Digesting the indigestible: the political scatology of the Vomitaço

Abstract

The present article aims to discuss the Vomitaço [super puke] as a connective disruptive action of cyber-protest. Vomitaço is the name of an organized action, which consists in publishing comments on targets’ posts with a puke sticker. The demonstration became popular during the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff. The essay debates the place occupied by Vomitaço in the national political scenario, and brings data from an ethnographic approach, combined with in-depth interviews and statistics from the fanpage of the movement in Facebook.

Keywords internet and politics; cyberactivism; Vomitaço