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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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![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 […] -
![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, […] -
![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 […] -
![Click here to see a lovely diagram, entitled “Republican Guide to the Female Body,” posted by Nerve (an online magazine). This is, in visual form, the exact opposite of “Our Bodies, Ourselves.” It’s a guide written by men for women, with misinformation and lies, designed to make women feel anxious, […]](https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3606/2012/09/15225917/five-men-115x115.jpeg "42 Years, No Change?")
42 Years, No Change?
Posted on September 4, 2012 | No CommentsClick here to see a lovely diagram, entitled “Republican Guide to the Female Body,” posted by Nerve (an online magazine). This is, in visual form, the exact opposite of “Our Bodies, Ourselves.” It’s a guide written by men for women, with misinformation and lies, designed to make women feel anxious, […]
