Somatechnics

 
"technologies of subjectivization [...] become part of the body: they dissolve into becoming somatechnics"
 
they "take on the form of the body" and are "incorporated"
 
"electrificaiton, digitalization, and molecularization of [...] devices for the control and production of sexual difference and sexual identities"
 
"lightweight, rapid-transmission microcomputing, as well as pharamaceutical and audiovisual techniques"
 
"molecules that incoporate themselves into our immune system; silicone takes the shape of our breasts; neurotransmitters alter our perceptions and behavior; hormones produce their systemic effects"

> from Paul Preciado's Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era (2008, translated 2013)

> tagged with #technology, #gender, #sexuality, #body

> created March 29, 2024 at 8:13:11 AM


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