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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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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 […] -
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 […] -
Gendered Spaces: Online and Off
Posted on November 15, 2012 | No CommentsIn their article Queer Blogging in Indian Digital Diasporas, authors Rahul Mitra and Radhika Gajjala carefully avoid falling into the trap of digital dualism, explicitly stating that “by blogging, [members of the Indian Queer community] have not somehow transported into a “virtual reality” that releases them from social, economic, political, material and discursive hierarchies.” However, what […] -
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 […] -
Who am I?
Posted on August 27, 2012 | 2 CommentsMy name is Kaitlyn O’Hagan, and I’m an undergraduate at Hunter College, taking a course called “Feminism, New Media and Health.” If your question is “What’s that course about!?” I’ll refer you to the course description (it looks great!). But why am I in the class? First, the basics: I’m […]