TYOTF vs. Harraway’s “Cyborg Manifesto”
Jonah: In the context of Year of the Flood, Donna Harraway’s “Cyborg Manfesto” is quite relevant given the dystopic future that Atwood depicts. Harraway provides a direct critique of the God’s Gardeners through her critique of naturalism. This becomes clear when she states “The cyborg does not dream of community on the model of the organic […]
Technology Diary 4: The Typewriter
This week, instead of trying to come up with a piece of technology off the top of my head, I decided to scan my bedroom for inspiration and settled on a machine that I have a very positive relationship with, but that I realize has a problematic history in regards to gender: the typewriter. As […]
Technology Diary 3: Cigarettes
As a smoker who isn’t “trying to quit,” I do still think it’s important to challenge myself from time to time with scary facts about the tobacco industry that, if I don’t kick the habit right then and there, after learning the gruesome detail, will question my integrity and what I claim to value. And […]
Reading Response: Atwood
As someone with minimal experience with Science Fiction or Fantasy literature, delving into Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood has been really invigorating for me. Familiarizing myself with the foreign vernacular, behaviors and belief systems of The Gardeners keeps me on my feet; as I read I’m continuously adding to a mental Venn diagram […]
Technology Diary 2: The Menstrual Cup
Having just begun my menstrual cycle earlier today, I have decided to write this week’s technology diary on an invention that has drastically improved the tumultuous relationship I have with my period; the menstrual cup. I first heard about this device through a friend whose aunt had gifted her one in our freshman year of […]
Technology Diary 1: Algorithms
After reading through the Technology Diary entries posted so far, with particular inspiration coming from Vita (on BIC “For Her” pens) and Cynthia’s (on Gillette Venus shaving razors) posts, I wanted to dig a bit deeper into the dark world of marketing. Vita and Cynthia’s diary contributions are particularly valuable because they provide examples of […]
Technology is…
…buttons, wires, new, shiny, artificial, powerful, dangerous, liberating, oppressive, contradictory, soul-sucking, internet, iPhones, social networking, security culture, privacy infringement, hot, loud, bursting…
Feminism is…
…fair, active, contradictory, stigmatized, empowering, intersectional, consent, safety, awareness, effort, strength, compassion, equality, progress, sex, gender, solidarity…
Reading Response: Rosser
I found Rosser’s first chapter in Women, Gender, and Technology to be an incredibly useful guide to understanding some basic, yet deeply powerful ways that technology influences our daily lives, specifically in how it has been harnessed as a tool to reinforce oppressive social and political constructs. I’m also grateful for the double-function it serves […]
Hi, I’m Sophia
Hey all, My name is Sophia. This is my second year at Hunter, and the second course I will have taken through the Macaulay campus. The first was “Sexuality and American Culture” with Professor Lee Quinby. I declared myself an English major a few weeks ago, but I plan to double-up with a Women & […]
