The text discusses Foucauldian notions such as aesthetics of existence and subjectivation, employing them in order to clarify new forms of political action promoted by autonomous collectives such as the Slut Walk, whose queer inspiration establishes a clear distinction against traditional identity movements. We argue that the political actions conducted by this particular collective can be best understood by relating them to Foucault's arguments on the issue of identity, as well as to his interest in surpassing a rights acknowledgment centered politics. For Foucault, as much as for the Slut Walk collective, it matters not only to struggle for rights, but also and mainly to promote new forms of life and new forms of relationships amongst political actors, in order to criticize the hegemonic violence and discrimination disseminated against minorities, which do not conform to normative ways of being in contemporary society.
Collective subject discourse; social action; Foucault, M