Naty Menstrual - Batido de Trolo

2005, Argentina, Naty Menstrual, Spanish,

Original title: "Batido de Trolo" (Trolo Milkshake) by Naty Menstrual.

"Naty is not dizzy in the lukewarm lights of the biggest publishing houses, or the book fairs where it is measured who has the longest time, or the meetings in which four or five poets or writers look at each other's faces in a bookstore in Palermo Soho to read their "unpublished" books and applaud each other while they call each other beings of light (even if they want to devour each other) and believe that if one improves the typography and reads while Nina Simone plays, the texts seem better written. Naty is not one of those.

Her writing is compared to that of Quevedo, Lemebel, Aristophanes, Puig, Copi. And that's encouraging. But Naty has her own style, it's not comparable. It is unique and unrepeatable. And if sons or daughters come to him, we can talk about a way of making literature that is as vital as life and could be called natymenstrual literature. Or Natilesco. Or menstrual or something that serves to stop comparing her with others. Naty is her own comparison (creation)."

Naty Menstrual, born on November 10, 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a renowned author, poet, performer, and visual artist1. She studied broadcasting at the Instituto Superior de Enseñanza Radiofónica, which led her to work in media alongside figures like Fernando Peña. In the early 90s, she began cross-dressing and performing poetry shows in Buenos Aires’ underground bars1. This caught the attention of publishers who offered to publish her stories and poems. Her first book, “Batido de Trolo”, a collection of stories and poems, was published in 2005 and reissued in 20121. This was followed by “Continuadísimo” in 2008 and “Poesía recuperada” in 2017.

Naty Menstrual began to cross-dress in the '90s and dedicated herself to reading her own prose and poems in the Buenos Aires underground. She studied voice-over at ISER (Higher Institute of Radio Education) and worked in some media. There are those who define her writing as "transvestite-trash" while others consider it within the tradition of erotic literature.

Naty Menstrual has also made contributions to the “Soy” supplement and “Las 12” of the Página 12 newspaper, and was part of the editorial team of “El Teje”, the first Latin American transvestite newspaper, produced by the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center of the University of Buenos Aires. She often performs poetry shows in bars and theaters in Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina. In addition to her writing and performance work, Naty Menstrual is also known for her roles in films such as “Black Heart” (2019), “Corazón Negro” (2015), and “Mía” (2011)2. She is also a clothing designer and visual artist.

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