Karyl Ketchum

Asst Professor Women & Gender StudiesCalifornia State University, Fullerton

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Magic, Dangerous, Deadly: The Uncanny Powers of My Uterus

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Karyl Ketchum California State University, Fullerton

November 06, 2012
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Magic, Dangerous, Deadly: The Uncanny Powers of My Uterus Women's Health Is A Joke Todd Akin conservatism abortion Curator's Note “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” ~ Todd Akin The come ...

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Re: “Birthin’ Babies Are Disgusting”: Women’s Health in the Honey Boo Boo “Apocalypse”

The Effective Conflation of Race with Class

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Karyl Ketchum California State University, Fullerton

Thursday, November 8, 2012 — 2:11 am
The media’s widespread and, to my mind, oddly celebratory characterization of Honey Boo Boo as “white trash entertainment” warrants some consideration. By putting the qualifier “white” in front of the word “trash,” such a description is clearly differenti ...