Márcia Angelita Tiburi (born 6 April 1970) is a Brazilian plastic artist, professor of philosophy, literary critic, and writer. Her main areas of research are ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of knowledge. In 1990, she obtained a degree in philosophy from the

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and in 1996 in Arts from the

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, a master's degree in philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1994) and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1999) with an emphasis on contemporary philosophy. She has published philosophy books, among them the anthology ''As Mulheres e a Filosofia'' (Women and Philosophy)'','' and ''O Corpo Torturado (''The Tortured Body), besides ''Uma outra história da razão (''Another history of Reason). Through the publisher Escritos, she published, as coauthor, ''Diálogo sobre o Corpo (''Dialogue on the Body), in 2004, and individually ''Filosofia Cinza - a melancolia e o corpo nas dobras da escrita (''Gray Philosophy - melancholy and the body in the folds of writing). In 2005 she published Metamorfoses do Conceito, and her first novel in the series Trilogia íntima, ''Magnolia'', which was a finalist of the

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in 2006. That same year she released the second volume ''A Mulher de Costas'' of the trilogy. She also writes for specialized magazines, as well as for the general press. Tiburi appeared, weekly, in the television program Saia Justa, on channel

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. In 2012, she published the novel ''Era Meu esse Rosto'' and the books Diálogo / Dança e Diálogo / Fotografia by the publisher SENAC-SP. In 2015 she published the book ''Como conversar com um fascista'' (How to Talk to a Fascist). She is a professor of the postgraduate program in Education, Art, and History of Culture at the

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Political career

Tiburi is filiated to the

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. She ran for Governor of

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in the 2018 state election, finishing in 7th place, with 5.85% of the votes. Tiburi left Brazil in December 2018, settling in

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; she later explained that death threats, instigated by the harassment led by the

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(MBL), turning her life into a "living hell", motivated her decision. The MBL boasted about having expelled her from Brazil.

References

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