Word wielding womb: Using the body to fight the war on women

Amy Arellano

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Abstract

The "war on women" has been a socio-political issue and an arena for feminist scholars' social critiques. The phrase gained media attention with "legitimate rape" remarks within the 2012 election. This piece looks at how this neo-liberal commentary has affected my personal agency through legislating my womb without permission, thus, rhetorically oppressing my personal agency through legal precedent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)45-48
Number of pages4
JournalCultural Studies - Critical Methodologies
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Feb 2015

Keywords

  • autoethnography
  • investigative poetry
  • war on women

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