender disparity that I have nurtured over the years in my reading choices, because of course I had to have one hundred years of solitude, The Lord of the Rings and The Hunchback of Notre dame. obviously I respect the quota for books written by women, with a corner reserved in my room for Jane Austen and Clarice Lispector. And what am I doing here then? I come to join my voice and my work with that of thousands of female writers and readers who, paying attention to the reality described in the two previous paragraphs, write loud and clear: read women. And we say more: read contemporary women.

Faced with the perception of the pattern of my literature consumption, I developed Desvario magazine, a non-profit digital publication, aimed at the diffusion of contemporary writers and artists. The idea is far from original, but it is still necessary in the sum of efforts in favor of greater space for women in society. on Desvario, I collaboratively gather texts by writers with incredible works, combining them with equally remarkable visual arts, also developed by women. The goal is to give greater visibility and recognition to the creators of this content while they are producing, creating a space for the construction of new readings and new opportunities, both for authors and readers - of all genders.

It's necessary to diversify and deconstruct the idea that good literature is in famous bookstores. Quality production is being done independently by women who are finding different ways to show their work. And, to see them, it is urgent to redirect our gaze, which is focused on posthumous hardcover collections, traditional literary parties and prizes awarded to the same old standards (with honorable mention to Conceição Evaristo, of course, to show inclusion ).

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The objective of the Desvario magazine is to collaborate, even if it is 0.000001%, with this redirection. When we ask you to read women, we don't want to impose it. We want to provoke, instigate, make you question how many female writers you’ve read recently and who you’re getting your next book from. It is from there that discussions encompassing the work produced by women will grow, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Our understanding of literature needs to be upto-date, and this is the call I make extensively in Desvario: let us less exalt the past - recognizing its value and importance - and read more about the present, the small, the new, the discovered. Of women, especially OF them.

https://medium.com/@revistadesvario

Now that you've read this issue so far, thank you very much! It took me three months to get it done among selecting people, sending questions, getting answers and editing. Its format is e-zine. I wish I had included more women, but the time between the responses and the editing was long, unfortunately some women were left out; and I was already delaying the zine by one month, since it was supposed to be published on its birthday (May 7th). not to mention adapting to quarantine. In spite of everything, I hope that this work inspires you to seek and value what has been done by women from Sergipe. if a woman's work is hardly recognized on a national scale, imagine that in relation to disadvantaged regions such as the north and northeast? moreover, if they are trans, black, indigenous, gypsy and so on, this becomes even more difficult. therefore, I encourage you to support more and more local activists. the zine is just a frame of something much bigger and still seeking more visibility to women in sergipe, I leave below honorable mentions to other women who work with culture and politics in the state.

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honorable mentions:

linda brasil is a Master's student in Education at the Federal University of Sergipe; LGBT activist, feminist and transfeminist; in 2018, she obtained more than 10,000 votes in her candidacy for state representative. she is a member of Amosetrans and president of CasAmor; in 2015, together with other women, she created the EducaTrans project, promoted by AMO (Association of the Sergipean cross-dresser and Transsexual Movement) with the aim of introducing transsexual women to universities and as a consequence in the job market.

Juno is an artist who works with spray graffiti, reuse of materials, wheat paste, clay and other art forms that can be found on her Instagram page @__ ju.no__ and also printed in several points in the city of Aracaju, which was how I discovered her work. juno also contributes to a sergipean art collective that can be found at https://coletivoexp.tumblr.com/

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acknowledgements and credits I would like to thank all the women who agreed to be interviewed or who contributed with their work to this issue I also thank all the others who work in the different areas of art, politics, education and etc; I hope your work is acknowledged. a final thanks goes to all the people who have been following my work as a zinester and who help in any way they can. I would like to highlight some names that have not been mentioned in previous zines: luciana, breno, livia, Juliana, fanzinoteca, ysoka, parcalarzin, stephanie, sharp violet, riot spears, Liliana and also the followers of my @iwannabeyrgrrrlzine page on instagram and @ riotgrrrlss on facebook.

photo credits in chronological order: Cover: Joyce Vasconcelos- Personal Facebook Carla Noronha: Fernando Correia Witches of Cangaço: ysoka dawg Daniela Rodrigues: Rafael Mago Page 2: Personal Facebook Page 5: Facebook (bruxasdocangaco) Page 7: personal archive Page 8: Instagram (srta.empoderada) Page 11: Photos: Pascoal Maynard Page 12: Personal archive Page 13: Personal files Page 14: Personal Instagram Page 16: Facebook (bandavhc) Page 19: Instagram (sergipeunderground) Page 23: Personal Archive Page 24 and 25: Personal files Page 26: Marcelinho Hora Page 29 and 30: Personal and medium archives Page 31: Linda Brasil (Facebook); Juno (Instagram) All background and end-of-page collages were edited by me, Larissa Oliveira, using the apps: tumblr, pics art, canvas and paint, IN ADDITION TO magazine cuttings (TRIP, tpm AND Vindicación Feminista). original collages were not altered due to the authenticity aimed by the editor.

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