Linn da Quebrada
{{Short description|Brazilian singer, actress, and screenwriter (born 1990)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Linn da Quebrada
| image = Linn da Quebrada no Humor Multishow.jpg
| alt = Linn da Quebrada in 2022
| caption = Linn de Quebrada in 2022
| other_names = Lina Pereira dos Santos
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1990}}
| nationality = Brazilian
| occupation = Singer, actress, screenwriter, television personality
}}
Linn da Quebrada (Double entendre in Portuguese, in English: Linn from the Hood or "Broken Beauty") is the stage name of Lina Pereira dos Santos, a Brazilian singer, actress, screenwriter,{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Mariana|date=May 17, 2021|title=Linn da Quebrada: 'O peito é um símbolo, mas não é ele que me faz travesti'|trans-title=Linn da Quebrada: 'The chest is a symbol, but it's not what makes me a travesti'|url=https://www.uol.com.br/universa/noticias/redacao/2021/05/17/linn-da-quebrada-o-peito-e-um-simbolo-mas-nao-e-ele-que-me-faz-travesti.htm|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Universo Online|language=pt-br}} and television personality.
Life
Lina Pereira was born in 1990{{Sfn|De Melo Rocha|Rezende|2021|p=24}} and grew up in a religious family of Jehovah's Witnesses{{Cite web|last=Galvão|first=Carolina Abbott|date=August 12, 2020|title=Brazil's black trans musicians: 'When we join forces, we're dangerous!'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/12/brazil-black-trans-musicians-linn-da-quebrada-jup-do-bairro-badsista|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}} in São Paulo.{{Cite web|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Bradshaw|date=June 14, 2018|title=Tranny Fag review – cheeky melodrama in real-time portrait|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/14/tranny-fag-review-cheeky-melodrama-in-real-time-portrait|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Her mother was a domestic worker from Alagoas,{{Cite web|last=Pereira|first=Néli|date=September 12, 2016|title=De testemunha de Jeová a voz do funk LGBT, MC Linn da Quebrada se diz 'terrorista de gênero'|trans-title=From Jehovah's Witness to the voice of LGBT funk, MC Linn da Quebrada calls herself a 'gender terrorist'|url=http://g1.globo.com/musica/noticia/2016/09/de-testemunha-de-jeova-voz-do-funk-lgbt-mc-linn-da-quebrada-se-diz-terrorista-de-genero.html|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=G1|language=pt-br}} and her father left the family when she was 7 years old.{{Sfn|De Melo Rocha|Rezende|2021|p=24}}
Under the stage name Linn da Quebrada, Pereira's music became known in Brazil after she released a funk song titled {{Lang|pt|Enviadescer}} in May 2016.{{Cite web|last=Balsemão|first=Rafael|date=April 25, 2017|title=Conheça Linn da Quebrada, multiartista travesti que se apresenta em noite feminista no Opinião|trans-title=Meet Linn da Quebrada, a transvestite multi-artist who will perform at a feminist night at the Opinião|url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/noticia/2017/04/conheca-linn-da-quebrada-multiartista-travesti-que-se-apresenta-em-noite-feminista-no-opiniao-9780263.html|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=GZH Magazine|language=pt-BR}} The lyrics of the song made fun of cisgender and heterosexual men.{{Cite web|last=Velasco|first=Carolina|date=June 15, 2018|title=Linn da Quebrada, mirando la transexualidad sin filtros|trans-title=Linn da Quebrada, looking at transsexuality without filters|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/musica/linn-da-quebrada-mirando-la-transexualidad-sin-filtros|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=El Salto|language=es}} Its initial success took place on YouTube.{{Sfn|De Melo Rocha|Rezende|2021|p=24}}
After Angela Davis praised Pereira's music and asked her to join the boycott of Israel, Pereira agreed to do so, stating that "music is also a response to the present [...] what we are living, what we are building and what we want to build".{{Efn|Original quote in Spanish: "la música es también una respuesta al presente, y nuestra producción musical es la respuesta a lo que estamos viviendo, a la que estamos construyendo y a lo que queremos construir"}}{{Clarify timeframe|date=June 2021}} She was involved in founding the Associação de Travestis de Santo André.{{Cite web|last=Caparica|first=Marcio|date=May 26, 2016|title=MC Linn da Quebrada: "o ódio disfarçado de opinião é tão culpado quanto quem mata"|url=http://ladobi.com.br/2016/05/mc-linn-quebrada-enviadecer/|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Lado Bi|language=pt-BR}}{{Clarify timeframe|date=June 2021}}
In 2021, at age 30, Pereira got breast implants. She described them to Universo Online as a symbol of transformation, saying that she wanted people to look at her and recognize her as a travesti. In 2022, she said she has a fluid sexuality.{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2022 |title=Linn da Quebrada abre o jogo sobre sexualidade fluída |url=https://www.terra.com.br/nos/linn-da-quebrada-abre-o-jogo-sobre-sexualidade-fluida,ca1d160c776d3d31e34708510aab082aa2yyt8ta.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}}
Music
In 2017, Linn da Quebrada released an album titled Pajubá, which she described as "afro-funk-vogue".{{Cite web|last=Donohue|first=Caitlin|date=October 9, 2017|title=Linn Da Quebrada Says Her Visual Album Is Like a Trans 'Lemonade' for Brazil's Queer Femmes|url=https://remezcla.com/releases/music/linn-da-quebrada-pajuba-album/|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Remezcla|language=en-US}}
{{As of|2021|May|17|df=US}}, Quebrada was preparing to release a second album titled Trava Linguas.
''TransMissão''
In June 2021, the third season of the talk show TransMissão began, cohosted by Linn da Quebrada and {{Ill|Jup do Bairro|pt|Jup do Bairro|WD=}} on Canal Brasil. The guest in the first episode was Judith Butler.{{Cite web|date=June 7, 2021|title=Linn da Quebrada e Jup do Bairro voltam no TransMissão|trans-title=Linn da Quebrada and Jup do Bairro return at TransMissão|url=https://www.correio24horas.com.br/noticia/nid/linn-da-quebrada-e-jup-do-bairro-voltam-no-transmissao/|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Jornal Correio|language=pt-BR}}
Recognition
In 2017, Linn da Quebrada was one of four trans people featured in the documentary {{Lang|pt|Meu Corpo É Politico}} ("My Body Is Political"), directed by Alice Riff.{{Cite web|last=Oliveira|first=André de|date=December 4, 2017|title=Em 'Meu Corpo é Político', a vida de quatro transgêneros é normal (mas não fácil)|trans-title=In 'My Body Is Political', the life of four transgender people is normal (but not easy)|url=https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2017/12/01/cultura/1512168336_411578.html|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=El País|language=pt-br}}
A Portuguese language documentary titled {{Lang|pt|Bixa Travesty}}, named after a track on an album by Linn da Quebrada, focused on her performance and identity. An English version was released in 2018 under the title Tranny Fag. Peter Bradshaw described Tranny Fag in The Guardian as "[an] interesting, limited study", characterizing Quebrada as "an almost inexhaustible self-dramatiser". In the documentary, Quebrada describes herself as a "Molotov faggot".
In August 2018, Quebrada was featured in a film by Dazed, directed by Valter Carvalho. Mykki Blanco, then the magazine's guest editor, described her as "honest and assertive" and noted that she addressed issues including "race, sexuality, sex work and the politics of her transgender identity."{{Cite web|last=Gorton|first=Thomas|date=August 22, 2018|title=Brazilian rapper Linn da Quebrada is a force of nature|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/41083/1/linn-da-quebrada-brazilian-rapper-film|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Dazed|language=en}}
In June 2021, Quebrada was featured alongside Liniker on the cover of Vogue Brasil as a celebration of Pride Month.{{Cite web|date=June 4, 2021|title=Vogue Brasil dedica su nueva edición a la comunidad LGBT|trans-title=Vogue Brasil dedicates its new edition to the LGBT community|url=https://tn.com.ar/estilo/celebridades/2021/06/04/vogue-brasil-dedica-su-nueva-edicion-a-la-comunidad-lgbt/|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Todo Noticias|language=es}} She appeared with Liniker in Amazon Prime Video's September Mornings (Manhãs de Setembro) later that same month.
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- {{Cite journal|last1=De Melo Rocha|first1=Rose|last2=Rezende|first2=Aline|date=May 1, 2021|title=Diva da Sarjeta: ideologia enviadescida e blasfêmea pop-profana nas políticas de audiovisibilidade da travesti paulistana Linn da Quebrada|trans-title=Diva of the gutter: enviadescida ideology and pop-profane blasphemy in the audiovisibility politics of São Paulo´s travesti Linn da Quebrada|url=https://periodicos.uff.br/contracampo/article/view/28079|journal=Revista Contracampo|volume=38|issue=1|doi=10.22409/contracampo.v38i1.28079|issn=2238-2577|doi-access=free}}
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