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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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prochoice 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 […] -
![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???” -
![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 […]
