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How do bodies queer at the molecular level? How is this queering inextricably tied to industrial capitalism? And is there a way out of capitalist ruins, one that has been further exacerbated by the pandemic? Combining body and gender politics and environmental toxicity, this workshop centers on the concept of “open source estrogen,” the underlying premise that hormonal molecules are ubiquitously all around us, and available for us to hack, mutate, and become-with. Through this process of sociopolitical excavation, we can begin to “emancipate the hormone molecule,” unboxing its molecular mystique. The workshop will begin with a talk on hormonal histories and fictions and finish with a hands-on urine hormone extraction protocol as well as and a conversation with Fresh Fruit hosts Rox Anderson and Quinn Villagomez. The materials list can be found here for those who wish to follow along.