A review by daisymaytwizell
Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era by Bruce Benderson, Paul B. Preciado

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Preciado raises a lot of interesting ideas and connections between their pharmacopornography and contemporary society. However, this is a really dense/heavy text, exacerbated by their run-on style of writing. I do think part of this might be a translation issue though - overall it was good to engage with and challenged me, but definitely not the most accessible theory text (although to be fair, it isn't trying to be).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Preciado supplements their theory with real-world examples of trans, gay, sexual, and pharmaceutical history - sometimes the topics get rather heavy, but most of these themes are only present in intermissions.