Precarity, Denigration and Activism in Fast Food: Women and Sexual Dissidents in Chile / Precariedad, desvalorización y activismo en comida rápida: mujeres-disidencias sexuales en Chile

This article addresses precarity, denigration and activism of women and sexual dissidents in the fast-food sector in Chile. Grounded in a Latin American feminist ontology of precarity that foregrounds subjective experience, this study employs a thematic analysis of 25 interviews with fast-food workers across multiple cities in Chile. The analysis inductively and systematically identified patterns of meaning, with findings organised into three themes: (a) accentuated job precarity; (b) women and dissidents at the forefront – shedding light on demands and struggles; and (c) denigration as the invisible trenches of activism. The article contributes to understanding women’s and dissidents’ precarity as a situated phenomenon in the Global South and to social psychology by showing how women fast-food workers enact collective action against the inequalities and injustices faced by subaltern groups in contemporary labour markets.