“The Feminist Book Fair (FILFEM) It emerged at the end of 2018 with the aim of generating a meeting space with publishers, bookstores, writers and illustrators with publications and interest in feminist issues. The motor action of this initiative is to publicize in a massive way the large amount of material that bothers and disobeys, that questions the existing inequalities and that proposes other, more equitable ways of relating based on collective praxis”, explained the coordination of the fourth edition of the Feminist Book Fair (FILFEM)
The event will take place on March 2, 3, 4 and 5, in the meeting space We move the world from 14 to 20 hours. The edition will be presented, on this occasion, at the Plaza Seca of the Kirchner Cultural Center, located at Sarmiento 151 in the City of Buenos Aires. According to the organizers, the participation will also include proposals and curatorship shared with the CCK in the Juana Azurduy Forum.
“Just as we can all be feminists, with FILFEM we are all writers. It is not necessary to have your own book and a registered ISBN number because we are part of the most significant and transformative collective authorship of the historical moment that we have to live”, detailed the organizers of the feminist-themed cultural meeting.
Previous editions were held in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, while it was part of other related ventures such as “We move the world” at the Kirchner Cultural Center (in 2020, 2021 and 2022), in the “Women’s Assembly” at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes (in 2019) and in “biennial territory” of the Young Art Biennial at the Recoleta Cultural Center (in 2019).
With free and open access, the Feminist Book Fair (FILFEM) will once again bring together publishers, bookstores, writers, fanziners and illustrators with publications and interest in feminist issues. In this fourth edition of the meeting, it is estimated that around 60 national fairgrounds and current references of the movement will participate.
Argentina has prominent Argentine writers and references of the feminist movement. Beyond the ideological aspect, the level of writing and the satisfactory reception of critics and specialists in letters have positioned the local pen with distinguished figures that address the subject.
Gabriela Cabezon Camera She is a writer and journalist, she is considered one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Latin American literature, as well as being a prominent intellectual. She has published two novels: “The Virgin Head”which placed her on the continental literary map, and “The adventures of China Iron”whose English version was nominated for the prestigious International Booker Prize.
The writer Maria Lugones, who died three years ago, was a philosopher, researcher and prominent feminist activist. Lugones theorized about various forms of resistance against multiple oppressions. She is recognized for her theory of “I diversified“, her work on decolonial feminism, and the development of the concept of ‘gender coloniality’, which postulates that gender is a colonial imposition.
The writer, journalist and cultural manager Cecilia Szperling She is internationally recognized for her activism for women’s rights and for the decriminalization of abortion. “The year of the green militancy” (2018), Indielibros (e-book) and “The dream projecting machine” (2016), Interzona Editora, are his most outstanding works.
Probably, Susana Esther Soba has been the writer, poet and essayist most involved in the literary aspect over the decades on the subject. In her articles and poetic texts, she addressed issues such as equity, social transformation, current affairs and women. With more than 10 published books, such as “Blood Memorial” (1996), and three posthumous works, this outstanding author, who died in 2011, promoted a commitment in which she linked the art of writing and feminine ideology in all her production.
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