Paul B. Preciado

Spanish philosopher, writer, curator, and transgender activist known for work in gender theory, queer studies, and the politics of bodies and sexuality; author of Testo Junkie and other influential texts.

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  1. 1. Manifesto Contrassexual

    A provocative theoretical and political tract diagnosing how contemporary biopolitical capitalism—what the text terms the pharmacopornographic regime—organizes bodies, desires, and reproduction, and calling for a contrasexual politics that repurposes technologies, hormones, and practices to undermine gendered norms and create new forms of collective sexual life. Blending theory, personal reflection, and activist strategy, it argues for bodily self-sovereignty, queer and trans experimentation, and the tactical use of medical and technological means to disrupt heteronormative reproduction and wage relations. The work proposes concrete tactics such as community labs, hormone experiments, and temporary autonomous zones, insisting that sexual liberation is inseparable from struggles against capitalism, patriarchy, and state regulation.

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