Lim, Bryan;
Christianson, Adam;
Nicholls, Emily Jay;
Aldridge, Alexandra;
Dymock, Alex;
(2023)
The Techno-Barbie Speaks Back: Experiments with Gendered Hormones.
Paragraph: a journal of modern critical theory
, 46
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pp. 30-45.
10.3366/para.2023.0416.
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Abstract
In Testo Junkie, Preciado briefly introduces the figure of the ‘techno-Barbie’. Contrasted with his own Testogel-fuelled pornographic experiments, the possibilities of oestrogen or progesterone seem somewhat uncharitably foreclosed upon. Though Preciado draws our attention to the gendered politics of chemical enhancement and hormonal justice, it begs the question: where do we draw the line between experimentation and chemical domination? We engage with the figure of the techno-Barbie to explore our own experiments with hormones and gendered agency in the boundaries of advanced biocapitalism. Drawing on a range of allied texts, we explore the ambivalences of our own hormonal experimentation. What kinds of hormonal experiments are allowed to be cast as such? In response to this all-encompassing theory of domination, we ask: how might the techno-Barbie speak back?
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Techno-Barbie Speaks Back: Experiments with Gendered Hormones |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3366/para.2023.0416 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3366/para.2023.0416 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10168218 |
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