Magra de ruim: Gender, sexuality and the fictionalization of self

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the representations of gender and sexuality present in the publication Magra de ruim by Sirlanney Nogueira, published in print format in 2014. The volume gathers a good part of her work as a screenwriter/illustrator which had initially been published online and in different 'zines between 2012 and 2014. Magra de ruim escapes the more systematic classifications by which graphic narratives are usually grouped; it uses a variety of techniques and procedures, with a narrative that runs through multiple issues, such as those concerning the body, desire, pleasure, solitude, family, female autonomy and affectionate / sexual relationships. In these narratives we can also highlight the development of a discourse that can be located at the heart of feminism and that, besides breaking many of the social constructs which try to arrest feminine experiences, points to the constant re-elaborations of self, through an in-scrita of biographical accounts and stories.