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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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Stop saying “You Guys”
Posted on November 17, 2012 | 1 CommentOn Wednesday night, on the train to Boston with two of my CUNY classmates to NCHC (more on that in an upcoming post), Patryk Perkowski asked me if it was okay to say “you guys.” Despite my frequent feminist writing and ranting, I had never really considered the question – and I […] -
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 […]