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Hello world! My name is Kaitlyn O'Hagan. This blog was for a Fall 2012 Thomas Hunter Honors course I took called "Feminism, New Media and Health" at CUNY Hunter College.
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![First, I want to say that I really enjoy the show Parenthood (in it’s fourth season on NBC). I find it genuinely heartwarming, and I think it addresses the family dynamic in an honest, refreshing way that I don’t often see reflected in television dramas. However, my coursework has me thinking […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/10/15225858/Parenthood-115x115.png "A (Feminist) Perspective on Parenthood")
A (Feminist) Perspective on Parenthood
Posted on October 26, 2012 | No CommentsFirst, I want to say that I really enjoy the show Parenthood (in it’s fourth season on NBC). I find it genuinely heartwarming, and I think it addresses the family dynamic in an honest, refreshing way that I don’t often see reflected in television dramas. However, my coursework has me thinking […] -
![I wrote recently about the personal inspiration I found in Stories of Illness and Healing as a person with diabetes (PWD). This week, I also made connections between my illness and the problems of cause-related marketing illustrated by Pink Ribbons, Inc. (the book and film). The campaign by the American Diabetes Association […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/10/15225900/Screen-shot-2012-10-14-at-3.03.51-PM-115x115.png "PWD Part 2: (Cause-Related) Marketing")
PWD Part 2: (Cause-Related) Marketing
Posted on October 14, 2012 | No CommentsI wrote recently about the personal inspiration I found in Stories of Illness and Healing as a person with diabetes (PWD). This week, I also made connections between my illness and the problems of cause-related marketing illustrated by Pink Ribbons, Inc. (the book and film). The campaign by the American Diabetes Association […] -
![Though I’m sure this is not an experience unique to me, I found myself, in reading stories of women writing their bodies in Stories of Illness and Healing, making connections to my own illnesses and experiences with the world of medicine. As I have said in previous posts, I have Type 1 […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/10/15225900/Screen-shot-2012-10-14-at-2.44.52-PM-115x115.png "PWD Part 1: Writing My Body")
PWD Part 1: Writing My Body
Posted on October 14, 2012 | No CommentsThough I’m sure this is not an experience unique to me, I found myself, in reading stories of women writing their bodies in Stories of Illness and Healing, making connections to my own illnesses and experiences with the world of medicine. As I have said in previous posts, I have Type 1 […] -
![Is “Feminist Stripper” an oxymoron? The women in Live Nude Girls Unite certainly don’t think so, and I found their perspective quite thought-provoking. And they’re not alone, as this blog, Confessions of a Feminist Stripper, reveals. Is stripping a feminist act? I’m still on the fence. (Trying to decide for […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/10/15225906/Live-Nude-Girls-Unite-115x115.jpeg "Is “Feminist Stripper” an oxymoron? Feminism, Stripping and Race")
Is “Feminist Stripper” an oxymoron? Feminism, Stripping and Race
Posted on October 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsIs “Feminist Stripper” an oxymoron? The women in Live Nude Girls Unite certainly don’t think so, and I found their perspective quite thought-provoking. And they’re not alone, as this blog, Confessions of a Feminist Stripper, reveals. Is stripping a feminist act? I’m still on the fence. (Trying to decide for […] -
![Watching the second episode of the current season of Survivor (this time set in the Phillippens, another tropical island location – shocking!) I had the usual thoughts inspired by my feminist thinking – Why are the majority of the women young, skinny and attractive? How come the women walk around in […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/10/15225906/Screen-shot-2012-10-02-at-12.26.14-AM-115x115.png "“Booty Blinded” – Sexual Politics on Survivor")
“Booty Blinded” – Sexual Politics on Survivor
Posted on October 2, 2012 | 2 CommentsWatching the second episode of the current season of Survivor (this time set in the Phillippens, another tropical island location – shocking!) I had the usual thoughts inspired by my feminist thinking – Why are the majority of the women young, skinny and attractive? How come the women walk around in […] -
![I was inspired to write this post by a chapter in Cyberfeminism 2.0 – “Beyond Democratization and Subversion: Rethinking Feminist Analytical Approaches to Girls’ Cultural Production on the Internet” by Rosalind Sibielski. Sibielski, talking specifically about the production of fan videos by girls recreating Twilight (if you haven’t heard of this series, […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/09/15225907/Hunger_games-115x115.jpeg "Feminism and Health in The Hunger Games")
Feminism and Health in The Hunger Games
Posted on September 30, 2012 | 5 CommentsI was inspired to write this post by a chapter in Cyberfeminism 2.0 – “Beyond Democratization and Subversion: Rethinking Feminist Analytical Approaches to Girls’ Cultural Production on the Internet” by Rosalind Sibielski. Sibielski, talking specifically about the production of fan videos by girls recreating Twilight (if you haven’t heard of this series, […] -
![photo by juanpol Given that World of Warcraft (WoW) now has over 12 million players worldwide (myself included) I suppose I should not have been surprised at the scholarly attention given to the game (don’t believe me?). However, Jessica L. Beyer‘s article, “Women’s (Dis)embodied Engagement with Male-Dominated Online Communities,” in Cyberfeminism 2.0, was […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/09/15225912/WoW-115x115.jpeg "Feminist Playing WoW")
Feminist Playing WoW
Posted on September 28, 2012 | No Commentsphoto by juanpol Given that World of Warcraft (WoW) now has over 12 million players worldwide (myself included) I suppose I should not have been surprised at the scholarly attention given to the game (don’t believe me?). However, Jessica L. Beyer‘s article, “Women’s (Dis)embodied Engagement with Male-Dominated Online Communities,” in Cyberfeminism 2.0, was […] -
![Reading Alondra Nelson‘s book Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination was eyeopening, to say the least. To say my understanding of the Black Panther Party (BPP) was limited prior to reading this would be an understatement; I knew of them only as the violent, radical […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/09/15225914/Black-Panther-Party-armed-guards-in-street-shotguns-115x115.jpeg "The BPP: Health Advocacy Hypocrisy?")
The BPP: Health Advocacy Hypocrisy?
Posted on September 16, 2012 | No CommentsReading Alondra Nelson‘s book Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination was eyeopening, to say the least. To say my understanding of the Black Panther Party (BPP) was limited prior to reading this would be an understatement; I knew of them only as the violent, radical […] -
![How many women know the answer to this question? I’m guessing not many. As we watched the 1974 film “Taking Our Bodies Back” I’m sure I was not the only one witnessing an abortion for the first time. And it was shocking. Not because of how grusome it was, or […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/09/15225915/US_abortion_by_gestational_age_2004_histogram-115x115.png "What does an abortion look like?")
What does an abortion look like?
Posted on September 9, 2012 | No CommentsHow many women know the answer to this question? I’m guessing not many. As we watched the 1974 film “Taking Our Bodies Back” I’m sure I was not the only one witnessing an abortion for the first time. And it was shocking. Not because of how grusome it was, or […] -
![While reading the first three chapters of Sandra Morgan’s book Into Our Own Hands: The Women’s Health Movement in the United States, I was struck by a statemnent about the Jane Collective: “That’s how they thought abortions ought to be done: by women, for women, as acts of liberation and empowerment. [Emphasis […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/09/15225916/Picture-1-115x55.png "Abortion as Liberation?")
Abortion as Liberation?
Posted on September 6, 2012 | 2 CommentsWhile reading the first three chapters of Sandra Morgan’s book Into Our Own Hands: The Women’s Health Movement in the United States, I was struck by a statemnent about the Jane Collective: “That’s how they thought abortions ought to be done: by women, for women, as acts of liberation and empowerment. [Emphasis […]
