The Vulnerable Empowered Woman: Feminism, Postfeminism, and Women's Health

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231 ACS. See American Cancer Society Affordable Care Act, 163–164, 187–188 American Cancer Society (ACS), 35, 39, 40–44 Applegate, Christina, 11, 33, 34, 46, 47, 49– 53, 63, 64; and contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, 44–45, 50; and fertility, 55– 58, 150–151; and reconstructive surgery, 59–62 Armstrong, Heather, 71, 76, 77, 82–84, 86– 87, 90–91, 104 BCA. See Breast Cancer Action biomedical empowerment, 64–65 biomedicalization era, 14, 21, 36, 39, 65, 109, 140, 154–155, 163 biomedicine: critiques of, 17, 142, 147, 157– 159, 161; women’s relationship with, 31, 35, 38, 54, 64–65, 89, 140, 151–152, 177, 183, 188 biosocial communities, 156, 161 birth control pill, 15, 16, 17, 18, 40, 144–146 Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, 16, 19 breast cancer, 6, 10, 11, 20, 21, 26, 65–67, 73, 87, 146, 148, 150, 172, 176, 185; and BRCA gene mutations, 11, 34, 39, 41–42, 44–50, 52–58, 60, 63, 66, 86, 150, 156, 161; and Breast Cancer Action, 37, 66–67, 154, 157–161, 175, 177, 180, 181; and breast reconstruction, 61–62; chemoprevention of, 43; and chemotherapy, 38, 46, 50, 51, 55, 67; culture, 35–40, 42, 48, 63, 64, 67, 181; depoliticization of, 152–153; and mammograms, 34, 36, 37, 38–39, 43, 48, 58, 67, 158; and the “one-step” procedure, 18; previvors of, 42–44, 161; and radical mastectomy, 15, 35, 36, 67; and risk (see under risk discourse ); survivors, 5, 37, 39, 42, 64, 154; and Toxic Links Coalition, 153–154; and visibility, 33–34. See also prophylactic mastectomy Breast Cancer Action (BCA), 37, 66–67, 154, 157–161, 175, 177, 180, 181; and “Think Before You Pink,” 159–160 Burcham, Heather, 127–128, 139 Cade, Toni, 18 Casper, Monica, 107, 110 Carpenter, Laura, 107, 110 cervical cancer, 11, 26, 109–112, 125, 135, 139–141, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153; and the “at-risk/risky woman,” 11, 108, 135, 140, 148, 149, 151, 153; and health disparities, 107, 109–111, 120, 122– 123, 149, 162, 165; medical empowerment in relationship to, 12, 108, 117, 138–140, 152; and pap smears, 110, 111, 132, 141, 149; and postfeminism (see under postfeminism); and postracial discourse, 114–116, 118, 120, 122–125, 130, 131; and risk discourse (see under risk discourse); and the risk of sex, 108, 125, 128–134; and the role of daughters, 109, 115–116, 119, 122–128, 134–135, 137–139, 142; and the role of mothers, 114–116, 118– 119, 125–128, 130, 136–139, 150; and sexuality, 107–108, 111–112, 119, 121, 128–132, 135–136, 138, 140–141, 153. See also Gardasil; HPV Clarke, Adele, 3, 14, 22, 36, 143, 158, 177 Clarke, Juanne Nancarrow, 4 compulsory heterosexuality, 125, 171 Condit, Celeste, 166 Connors, Catherine, 80–81 consumption as empowerment, 8, 23, 54, 116, 117, 140, 141, 153, 159 Corinna, Heather, 173–175, 179, 186. See also Scarleteen Cruise, Tom, 86 cult of true womanhood, 125 Index 232 Index Dean, Mitchell, 27 DES (diethylstilbestrol), 146 Douglas, Susan, 70, 99 Duggan, Lisa, 147 Eckman, Anne K., 20–22 Ehrenreich, Barbara, 87 Epstein, Stephen, 14, 19, 21–22, 146, 165, 171–172 Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), 42, 49, 51, 156, 161 Fields, Jessica, 130 Focus on the Family, 129, 130, 153 FORCE. See Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered Fosket, Jennifer, 38, 40–41, 43 Gardasil, 7, 11, 107–109, 112–113, 135, 149, 152, 153, 185; and class privilege, 115– 117, 136; and the Gardasil girl, 113–118, 120–122, 124–125, 127, 128, 131, 135– 136, 138, 149, 181; and the Gardasil girl narrative (see under narrative); and HPV risk, 112–113, 116, 119; and the “I Chose” campaign, 135–139; mandates, 11, 107– 109, 121, 122–124, 126–128, 129–136, 149, 153; and the “One Less” campaign, 113–121, 122, 124, 127, 131, 135–137, 139; and postfeminism (see under postfeminism ). See also cervical cancer; HPV genetic susceptibility, 39, 42, 62, 73, 152, 155, 156, 178. See also breast cancer: BRCA gene mutations Gessen, Masha, 48, 50, 56 Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 72 “Go Red for Women,” 1, 2, 4, 8–9, 20, 22, 23 Hall, Stuart, 3 Hallowell, Nina, 61, 62 Halverson, Debbie, 133 Hayden, Sara, 167 health care reform, 163–164, 187 health disparities, 11, 58, 109, 122–123, 149– 150, 162–163, 170; and health inequalities , 12, 162, 165, 169–170, 171, 174, 175, 176, 178...