Date of Award
2018
First Advisor
Wesley Brown
Second Advisor
Mark Hopkins
Third Advisor
KellyAnne McGuire
Abstract
In this thesis, I navigate the concepts of abjection, illness, food repulsion / eating disorders, and the dualities of abuse as they pertain to non-verbal forms of language-making and expressions of feminine care within cyber, physical , and emotional space. Utilizing theorist Julia Kristeva, Anne Boyer, Audre Lorde, etc., I begin with a hybrid prose poem / theory / diary-based text, leading into the sections that utilize various theorists, poets, and novelists to explore these core themes both theoretically and creatively, My final chapter is a collection of work that I have curated (Under the name Dagmar Mimi Harlow) with accompanying interviews and commentary with and regarding the collective of poets and their work.
Recommended Citation
Myer, Kayleigh, "Love Letter to Pinterest: On Abjection, Illness, and the Feminine Labor in Care" (2018). Senior Theses. 1204.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/sr-theses/1204
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