A construção discursiva da gordofobia em comentários no Instagram

This study, grounded in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), aims to analyze how the material clauses present in fatphobic comments on an Instagram profile construct representations of actions, behaviors, and responsibilities attributed to the fat female body. The goal is to understand how these linguistic choices contribute to the categorization of negative and ideological representations of exclusion about these individuals. The theoretical framework is based on Halliday (2004), (Fuzer; Cabral, 2014), (Cunha; Souza, 2011), and (Barbara; Macedo, 2009), who discuss SFL, as well as Gurgel (2021), Machado (2024), (Santos; Silva, 2016), and Jimenez (2020), who address fatphobia. Methodologically, the analyzed corpus constitutes an excerpt from an ongoing dissertation, to be presented to the Postgraduate Program in Language Studies (PPGEL) at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). The corpus consists of seven fatphobic comments extracted from a specific post on the Instagram profile of model Thais Carla. The results indicate that transformative transitive material clauses are more frequent in the construction of symbolic representations of the fat body. Furthermore, the data show that, in imperative material clauses, power relations manifest themselves primarily through the mood system, indicating attempts at behavioral control. A predominance of comments from profiles identified as male was also observed, highlighting the intersection between fatphobia and sexist discourses.