Healing and the Hunger Games
Healing is a recurring theme in the Hunger Games. The ways in which medicine (ranging from wild herbs to high-tech ointments and cosmetic surgical procedures) is used changes according to class and gender. To me, this relates to the way medicine has been practiced based on class and gender. Katniss’ mother is a healer, and […]
Reading Response 1
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Upon reading the Hunger Games for a second time, I was curious about whether it was a “feminist novel” or not. When I read it the first time, I honestly was not thinking about it that way and was only reading it for the story, which I found emotionally […]
Money for Nothing & Chicks for Free
My Technology Diary post for Week 1, the Freedman, Rosser, and Sterling readings, will focus on money. Money comes in many different forms but is something that we are all familiar with and use in our daily lives. After reading the assignments, especially the Freedman chapters, I realize how important money is to not only […]
Introduction
Hi everyone, My name is Genevieve and I’m a junior at Hunter College. I’m majoring in History, with minors in German and Music. While I have not yet decided on an area of concentration for my History major, I am very interested in religious interactions. I became interested in feminism a few years ago. It […]
