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Collected Item: “You can't co-opt "my body, my choice"”

Give your story a title.

You can't co-opt "my body, my choice"

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Tweet

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This is a tweet from Anna Akana regarding the leaked opinion draft from the Supreme Court, which would overturn Roe v. Wade. Here, she is criticizing people who use "my body, my choice" in regards to masks, but don't allow it for when it comes to women's reproductive health.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

Twitter, social media, abortion, choice, mask, government, Supreme Court, ASU, HST580

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Anna Akana

Give this story a date.

2022-05-02
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