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Powerful bodies

It seems almost rude to be finally sitting down and writing a post for this blog exactly a week before my dissertation is actually due. But alas, those 12,000 words (among other things!) have swallowed up my time well and truly for the past couple of months. When I first delved into the world of Posthumanism, I didn't quite know what to expect. I like the idea of humanity blurring with animal life and technology; it feels only apt for me, a girl with a battery inside her that used to write stories about a world filled with chatty rabbits, guinea pigs and mice. Haraway's writing honestly captured me from when my eyes first fell on Simians, Cyborgs and Women - although 26 years have past since the publication of her famous 'A Cyborg Manifesto', the words seems to ring true today and are reflected in what we celebrate, digest and write about in 2017. The Power  by Naomi Alderman is no exception. Announced  as the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction winner for 20...