THE FIRST LADY AS A TECHNOLOGY OF GENDER

AN ANALYSIS OF COMMENTS ON THE INSTAGRAM PROFILES OF MICHELLE BOLSONARO AND JANJA LULA DA SILVA

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55738/alaic.v25i52.1403

Keywords:

First lady, Technology of gender, Feminist epistemology, Platformization

Abstract

This article examines the figure of the first lady as a gender technology and a form of communicational mediation in Brazilian politics, challenging the androcentric canon of Political Communication. Drawing on feminist epistemology, situated knowledges, and the concept of coloniality of gender, it explores how gendered regimes of visibility co-produce authority, legitimacy, and recognition. Through an analysis of the Instagram profiles of Rosângela “Janja” Lula da Silva and Michelle Bolsonaro, the study investigates the sociotechnical architectures that organize processes of validation, surveillance, and disciplining of bodies. It argues that the first lady operates as a symbolic infrastructure of the political system within platformized communication environments.

Author Biography

Laís Espósito Araújo, Federal University of Uberlândia

Laís Espósito Araújo é graduanda do curso de Jornalismo na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) e desenvolve pesquisa por meio de iniciação científica com bolsa do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Integra o Grupo de Pesquisa NARRA e a Rede Linhas e Historicidade, com interesse em estudos sobre comunicação, gênero, política e cultura.

Published

10/19/2026

How to Cite

TASSIS, N.; ESPÓSITO ARAÚJO, L. THE FIRST LADY AS A TECHNOLOGY OF GENDER: AN ANALYSIS OF COMMENTS ON THE INSTAGRAM PROFILES OF MICHELLE BOLSONARO AND JANJA LULA DA SILVA. Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación, [S. l.], v. 25, n. 52, 2026. DOI: 10.55738/alaic.v25i52.1403. Disponível em: https://revista.pubalaic.org/index.php/alaic/article/view/1403. Acesso em: 19 oct. 2026.