This article is a report on the activities of Revista Estudos Feministas during its first phase at UFSC (1999-2002). It is divided into three parts: the first presents a brief review of literature about feminism and gender studies in Brazil; the second covers the move of Estudos Feministas from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina, and the third presents some considerations on the role of this periodical in relation to the movement and to the field of gender, feminist and women's studies in Brazil.
Brazilian feminism's history; gender studies; feminists theories