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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.
Read my introduction for this website here!
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abortion Archive
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![I have always been prochoice. But I had never really critically examined my own position on abortion until this past semester. I sometimes wondered if I, personally, would feel comfortable having an abortion if I were to get pregnant. I questioned the morality of abortion even as I supported a […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2013/01/15225829/bfcd-2013-115x115.jpg "No Freedom without Reproductive Freedom")
No Freedom without Reproductive Freedom
Posted on January 22, 2013 | 2 CommentsI have always been prochoice. But I had never really critically examined my own position on abortion until this past semester. I sometimes wondered if I, personally, would feel comfortable having an abortion if I were to get pregnant. I questioned the morality of abortion even as I supported a […] -
![What a whirlwind semester this has been! I’m so thrilled I had the opportunity to take this course (Feminism, Health and New Media) with Professors Jessie Daniels and Morgane Richardson. It has honestly been one of the highlights of my collegiate career and I have learned so much–not only from […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/12/15225830/Screen-shot-2012-12-17-at-3.29.48-PM-115x115.png "I’ll be back…")
I’ll be back…
Posted on December 17, 2012 | No CommentsWhat a whirlwind semester this has been! I’m so thrilled I had the opportunity to take this course (Feminism, Health and New Media) with Professors Jessie Daniels and Morgane Richardson. It has honestly been one of the highlights of my collegiate career and I have learned so much–not only from […] -
![After watching The Education of Shelby Knox in class two weeks ago, I thought I would follow in some of my classmates footsteps and write about my own experiences of sexual health education–especially as it served to inspire the topic for my final paper. My first memory of official sexual education is […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/12/15225833/no-more-coat-hangers-115x115.jpg "The Education of Kaitlyn O’Hagan")
The Education of Kaitlyn O’Hagan
Posted on December 2, 2012 | 1 CommentAfter watching The Education of Shelby Knox in class two weeks ago, I thought I would follow in some of my classmates footsteps and write about my own experiences of sexual health education–especially as it served to inspire the topic for my final paper. My first memory of official sexual education is […] -
What’s wrong with teen pregnancy?
Posted on November 5, 2012 | No CommentsYesterday, while watching an episode of New Girl with my partner and best friend, I saw this commercial. As the video played, we tried guessing what the commercial was for – clothing? laundry detergent? And then – “what???” -
![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 […] -
![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 […]
