Technology Diary – 9/19
Like Caroline, television is one of the technologies in Panem that I use today in the United States. However, I thought it would interesting to explore the issue of “voyeurism” of reality television. The idea of The Hunger Games is that of punishment of the twelve districts for rebelling, serving “as a yearly reminder that […]
Technology is…
…tool, utensil, tampons, pads, pens, computers, Internet, video games, etc.
Feminism is…
…suffrage, equality, intersectionality, transnationalism, genders, feminisms in the plural.
Reading Response – 9/12
In connection to my technology diary on shaving razors, this week I will be examining hairlessness (and beauty, in general) in “The Hunger Games”. In chapter five, we find Katniss in the Remake Center preparing for the tribute presentation. Katniss is waxed of all hair from her “legs, arms, torso, underarms, and part of the […]
Technology Diary – 9/6
Similarly to Vita, I was especially excited when I read “Think of technology broadly–pens, pencils, tools, medicines, gadgets–it all counts” and I also thought of the BIC® For Her pens. Additionally, I thought of another tool that is widely known to be advertised differently by gender but is not as much of a controversy because of […]
Introduction
Hello everyone! My name is Cynthia Liliana Perez Beltethon. I am a senior at the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College and I am double majoring in Psychology and Sexualities, a specialization of the Women & Gender Studies major. I am also in the CUNY Pipeline Fellowship Program. I have been working with straight and queer-identifying […]
