![]() ![]() They lay out the need for SWT as an act of destroying all oppressive structures of society, and they push for a centring of all ‘Sick Women’ in all of our spaces (both physical and ideological). Hedva, a genderfluid person who chronic illness has ‘come to’ (their words), intricately and beautifully puts into words what every person living with chronic illness, pain or trauma (especially those who are political/ activists) has needed to hear their whole lives. The work that has most caught my attention is Johanna Hedva’s Sick Woman Theory. The feature of feelings and emotive writing acts as a revolution against the norm of ‘objective’ and disembodied bodies of work. ![]() Contrary to usual academic texts, many of the texts involve subjective feelings and emotions of writers/academics. ![]() Within the course, we are focusing on the affective notion of vulnerable and emotional writing. It looks at various topics and theories involving what affect is, what it means within a discourse on gender, and why the body is in need of more attention when theorising and reflecting on our current world. Aka: My Body Is a Prison of Pain so I Want to Leave It Like a Mystic But I Also Love It & Want it to Matter Politicallyįor my Master’s course in Gender & Cultural Studies, the module I am studying (and loving) this term is Gender, Affect & the Body. ![]()
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