About
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!
Tags
abortion biopower birth control blog body breast cancer censorship choice clinic collette sosnowy Compulsory Heterosexuality contraception cyberfeminism facebook fcc feminism foucault gender governmentality health history images labor market language medicalization morality movies new media pink ribbons inc pregnancy prochoice prolife propaganda public policy pwd race resistance sex-work stories of illness and healing transgender tv type one diabetes video we live in public women-
birth control Archive
-
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???” -
![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, […]
