I recently read an article in Self magazine entitled “Is Your Doctor Playing Judge?”. The article, in short, is about the challenges and discrimination women are facing when it comes to their health care and specifically in terms of their reproductive health. On the page facing the main title and article is a flow chart of sorts with the following entries:

• DENIED: Emergency Room Contraception–Lore Boyer, 35, and Tara Harnish, 21, both of whom had been raped and who … READ MORE
  
  

Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin has been herald as one of the finest novels of the 21st century. And it is. Yet, it is perhaps a novel that often gets overlooked because of it’s “sci-fi” billing. Don’t’ get me wrong, I ADORE sci-fi/fantasy novels. In fact, at least eight out of ten trips to my local Borders Superstore will find me ensconced amidst the aisles, books in hands and no decision in sight. And perhaps, … READ MORE

I found this interesting tid-bit the other day on Fox Sports online The Naked Truth: Beard not hurting sports. Apparently, Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard is posing nude (or has already posed nude) for Playboy. The male author of this article claims that Beard posing nude, as a commodity for the male gaze, is not hurting her sport or any other sports for that matter as female athletes aren’t so much considered athletes like their male counter parts … READ MORE

Pat Conroy’s Prince of Tides is the story of a family in crisis and how the determination to keep the source of that crisis a secret almost destroys the individual members of said unit. Amazon.com offers this as plot synopsis:

…it is the story of a destructive family relationship wherein a violent father abuses his wife and children. Henry Wingo is a shrimper who fishes the seas off the South Carolina coast and regularly squanders what little money he amasses in … READ MORE

In my first year of teaching Freshman Comp at a local Boston college, I taught a class that I designed myself called “Virtual Realities, Virtual Bodies: Technology and Identity.” Students were asked to examine the evolving role of technology vis-à-vis human and gendered identity. Truth be told, I molded this entire class around one book: William Gibson’s Neuromancer.

Neuromancer is the story of Case, a cyber “cowboy” who, at the beginning of the novel, has been robbed … READ MORE

This is my first post on The Hathor Legacy, and I had originally intended to post under the book section. However, I just re-watched Transamerica (one of my students is using it for their research paper) and got to thinking. Transgender theory holds a special place in my heart. When I was an undergraduate, I took this amazing class called "Literature of Passing" or something to that affect in which we examine various stories of passing–African-American passing … READ MORE