A growing body of evidence suggests that our environment can cause changes to our genes, altering our genome which can present in future generations. Thus, arguing that our bodies do not necessarily ‘end at the skin’. This blog will offer a brief perspective on how epigenetics can support the narrative that bodies and environment can […]

For my essay, I was thinking of using ideas from week 8 (risky and vulnerable bodies) and 10 (bodies as environments) to discuss the role of risk and epigenetics in expectant mothers who experience high-levels of stress during their pregnancy. The objective would be to discover how the stress that the mother embodies affects the […]

In this blog, I will use Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to aid me in explaining the social model of disability and the likely embodied experience of an individual with ADHD. I will also explain the typical consequences that the social model may inflict on a person who has ADHD, to illustrate that embodiment in the […]

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in the world, and is now treated as a global health concern (Wilkinson, Gathani, 2022). It can be drawn upon to explain what is meant by biomedicalization. Medical intervention is the only form of treatment that will control the spreading of breast tumours and reduce […]

This photo may be interpreted by individuals differently. It introduces the socially constructed body by presenting an overweight and disabled body, it is a simple photo, with a white male who is uniped doing an exercise move. It is portrayed as a simple photo, which many lay people who are not entirely informed about obesity […]