The Pill and the production of cosmetic femininity

 
Preciado 217-19: "contraceptive pills for cis-females are presented as instruments of beauty and feminization [...] evolving from a simple technique of birth control to a genuine program for the cosmetic production of femininity; it is appearing more and more frequently as a therapy for the treatment of acne or hirsutism"

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

> tagged with #gender, #beauty, #drugs, #femininity

> created May 1, 2024 at 8:37:09 AM


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