Naty Menstrual - Continuadísimo

2008, Argentina, Naty Menstrual, Spanish,

Original title: "Continuadísimo" (Continuity) by Naty Menstrual.

"Naty Menstrual writes tales of grotesque lust but tinged with the tender piety with which the best popular chroniclers usually wrap their creatures. Her scatological eroticism has antecedents as remarkable as Quevedo, who wrote Gracias y desgracias del ojo del culo and Aristophanes, who put a black pudding seller as the protagonist of his comedy Los caballeros. 

With narrative dexterity, Naty Menstrual passes through the noses of readers new flowers of evil who, with their crooked heels and tired wigs, know how to wrest a touch of comedy from the melodrama of life: their names are Sabrina Duncan, Mr Ed, Sissy Lobato, Marlene Brigitte... If Clara Better, the prostitute-poet invented by César Tiempo, had met them at a crossroads of fictions, she would have stopped yirring to work indoors. I could never have competed with so much ingenuity of living, so much extracted from bad luck, so much golden shower of black kisses in a perpetual frenzy. Maria Moreno"

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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