Mooncalf Menstrual Meat (MMM)

Mooncalf is a biological art project that employs the seemingly progenitive properties of menstrual fluid, hearkening back to matrilineal cultural beliefs human embryos were created from or nurtured by blood. The generative fluid are not in its haemoglobin content; rather, still-viable cells and tissues shed with blood, vaginal secretions, unique proteins. concept blood-generated progeny, historian Melissa L. Meyer explained, underlies many taboos, some which continue impact biocultural notions menstruation. These taboos may shape biotechnological development, addresses through TechnoFeminism. Use my body materials biotech processes imperative TechnoFeminist ethos creating new, embodied knowledge wielding technology towards autonomy hegemonic technoscientific spaces. suggested have emerged only symbolically protect non-menstruators, but also practically manage control reproduction. This economic function topic I expand upon within context reproductive labour applications thereof technocratic world. With Mooncalf, manipulate taboo advantage, self-determination experimentation tissue culture lab, further developing critique industry gendered sociocultural impacts.