Mutantes: Féminisme porno punk is a documentary on pro-sex feminism and the post-porno queer movement, directed by Virginie Despentes between 2006 and 2009. Made up of a series of interviews conducted in the USA, in Paris or in Barcelona, and of archival images around the political actions of sex workers, queer activists and post-pornographic performances, Mutantes paints the portrait of a feminism few have talked about in France. Ten years after Baise Moi and three years after the release of King Kong Theory, Despentes then turned towards the words or images of those that inspired her work - Annie Sprinkle, Lydia Lunch, Candida Royalle - those with whom she collaborated or who have directly influenced her - Coralie Trinh Thi, Catherine Breillat, Nina Roberts, Paul B. Preciado - and those that work in fields close to her heart - Post Op, Emilie Jouvet, Maria Llopis.
Virginie Despentes published her first book, Baise-moi, in 1993. It was translated in other twenty countries. It was followed by Les Chiennes savantes, in 1995 then Les Jolies Choses in 1998, with Grasset editions, which won the Flore Award and was adapted on screen by Gille Paquet-Brenner, with Marion Cotillard and Stomy Bugsy in 2000. She published Teen Spirit in 2022, adapted on screen by Olivier de Plas, under the title Tel père telle fille, in 2007, with Vincent Elbaz and Elodie Bouchez. Bye Bye Blondie was published in 2004 and Virginie Despentes directed its adaptation in 2011, with Béatrice Dalle, Emmanuelle Béart, Soko and Pascal Greggory. In 2010, Apocalypse bébé was awarded the Renaudot award. Virginie Despentes has also published an essay, King Kong Théorie, which obtained the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Non Fiction in 2011. She directed a documentary on that same subject, Mutantes Féminisme Porno Punk, which was awarded the CHE Award by the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
