The 2nd Female Amateur Futsal Championship organized by PEITA, in partnership with Coletivo Cássia, the lesbian and bisexual branch of Grupo Dignidade, is coming to an end. Sunday, September 22nd is knockout and awards day. PUTAÇA starts at 2 pm with a presentation by the feminist block Ela Pode, Ela vai and at 3 pm the quarterfinals, semifinals and final games begin at Clube da Bola. The cup ceremony in the shape of the breasts of the player chosen by last year's winning team and the nipple medals will be handed out from 7:30 pm at Espaço 37.
Of the 12 teams, eight face each other, among them PUTA Time. Karina Gallon, owner of the protest brand and captain of the team says the event has surprised her since its launch in August. “Registrations sold out in less than seven days. Many teams were left out and we are considering a longer championship for next year”, she comments. The tournament was divided into three stages, the first two qualifying and the last, elimination. 
“Our proposal is to encourage girls' self-criticism on and off the court in order to deconstruct sexist behaviors that we reproduce in soccer. Competitiveness is important and so is rivalry, but not more important than the fact that we are together, women allied to occupy our space and visibility in a modality that was forbidden to us for almost 40 years”, he points out and already adds that PEITA will launch a national championship, the Libertadores. Registration starts soon.
( • ) RESULT 2nd STAGE
See how the results of the games on September 8 were:
'The best part of this is seeing women shining on the court, playing, refereeing, producing. And we want more, we're not going to stop in Curitiba. There are already women wanting to produce Putaça in their cities and we will do whatever it takes to make that happen”, concludes Karina.
( • ) PARTY
After the games, the fraternization and award ceremony will take place at Espaço 37 with a show by Grupo Serenas and DJing by Carmen Agulham. Entrance costs R$5.
( • ) WHORE + BOWL = WHORE
Like the other brand-protest actions, the name of the championship is already a provocation. “In our society, whores are women who dare to be who they want to be, who question, break with imposed stereotypes and fight for equity in all social structures. Dividing women between saints and whores is one of the ways the white supremacist patriarchy submits women to its oppressions and keeps them docile and obedient”, comments Karina Gallon, founder of PEITA.
The first edition of PUTAÇA took place last year in Curitiba and brought together about 100 players, divided into 11 teams, plus the public that crowded the court to watch the games. Before the matches, exchange circles were held between the participants to find out about the difficulties they face in practice.
The cup, a pair of breasts, and the medals, ceramic nipples, are made by artist Julia Lana. Her project “Retratos Rotos” claims the female presence through the teats as an object of study and art, recovering what at some point was 'denaturalized' and objectified. The 2018 winning team, Helenão, chose the player who was the mold for this year's cup.
During the first event, the phrase “Play like a girl” was launched, which Brazil won in June and July, during the 2019 World Cup. “More than a catch phrase, it is a confrontation phrase. Each person who wears the phrase on their T-shirt or socks reframes it within their struggle context”, reinforces Gallon.
( • ) BITCH BITCH
Peita was born on March 8, 2017 with the phrase "Fight like a girl" invading the streets of Curitiba in the demonstrations of International Women's Day - March 8M. The protest brand fulfills the mission of bringing controversial sayings from the context of demonstrations to everyday life, providing a discussion on the anti-racist feminist movement. PEITA is a tool for coping with oppression that provides dialogue and each person who uses it, reframes it in their struggle context.
Today PEITA has 30 phrases, of which 70% are partnerships with movements, institutions and social projects, women who are in militancy and/or companies that are committed to the fight against oppression. In these cases, the profit or part of the production is donated to fund causes.
( • ) SERVICE
FINAL 2nd WHORE | Women's Amateur Futsal ChampionshipDate: September 22, Sunday.
Time: games from 14:00 to 18:00 and awards from 19:00 to 00:00.
Location: Clube da Bola - R. Francisco Nunes, 110 - Rebouças.
Space 37 - Av. Vicente Machado, 770
Event - https://www.facebook.com/events/2434639066752331/
Photo: Duda Dalzoto
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