atrazine
“I don’t like ’em putting chemicals in the water that turn the freakin’ frogs gay!”
Atrazine is a zine that responds to the cultural panic surrounding a pesticide accused of altering frog sexuality, widely popularized through the viral conspiracy rhetoric of Alex Jones. Drawing from this meme-driven narrative, the work examines how chemicals are framed as active agents capable of disrupting bodies and social order. Through a poetic love letter written from a frog to atrazine, the zine uses humor and absurdity to invert fear-based discourse. By granting the chemical emotional agency, the work destabilizes hierarchies between human, animal, and matter, reframing toxicity as relational and boundary-crossing.
Printed at The Riso Room at the University of Missouri with Sunflower and Sea blue.
Designed and conceptualized by Estúdio Missô