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African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis, used in labs for pregnancy tests from the 1930s-1950s

African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis, used in labs for pregnancy tests from the 1930s-1950s

Chemical messengers (a brief history of hormones)

September 19, 2019

What do I know about hormones? They're a familiar part of everyday life. They affect my emotions, sleep patterns, stress levels, desire, sexual and reproductive cycles, experience of aging, immune system and more…

Hormones are substances that connect: agents of communication within our bodies, and also secretions that travel across different bodies and ecosystems. The development of hormonal medicine – endocrinology – connects horses, pigs, slaughterhouses, glands, piss, prisons, soya beans, frogs, yams, sisal, Puerto Rican and American women, exploitation and liberation through networks of research and extraction for the medical-industrial complex…

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In Urban Antibodies Tags hormones, history, yams, frogs, contraception

Writing & Research

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  • Forest of Lost Trees 5
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  • Wasteland Twinning 1

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