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Dominant Reading and Presupposition: Women and the Domesticated Animal Metaphor

Yazan: Candace | 31 July 2005 | Comments Off on Dominant Reading and Presupposition: Women and the Domesticated Animal Metaphor
Categories: Academia, Feminism, Feminist Theory, Language, Women's Studies

Metaphors which connect women with domesticated animals perpetuate the derogation and objectification of women. In the article “The Semantic Derogation of Woman,” Muriel Schulz illustrates how over time, terms used to describe horses like jade, harridan, and tit have been used to refer to women, and have acquired sexual overtones when used in this way. […]

Aging

Yazan: Candace | 28 July 2005 | Comments Off on Aging
Categories: Bodies, Photography, Women's Studies

When I consider aging I think about it from both sides: what it’s like for a child to think about getting old and for an older person to remember being young. There’s so much hype about sending wisdom back in time to our younger selves but would our self listen? We have a need to […]

Yazan: Candace | 28 July 2005 | Comments Off on
Categories: Bodies, Women's Studies

strength and passion. I want a body like this.

Altered Bodies: Disability, Illness and Aging

Yazan: Candace | 28 July 2005 | Comments Off on Altered Bodies: Disability, Illness and Aging
Categories: Aging, Bodies, Feminism, Women's Studies

The concept of control greatly affects my body thoughts and practices. I have had experience with illness and aging and being unable to control my body. These experiences continue to shape the way I behave. Because I overbook myself and get involved in too many activities and take on too many responsibilities I place great […]

Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

Yazan: Candace | 26 July 2005 | Comments Off on Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?
Categories: Bodies, Photography, Women's Studies

Pregrancy is supposed to be a blissful time, but what if it isn’t?

Reproductive Bodies

Yazan: Candace | 26 July 2005 | Comments Off on Reproductive Bodies
Categories: Bodies, Women's Studies

There is a myth that pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding are ‘natural’ and therefore ‘easy’ for all women regardless of their race, sexuality, religion, ability, age, or socioeconomic status. This is the paradigm that has substantially shaped my views around reproduction. I was not prepared for the difficulties I encountered during my pregnancies. I expected pregnancy […]

Yazan: Candace | 26 July 2005 | Comments Off on
Categories: Bodies, Photography, Women's Studies

This one’s not retouched, just desaturated so you can’t see the stretchmarks so much. Mmmm. stretchmarks. moles. freckles. hair. how sexy.

Sexy Bodies (sensitive content)

Yazan: Candace | 26 July 2005 | Comments Off on Sexy Bodies (sensitive content)
Categories: Bodies, Women's Studies

Warning: contains sensitive material. When I was sixteen my boyfriend raped me. It was my first sexual experience. Before this I was completely ignorant: I did not know about penises, or erections, or sexual pleasure. I was taught as a young girl to always wear clean underwear and never take them off. As a girl […]

Unbearable Weight

Yazan: Candace | 26 July 2005 | Comments Off on Unbearable Weight
Categories: Bodies, Women's Studies

My mother was an on-again off-again member of Weight Watchers. Throughout my childhood she was a constant dieter: she did aerobics every morning (from the t.v.) and several nights each week (t.v. or at a centre), took diet pills, laxatives, measured her food, recorded every bite – or skipped meals completely. I don’t remember her […]

Yazan: Candace | 26 July 2005 | Comments Off on
Categories: Bodies, Photography, Women's Studies

All of these women are beautiful. But it’s not because of how they look, it’s because they have substance. Beauty has come to mean different things to different people. What once referred to aesthetics or physical appearance can now refer to content.